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 666

District of Manaia Quarter ending 30 June 1900 Registrar Albert Pabst

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

114

5 April 1900

Berkeley Edward Stafford
Gertrude Howes Banks

Berkeley Howard Stafford
Gertrude Howes Banks
💍 1900/2806

Bachelor
Spinster

Battery Superintendent

30
24

Waihi
Thames

3 years
3 days

St. George's Church, Thames

00/1562

5 April 1900

Rev. W. Wilson, Mr. Thaddens Gallagher

No	114
Date of Notice	5 April 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Berkeley Edward Stafford	Gertrude Howes Banks
BDM Match (96%)	Berkeley Howard Stafford	Gertrude Howes Banks
	💍 1900/2806
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Battery Superintendent
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Waihi	Thames
Length of Residence	3 years	3 days
Marriage Place	St. George's Church, Thames
Folio	00/1562
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 April 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Wilson, Mr. Thaddens Gallagher

115

12 April 1900

Charles Edward Dennis
Sarah Hannah Dobbs

Charles Edward Tothill
Sarah Hannah Dodds
💍 1900/2822

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

39
40

Waihi
Waihi

about 12 months

Salvation Army Barracks, Waihi

00/1582

12 April 1900

Rev. Jacob Featherston

No	115
Date of Notice	12 April 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Edward Dennis	Sarah Hannah Dobbs
BDM Match (81%)	Charles Edward Tothill	Sarah Hannah Dodds
	💍 1900/2822
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	39	40
Dwelling Place	Waihi	Waihi
Length of Residence	about 12 months
Marriage Place	Salvation Army Barracks, Waihi
Folio	00/1582
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 April 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. Jacob Featherston

116

25 April 1900

Francis Joseph Durig
Mary Dunstan

Francis Joseph Twigg
Mary Dunstan
💍 1900/2824

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

24
18

Waihi
Waihi

3 years
6 years

Private Residence of R. Richard, Waihi

00/1584

R. Richard, Father

25 April 1900

Rev. David Weatherall

No	116
Date of Notice	25 April 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Joseph Durig	Mary Dunstan
BDM Match (90%)	Francis Joseph Twigg	Mary Dunstan
	💍 1900/2824
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	24	18
Dwelling Place	Waihi	Waihi
Length of Residence	3 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Private Residence of R. Richard, Waihi
Folio	00/1584
Consent	R. Richard, Father
Date of Certificate	25 April 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. David Weatherall

117

9 May 1900

Joseph William Hollis
Edith Emily Corbett

Theophilus John Hollis
Edith Emily Corbett
💍 1900/2823

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

34
30

Waihi
Waikino

10 years
about 2 years

Private Residence of Mr. Cayley, Waikino

00/1583

9 May 1900

Rev. E. H. Wilson

No	117
Date of Notice	9 May 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph William Hollis	Edith Emily Corbett
BDM Match (70%)	Theophilus John Hollis	Edith Emily Corbett
	💍 1900/2823
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	34	30
Dwelling Place	Waihi	Waikino
Length of Residence	10 years	about 2 years
Marriage Place	Private Residence of Mr. Cayley, Waikino
Folio	00/1583
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 May 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. H. Wilson

118

5 June 1900

Frank Robinson
Ellen Earl

Frank Robinson
Ellen Earl
💍 1900/2825

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

23
20

Waihi
Waihi

4 years
6 years

Private Residence of S. E. Green, Waihi

00/1585

S. E. Green, Father

5 June 1900

Rev. David Weatherall

No	118
Date of Notice	5 June 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Robinson	Ellen Earl
	💍 1900/2825
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Waihi	Waihi
Length of Residence	4 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Private Residence of S. E. Green, Waihi
Folio	00/1585
Consent	S. E. Green, Father
Date of Certificate	5 June 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. David Weatherall

119

12 June 1900

Richard Joseph Cotter
Sarah Margaret Timolla

Richard Joseph Cotter
Sarah Margaret Kinsella
💍 1900/3521

Richard Joseph Cotter
Mary Francis De La Perrelle
💍 1901/626

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

28
22

Waikino
Waikino

4 years
2 years

Private Residence of J. Timolla, Waikino

00/2953

12 June 1900

Rev. James Joseph Haskin

No	119
Date of Notice	12 June 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Joseph Cotter	Sarah Margaret Timolla
BDM Match (91%)	Richard Joseph Cotter	Sarah Margaret Kinsella
	💍 1900/3521
BDM Match (63%)	Richard Joseph Cotter	Mary Francis De La Perrelle
	💍 1901/626
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Waikino	Waikino
Length of Residence	4 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Private Residence of J. Timolla, Waikino
Folio	00/2953
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 June 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. James Joseph Haskin

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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).