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 435

District of Dunedin Quarter ending 31 March 1900 Registrar Joseph Hall

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

13 February 1900

William Leslie Wilson
Clara Wilhelmine Wilhelmsen

William Leslie Wilson
Clara Wilhelmine Wilhelmsen
💍 1900/2483

Bachelor
Spinster

Pressman

21 years
24 years

Mornington
Dunedin

2 years
24 years

In the house of Waldemar Wilhelmsen, Forth Street

00/1100

13 February 1900

Rev. W. Scorgie, Presbyterian Minister

No	56
Date of Notice	13 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Leslie Wilson	Clara Wilhelmine Wilhelmsen
	💍 1900/2483
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Pressman
Age	21 years	24 years
Dwelling Place	Mornington	Dunedin
Length of Residence	2 years	24 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Waldemar Wilhelmsen, Forth Street
Folio	00/1100
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Scorgie, Presbyterian Minister

13 February 1900

George Brown
Martha Jane Mitchell

George Brown Junr
Martha Jane Mitchell
💍 1900/2497

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer

33 years
25 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
3 days

In the house of Rev. Dr. John Dunloh

00/1095

13 February 1900

Rev. Dr. John Dunloh, Presbyterian Minister

No	57
Date of Notice	13 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Brown	Martha Jane Mitchell
BDM Match (85%)	George Brown Junr	Martha Jane Mitchell
	💍 1900/2497
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer
Age	33 years	25 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	In the house of Rev. Dr. John Dunloh
Folio	00/1095
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. Dr. John Dunloh, Presbyterian Minister

13 February 1900

William Henry Fahey
Flora McDonald Noble

William Henry Fahey
Flora McDonald Noble
💍 1900/5227

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman

32 years
31 years

Dunedin
Kensington

8 years
1 month

In the house of Rev. Dr. Waddell

00/5301

13 February 1900

Rev. Dr. Waddell, Presbyterian Minister

No	58
Date of Notice	13 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Fahey	Flora McDonald Noble
	💍 1900/5227
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman
Age	32 years	31 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Kensington
Length of Residence	8 years	1 month
Marriage Place	In the house of Rev. Dr. Waddell
Folio	00/5301
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. Dr. Waddell, Presbyterian Minister

13 February 1900

David Anderson
Elizabeth Ellen Pidgeon

David Anderson
Elizabeth Ellen Pidgeon
💍 1900/2462

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

22 years
23 years

Rothesay
Burkes

3 days
23 years

In the house of Benjamin Pidgeon

00/1075

13 February 1900

Rev. M. M. Nicolson, Presbyterian Minister

No	59
Date of Notice	13 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Anderson	Elizabeth Ellen Pidgeon
	💍 1900/2462
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	22 years	23 years
Dwelling Place	Rothesay	Burkes
Length of Residence	3 days	23 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Benjamin Pidgeon
Folio	00/1075
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. M. Nicolson, Presbyterian Minister

16 February 1900

Alfred George Kinnig
Emma Alison Hellyer

Alfred George Kinvig
Emma Alison Hellger
💍 1900/2469

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

25 years
26 years

Dunedin
Kensington

3 days
9 years

In St. Matthews Church

00/1082

16 February 1900

Rev. W. Lawson Sigger, Church of England Minister

No	60
Date of Notice	16 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred George Kinnig	Emma Alison Hellyer
BDM Match (95%)	Alfred George Kinvig	Emma Alison Hellger
	💍 1900/2469
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	25 years	26 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Kensington
Length of Residence	3 days	9 years
Marriage Place	In St. Matthews Church
Folio	00/1082
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Lawson Sigger, Church of England Minister

19 February 1900

Thomas Tait
Annie McNaughton

Thomas Tait
Annie MacNaugton
💍 1900/5234

Bachelor
Spinster

Minister

30 years
31 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
31 years

In the house of Allan McNaughton, Maitland Street

00/5302

19 February 1900

Rev. Dr. Waddell, Presbyterian Minister

No	61
Date of Notice	19 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Tait	Annie McNaughton
BDM Match (94%)	Thomas Tait	Annie MacNaugton
	💍 1900/5234
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Minister
Age	30 years	31 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	31 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Allan McNaughton, Maitland Street
Folio	00/5302
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. Dr. Waddell, Presbyterian Minister

19 February 1900

Edward Johnson Hill
Annie McGlashan

Edward Johnson Hill
Annie McGlushan
💍 1900/1020

Bachelor
Spinster

Printer

26 years
27 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

14 days
21 years

In the First Church

00/1060

19 February 1900

Rev. James Gibb, Presbyterian Minister

No	62
Date of Notice	19 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Johnson Hill	Annie McGlashan
BDM Match (97%)	Edward Johnson Hill	Annie McGlushan
	💍 1900/1020
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Printer
Age	26 years	27 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	14 days	21 years
Marriage Place	In the First Church
Folio	00/1060
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. James Gibb, Presbyterian Minister

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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).