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 589

District of Hamilton Quarter ending 30 June 1900 Registrar Thomas With

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 April 1900

Robert Oliver Lock
Agnes Alice Jamieson

Robert Oliver Lock
Agnes Alice Jamieson
💍 1900/5465

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

25
25

Hamilton
Hamilton

6 years
20 years

St Peters Episcopal Church

00/1575

12 April 1900

Rev. T. A. Major, Church of England

No	5
Date of Notice	13 April 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Oliver Lock	Agnes Alice Jamieson
	💍 1900/5465
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	6 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St Peters Episcopal Church
Folio	00/1575
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 April 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. A. Major, Church of England

14 April 1900

Robert William Dench
Mary Carless

Robert William Dench
Mary Carless
💍 1900/2636

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

25
20

Ngaruawahia
Ngaruawahia

4 days
8 years

In the Church of England

00/1570

17 April 1900

Rev. Augustus W. Innes Bradbury, Church of England

No	6
Date of Notice	14 April 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert William Dench	Mary Carless
	💍 1900/2636
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Ngaruawahia	Ngaruawahia
Length of Residence	4 days	8 years
Marriage Place	In the Church of England
Folio	00/1570
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 April 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. Augustus W. Innes Bradbury, Church of England

30 April 1900

William Low
Mabel Burnside

William Low
Mabel Burnside
💍 1900/2633

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

25
29

Hamilton
Hamilton

18 months
4 years

In the house of Mr. William Steele

00/1509

30 April 1900

Rev. James Mitchell, Presbyterian

No	7
Date of Notice	30 April 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Low	Mabel Burnside
	💍 1900/2633
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	25	29
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	18 months	4 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. William Steele
Folio	00/1509
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 April 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. James Mitchell, Presbyterian

1 May 1900

John Bennington
Ellen Edmunds

John Bennington
Ellen Edmonds
💍 1900/2632

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

35
22

Hamilton
Hamilton East

14 days
12 years

In the house of Mr. Charles Warr

00/1507

1 May 1900

Rev. James Mitchell, Presbyterian

No	8
Date of Notice	1 May 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Bennington	Ellen Edmunds
BDM Match (96%)	John Bennington	Ellen Edmonds
	💍 1900/2632
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	35	22
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton East
Length of Residence	14 days	12 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. Charles Warr
Folio	00/1507
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 May 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. James Mitchell, Presbyterian

7 May 1900

James Christopher Williams
Emily Clara Wallindine

James Christopher Williams
Emily Clara Mallindine
💍 1900/2637

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

29
21

Ngaruawahia
Ngaruawahia

20 years
14 years

In the Church of England

00/1511

7 May 1900

Rev. A. W. Innes Bradbury, Church of England

No	9
Date of Notice	7 May 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Christopher Williams	Emily Clara Wallindine
BDM Match (98%)	James Christopher Williams	Emily Clara Mallindine
	💍 1900/2637
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	29	21
Dwelling Place	Ngaruawahia	Ngaruawahia
Length of Residence	20 years	14 years
Marriage Place	In the Church of England
Folio	00/1511
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 May 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. W. Innes Bradbury, Church of England

21 May 1900

Frederick Davys
Mary Ellen Taylor

Frederick Davys
Mary Ellen Taylor
💍 1900/2639

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

42
32

Hamilton
Taupiri

14 days
25 years

In the house of Mr. William Taylor at Ngaruawahia

00/1573

21 May 1900

Rev. A. W. Innes Bradbury, Church of England

No	10
Date of Notice	21 May 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Davys	Mary Ellen Taylor
	💍 1900/2639
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	42	32
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Taupiri
Length of Residence	14 days	25 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. William Taylor at Ngaruawahia
Folio	00/1573
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 May 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. W. Innes Bradbury, 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 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).