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 705

District of Napier Quarter ending 30 June 1900 Registrar Arthur Hector Gore

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

2 April 1900

Robert Joseph Price
Agnes Amy Streater

Robert Joseph Price
Agnes Amy Streater
💍 1900/1221

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer
Domestic

44
17

Napier
Napier

1 year
11 years

In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Napier

00/1697

Elizabeth Tier, formerly Streater, formerly Arnold, Mother

2 April 1900

J. Jago, Registrar

No	16
Date of Notice	2 April 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Joseph Price	Agnes Amy Streater
	💍 1900/1221
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer	Domestic
Age	44	17
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	1 year	11 years
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Napier
Folio	00/1697
Consent	Elizabeth Tier, formerly Streater, formerly Arnold, Mother
Date of Certificate	2 April 1900
Officiating Minister	J. Jago, Registrar

3 April 1900

William Robert Jourdain
Crawford Rubina Murray

William Robert Jourdain
Crawford Rutina Murray
💍 1900/1227

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

32
25

Wellington
Napier

3 months
5 years

Cathedral, Napier

00/1702

3 April 1900

Dean Hovell

No	17
Date of Notice	3 April 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Robert Jourdain	Crawford Rubina Murray
BDM Match (98%)	William Robert Jourdain	Crawford Rutina Murray
	💍 1900/1227
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	32	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Napier
Length of Residence	3 months	5 years
Marriage Place	Cathedral, Napier
Folio	00/1702
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 April 1900
Officiating Minister	Dean Hovell

5 April 1900

Edmund Solomon Taylor
Lottie Ann McBride

Edmund Solomon Taylor
Lottie Ann McBride
💍 1900/2849

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer
Domestic

21
17

Napier
Napier

3 months
8 months

Residence of H. J. Miller, Napier

00/1707

Christina McBride, Mother

5 April 1900

Rev. H. J. Miller

No	18
Date of Notice	5 April 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edmund Solomon Taylor	Lottie Ann McBride
	💍 1900/2849
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer	Domestic
Age	21	17
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	3 months	8 months
Marriage Place	Residence of H. J. Miller, Napier
Folio	00/1707
Consent	Christina McBride, Mother
Date of Certificate	5 April 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. J. Miller

6 April 1900

Thomas Thompson Hogg McLean
Maude Toop

Thomas Thompson Hogg McLean
Maude Toop
💍 1900/1222

Bachelor
Spinster

Boilermaker
Domestic

29
22

Napier
Napier

1 1/2 years
22 years

In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Napier

00/1698

6 April 1900

J. Jago, Registrar

No	19
Date of Notice	6 April 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Thompson Hogg McLean	Maude Toop
	💍 1900/1222
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Boilermaker	Domestic
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	1 1/2 years	22 years
Marriage Place	In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Napier
Folio	00/1698
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 April 1900
Officiating Minister	J. Jago, Registrar

9 April 1900

Frank Edmund Collis Edkins
Isabella Louisa Stratton

Frank Edmund Collis Edkins
Isabella Louisa Stratton
💍 1900/2857

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Tailoress

35
32

Aohanga, Napier
Napier

12 years
3 months

Residence of Mr. J. Waters, Milton Road, Napier

00/1709

9 April 1900

Rev. W. G. Parsonson

No	20
Date of Notice	9 April 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Edmund Collis Edkins	Isabella Louisa Stratton
	💍 1900/2857
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Tailoress
Age	35	32
Dwelling Place	Aohanga, Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	12 years	3 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. J. Waters, Milton Road, Napier
Folio	00/1709
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 April 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. G. Parsonson

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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).