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 580

District of Drury Quarter ending 30 June 1900 Registrar Saml. Walker

No	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
17	3 April 1900	Michael McDonald Margaret Whelan	Michael McDonald Margaret Whelan 💍 1900/1098	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	29 23	Ararimu S. Ararimu S.	2 years 16 years	House of Michael Whelan	00/1485		3 April 1900	Rev. I. L. Ahern, R.C.C.
18	5 April 1900	George Bennet Agnes Elizabeth Wallace	George Bremner Agnes Elizabeth Wallace 💍 1900/1732	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	23 19	Hunua Hunua	13 years 12 years	House of John Garrett	00/2890	Father. John Garrett.	5 April 1900	Rev. Thos. Horne, Presbyterian Church
19	6 April 1900	Samuel Graham Olivia Innes	Samuel Graham Olivia Manning 💍 1900/1731	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	28 21	Pokeno Papakura	19 years 16 years	House of James Papakura	00/2889		6 April 1900	Rev. Thos. Horne, Presbyterian Church
20	14 April 1900	Mathew Routhy Margaret McDonald	Matthew Routly Margaret McDonald 💍 1900/1101 James Aikman Margaret McDonald 💍 1901/544 James Mayo Margaret McDonald 💍 1900/4862	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	30 49	Pukekohe Pukekohe	8 months 33 years	Wesleyan Church	00/1488		14 April 1900	Rev. W. J. Findlay, Presbyterian Church
21	4 May 1900	Ernest Benjamin William Cole Edith Maria Walker	Ernest Benjamin William Cole Edith Maria Walker 💍 1900/1099	Bachelor Spinster	Grazier	27 26	Tuakau Tuakau	15 years 17 years	Wesleyan Church	00/1486		4 May 1900	Rev. Geo. Marshall, Wesleyan Church
22	18 May 1900	John Turbott Charity Susan Barnaby	John Turbott Charity Susan Barnaby 💍 1900/2641	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	30 25	Harrisville Harrisville	22 years 17 years	House of Hy. Barnaby	00/1492		18 May 1900	Rev. Z. B. Dobson, Church of England
23	19 May 1900	Arthur Richard Varley Goodwill Ethel Manfield Baker	Arthur Richard Varley Goodwill Ethel Manfield Baker 💍 1900/2634	Widower Spinster	Builder Tailoress	31 22	Bombay Bombay	3 days 4 months	Anglican Church	00/1491		19 May 1900	Rev. Z. B. Dobson, Church of England
24	21 May 1900	John Hyde Louisa Ann Stanley	John Hyde Louisa Ann Stanley 💍 1900/1102	Bachelor Spinster	Saddler	22 18	Pukekohe Pukekohe	4 days 14 years	House of John Stanley	00/1489	Father. John Stanley.	21 May 1900	Rev. W. J. Findlay, Presbyterian Church
25	21 May 1900	Albert Levi Waltinson Annie Brooks	Albert Levi Walkinson Annie Brooks 💍 1900/2623	Bachelor Spinster	Millhand	33 30	Papakura Drury	20 years 20 years	House of Richey Brooks	00/1490		21 May 1900	William Bennett, Major, Salvation Army
26	8 June 1900	Edward Ernest Deed Alice Jane Sloane	Edward Ernest Deed Alice Jane Strane 💍 1900/1100	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	36 24	Clevedon Clevedon	11 years 11 years	House of John Sloane	00/1487		8 June 1900	Rev. O. R. Hewlett, Church of England
27	14 June 1900	James Alexander Innes Druscilla Barnaby	James Alexander Innes Drucilla Barnaby 💍 1900/2642	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	29 23	Tuakau Tuakau	1 week 16 years	House of Hy. Barnaby	00/1493		14 June 1900	Rev. Z. B. Dobson, Church of England
28	16 June 1900	Herbert John Wesley Hall Kate Brown	Herbert John Wesley Hall Kate Catherine Boyer Brown 💍 1900/2643	Bachelor Spinster	Farrier	26 22	Tuakau Tuakau	3 days 16 years	Anglican Church	00/1494		16 June 1900	Rev. Z. B. Dobson, Church of England

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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 1899. 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).