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 346

District of Christchurch Quarter ending 31 March 1900 Registrar J. W. Rolleston

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

31 January 1900

Walter Gregory
Ethel Annie Cooke

Walter Gregory
Ethel Annie Cooke
💍 1900/810

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer
Domestic

22
21

Christchurch
Christchurch

22 years
21 years

Registrar's Office

00/793

31 January 1900

Registrar of Marriages, J. W. Rolleston

No	60
Date of Notice	31 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Gregory	Ethel Annie Cooke
	💍 1900/810
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer	Domestic
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	22 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	00/793
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1900
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, J. W. Rolleston

31 January 1900

Alexander Horrie Duncan
Maud Adeline

Alexander Storrie Duncan
Maude Adeline Caroline Shand
💍 1900/2291

Bachelor
Spinster

Merchant

29
29

Christchurch
Avonside

29 years
29 years

Holy Trinity Church

00/7843

31 January 1900

Rev. W. A. Pascoe, Anglican

No	61
Date of Notice	31 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Horrie Duncan	Maud Adeline
BDM Match (67%)	Alexander Storrie Duncan	Maude Adeline Caroline Shand
	💍 1900/2291
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Merchant
Age	29	29
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Avonside
Length of Residence	29 years	29 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church
Folio	00/7843
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. A. Pascoe, Anglican

1 February 1900

John Honeybone
Annie Marshall

John Honeybone
Annie Marshall
💍 1900/2434

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer
Domestic

28
21

Christchurch
Christchurch

3 days
3 days

Registrar's Office

00/794

1 February 1900

Registrar of Marriages, J. W. Rolleston

No	62
Date of Notice	1 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Honeybone	Annie Marshall
	💍 1900/2434
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer	Domestic
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	00/794
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, J. W. Rolleston

1 February 1900

William Nathan Carlton Bond
Ethel Mary Elworthy

William Nathaniel Carlon Bond
Ethel Mary Elworthy
💍 1900/2655

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheep Farmer

33
23

Christchurch
Timaru

4 months
23 years

St. Mary's Church, Timaru

00/1276

1 February 1900

Rev. E. H. Harper, Anglican

No	63
Date of Notice	1 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Nathan Carlton Bond	Ethel Mary Elworthy
BDM Match (93%)	William Nathaniel Carlon Bond	Ethel Mary Elworthy
	💍 1900/2655
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheep Farmer
Age	33	23
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Timaru
Length of Residence	4 months	23 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Church, Timaru
Folio	00/1276
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. H. Harper, Anglican

1 February 1900

Henry John Keen
Lily Jackson

Henry John Keen
Lily Jackson
💍 1900/2445

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer
Domestic

31
19

Christchurch
Christchurch

3 days
6 months

Registrar's Office

00/795

John Jackson, father

1 February 1900

Registrar of Marriages, J. W. Rolleston

No	64
Date of Notice	1 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry John Keen	Lily Jackson
	💍 1900/2445
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer	Domestic
Age	31	19
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	3 days	6 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	00/795
Consent	John Jackson, father
Date of Certificate	1 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, J. W. Rolleston

1 February 1900

Simon Richards Carter
Jane Maria Lake

Simon Richards
Jane Maria Lake
💍 1900/878

Widower
Widow

Carter
Housekeeper

47
42

Christchurch
Christchurch

25 years
20 years

House of Rev. J. Toke

00/886

1 February 1900

Rev. J. Toke, Baptist

No	65
Date of Notice	1 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Simon Richards Carter	Jane Maria Lake
BDM Match (83%)	Simon Richards	Jane Maria Lake
	💍 1900/878
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Carter	Housekeeper
Age	47	42
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	25 years	20 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. J. Toke
Folio	00/886
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Toke, Baptist

3 February 1900

Thornton Newsome
Julia Healey

Thornton Newsome
Julia Healey
💍 1900/2452

Bachelor
Spinster

35
25

Christchurch
Christchurch

6 years
25 years

Registrar's Office

00/796

3 February 1900

Registrar's Office, Christchurch

No	66
Date of Notice	3 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thornton Newsome	Julia Healey
	💍 1900/2452
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession
Age	35	25
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	6 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	00/796
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Registrar's Office, Christchurch

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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).