Intentions to Marry, 1900 January-June

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840417, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

Imaged by Luke at Archives NZ Wellington, September 12 2025

1900 is bound in two volumes, January-June and July-December.

Page 321

District of Greymouth Quarter ending 31 March 1900 Registrar Benjamin Harper

Date of Notice

Names and Surnames of Parties

BDM Match

Condition

Calling or Profession

Age

Dwelling Place

Length of Residence

Marriage Place

Folio

Consent

Date of Certificate

Officiating Minister

1 January 1900

John Griffen
Lilias Caldwell Hamilton

John Griffin
Lilias Caldwell Hamilton
💍 1900/57

Bachelor
Spinster

Saw Miller

20
20

Greymouth
Greymouth

3 years
20 years

At the private residence of Mr. Wm. Hamilton, Marsden Road

00/2118

John Griffin, father; Wm. Hamilton, father

1 January 1900

D. P. Carew

No	1
Date of Notice	1 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Griffen	Lilias Caldwell Hamilton
BDM Match (96%)	John Griffin	Lilias Caldwell Hamilton
	💍 1900/57
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Saw Miller
Age	20	20
Dwelling Place	Greymouth	Greymouth
Length of Residence	3 years	20 years
Marriage Place	At the private residence of Mr. Wm. Hamilton, Marsden Road
Folio	00/2118
Consent	John Griffin, father; Wm. Hamilton, father
Date of Certificate	1 January 1900
Officiating Minister	D. P. Carew

2 January 1900

John Thomas Kelly
Edith Jane Thomson

John Thomas Kelly
Edith Jane Thompson
💍 1900/58

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

26
21

Awatuna
Awatuna

4 days
4 days

The Roman Catholic Church, Greymouth

00/2119

2 January 1900

D. P. Carew

No	2
Date of Notice	2 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Thomas Kelly	Edith Jane Thomson
BDM Match (97%)	John Thomas Kelly	Edith Jane Thompson
	💍 1900/58
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Awatuna	Awatuna
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	The Roman Catholic Church, Greymouth
Folio	00/2119
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 January 1900
Officiating Minister	D. P. Carew

16 January 1900

Richard Andrews
Margaret Wafer

Richard Andrews
Margaret Wafer
💍 1900/3074

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor
School Teacher

29
23

Marsden
Greymouth

4 months
6 months

The residence of Dean D. P. Carew, Alexander Street, Greymouth

00/2120

16 January 1900

D. P. Carew

No	3
Date of Notice	16 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Andrews	Margaret Wafer
	💍 1900/3074
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor	School Teacher
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Marsden	Greymouth
Length of Residence	4 months	6 months
Marriage Place	The residence of Dean D. P. Carew, Alexander Street, Greymouth
Folio	00/2120
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 January 1900
Officiating Minister	D. P. Carew

5 February 1900

George William York
Lillian Petrie

George William York
Lillian Petrie
💍 1900/767

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk in Holy Orders

41
25

Greymouth
Greymouth

6 years
25 years

Trinity Church

00/747

5 February 1900

Right Rev. the Bishop of Nelson

No	4
Date of Notice	5 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George William York	Lillian Petrie
	💍 1900/767
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk in Holy Orders
Age	41	25
Dwelling Place	Greymouth	Greymouth
Length of Residence	6 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Trinity Church
Folio	00/747
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Right Rev. the Bishop of Nelson

5 February 1900

Thomas Jamieson
Mary Elizabeth Maud Rickingham

Thomas Jamieson
Mary Elizabeth Maud Kitchingham
💍 1900/766

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

39
27

Greymouth
Greymouth

14 years
27 years

The Residence of Mr. Thomas Jamieson, Street, Greymouth

00/746

5 February 1900

Rev. F. C. York

No	5
Date of Notice	5 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Jamieson	Mary Elizabeth Maud Rickingham
BDM Match (95%)	Thomas Jamieson	Mary Elizabeth Maud Kitchingham
	💍 1900/766
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	39	27
Dwelling Place	Greymouth	Greymouth
Length of Residence	14 years	27 years
Marriage Place	The Residence of Mr. Thomas Jamieson, Street, Greymouth
Folio	00/746
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. C. York

13 February 1900

George Mark
Hannah McMahon

George Mark
Hannah McMahon
💍 1900/712

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer

29
32

Greymouth
Dobson

3 years
3 days

The Office of Registrar of Marriages, Greymouth

00/741

13 February 1900

B. Harper, Registrar

No	6
Date of Notice	13 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Mark	Hannah McMahon
	💍 1900/712
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer
Age	29	32
Dwelling Place	Greymouth	Dobson
Length of Residence	3 years	3 days
Marriage Place	The Office of Registrar of Marriages, Greymouth
Folio	00/741
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1900
Officiating Minister	B. Harper, Registrar

14 February 1900

Peter Henry Wood
Elizabeth Williams

Peter Henry Wood
Elizabeth Williams
💍 1900/747

Evered Ernest Trembath
Elizabeth Williams
💍 1900/3522

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

37
29

Reefton
Greymouth

3 days
3 years

The Presbyterian Church at Greymouth

00/743

14 February 1900

Rev. Robt. Stewart

No	7
Date of Notice	14 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Henry Wood	Elizabeth Williams
	💍 1900/747
BDM Match (61%)	Evered Ernest Trembath	Elizabeth Williams
	💍 1900/3522
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	37	29
Dwelling Place	Reefton	Greymouth
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	The Presbyterian Church at Greymouth
Folio	00/743
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. Robt. Stewart

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What is an Intention to Marry?

The 1854 Marriage Act required Pakeha settlers (and later Maori) to register their intention to marry from 1855. The resulting Notices of intention to marry were sent by the district registrars to the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages and bound into large volumes, each containing a year of notices. These registers were eventually deposited with Archives New Zealand.

What information does an ItM record?

A typical Intention to Marry notice records:

the bride and groom's full names
occupation of the groom (and sometimes the bride)
their ages
district where the marriage would take place
how long they had resided in the district
Where the marriage would take place (eg, a specific church)
Who would officiate the marriage (eg, a minister)
The date of the notice and also a date when the certificate was issued. Marriages had to take place within 3 months, and usually occurred within a week or so of the certificate date.
If one of the parties was under 21, a parent who consented to their marriage was usually specified

These details can provide clues for genealogical and historical research. Knowing the date and district makes it easier to look for wedding notices in Papers Past, and the amount of time that the parties had resided in a district can offer clues to whether a person was born in NZ, or when they immigrated.

However, finding individual records in the Intentions to Marry registers was typically a slow and manual process, usually requiring an in-person visit to Archives NZ's Wellington office (during limited opening hours) and using a handwritten card catalogue index to look up individual names.

Eight years of the registers had been digitised by Archives NZ prior to 2024, but even these digital versions required the use of a manual index and usually examining several pages to locate specific records.

What is the Intentions to Marry Project?

This project aims to transcribe the New Zealand Intentions to Marry registers (from 1855 to 1925) with the assistance of new technology (AI), making the records freely available and easily searchable.

The ITM records have also been cross-referenced with the registered marriages at DIA Births, Deaths and Marriages, where possible (a small fraction of the recorded intentions to marry did not become a registered marriage).

Currently we have almost all records between 1855 and 1903. More registers are being added almost every week.

The project is led by Luke Howison, a web developer who made the free genealogical research search tool NZ Ancestor Search Helper and Archway-style Collections Search. There are also some wonderful volunteers assisting with digitising the registers.

Can I volunteer to help?

Yes, you can! You can sign up to correct errors in the transcribed records and match ITMs with registered marriages.

I am also looking for Wellington-based volunteers to help me digitise more years of the registers. I can provide lighting equipment and a 'clicker' (to trigger your phone's camera).

How is the transcription done?

There are several steps to digitising and transcribing the records:

Digitising the registers (taking clean, straight, high-quality photos)
Processing the digitised pages by straightening, cropping and sharpening the images
Transcribing each page with a combination of AI tools
Matching each ITM with a registered marriage when possible
Human verification of the transcribed information

The main LLM (AI) used are the Google Gemini Pro and Flash models, which have excellent 'Vision' capabilities, and a generous free tier.

Archives NZ has released the register years they have digitised (1865-69, 1872, 1874 and 1880) under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license.

The Intention to Marry registers (up to 1925) are more than 100 years old, so their Crown Copyright has expired, putting them in the public domain. This also applies to any 'mechanical reproductions' (eg, pictures or photocopies) of their content without substantial alteration.

The transcribed records on this website are released under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal license, which allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, even for commercial purposes, while giving credit to the creator (NZ Intentions to Marry Project).