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 694

District of Waimate Quarter ending 30 June 1900 Registrar J. C. Hocking

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
100	29 May 1900	Thomas McPhillip Georgina Deans	Thomas McPhillips Georgina Deacon Scown 💍 1900/2778	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer Nil	29 22	Arawata Arawata	3 years 2 years	The Public Hall	00/1664		29 May 1900	Revd. P. J. Power, Roman Catholic Priest
102	11 June 1900	Frank Ewart Payne Bedey Mary Jane Buckingham	Frank Ewart Payne Besley Mary Jane Buckingham 💍 1900/2782	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer Domestic Duties	29 29	Toko Otakeho	2 years 12 years	Church of England, Otakeho	00/1667		11 June 1900	Revd. A. W. H. Compton, Church of England Minister
103	12 June 1900	Phillips Pitcher Emily Winsing Hill	Phillip Pitcher Emily Win Mary Hill 💍 1900/2776	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer Nil	23 18	Kaponga Kaponga	4 years 1 year	Residence of W. H. Philip	00/1662	H. Hill, Father	12 June 1900	Revd. W. N. Philip, Presbyterian Minister
104	4 June 1900	Henry George Johns Isabella Martha Cassidy	Henry George Johns Isabella Martha Cassidy 💍 1900/2780	Bachelor Spinster	Baker Nil	29 24	Wanganui Kaponga	6 weeks 8 months	Residence of F. Cassidy	00/1666		4 June 1900	Revd. C. Penny, Wesleyan Minister
104	11 June 1900	Edward Long Margaret Slattery	Edward Long Margaret Slattery 💍 1900/2779	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer Nil	27 23	Manaia Kapuni	10 years 3 years	Roman Catholic Church, Manaia	00/1665		11 June 1900	Revd. P. J. Power, Roman Catholic Priest
105	23 June 1900	St. John McGuire Margaret King	St John McGuire Margaret King 💍 1900/3900	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer Nil	20 23	Kaponga Kaponga	1 year 7 years	Roman Catholic Church, Kaponga	00/4540		22 June 1900	Revd. P. J. Power, Roman Catholic Priest
140	7 April 1900	William Thomas Medray Jennie Law	William Thomas McKay Jeannie Law 💍 1900/2775	Bachelor Spinster	Saddler Nil	26 20	Kaponga Kaponga	1 year 3 years	Presbyterian Church	00/1661	Robert Law, Father	7 April 1900	Revd. W. N. Philip, Presbyterian Minister
144	20 April 1900	William Jennings Bradford Rose Genevieve Dalton	William Jennings Bradford Rose Genevieve Dalton 💍 1900/2777	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer Domestic Duties	26 23	Whakamara Manaia	4 years 10 years	Residence of F. Dalton	00/1663		20 April 1900	Revd. P. J. Power, Roman Catholic Priest

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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).