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 825

District of Wairau Quarter ending 30 June 1900 Registrar H. Marley

No	Date of Notice	Names and Surnames of Parties	BDM Match	Condition	Calling or Profession	Age	Dwelling Place	Length of Residence	Marriage Place	Folio	Date of Certificate	Officiating Minister
14	5 April 1900	Arthur Daniel Stewart Caroline Cauly Nicholas	Arthur Daniel Stewart Caroline Canty Nicholas 💍 1900/3055	Bachelor Spinster	Groom	23 21	Blenheim Blenheim	9 years 21 years	House of Mr. W. Wallider, Blenheim	00/2071	5 April 1900	Rev. W. O. Robb
15	7 April 1900	Ashton Reid Frost Ethel Amy Maud Lamb	Ashton Reid Frost Ethel Amy Maud Lamb 💍 1900/3045	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	26 21	Blenheim Blenheim	5 days 21 years	Church of England, Spring Creek	00/2049	7 April 1900	E. H. Ensor
16	9 April 1900	Herbert James Kerr Annie Jane Watson	Herbert James Kerr Annie Jane Watson 💍 1900/3065	Bachelor Spinster	Waggon driver	30 21	Blenheim Blenheim	7 years 21 years	House of Mr. W. Schwarz, Grovetown	00/2045	9 April 1900	J. S. Grace
17	17 April 1900	William Thomas Phillips Winnie Jones	William Thomas Winnie Jones 💍 1900/5735 William James Ingram Minnie Jones 💍 1900/5523	Bachelor Spinster	Butcher	26 21	Awatere Seddon	26 years 3 months	Registrar's Office, Blenheim	00/2039	17 April 1900	W. J. Hanley, Registrar
18	17 April 1900	Frank Brougham Agnes May Tunnicliffe	Frank Broughan Agnes May Tunnicliffe 💍 1900/3047	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	29 23	Blenheim Blenheim	29 years 23 years	House of Mr. C. Tunnicliffe, Blenheim	00/2051	17 April 1900	Rev. L. C. Servajean
19	19 April 1900	Frederick Herbert Carvell Ellen O'Leary	Frederick Hubert Carrell Ellen OLeary 💍 1900/3046	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	28 23	Blenheim Blenheim	6 years 23 years	Roman Catholic Church, Blenheim	00/2050	19 April 1900	Rev. L. C. Servajean
20	25 April 1900	George Elliott Bartlett Elizabeth Sutherland	George Elliott Bartlett Elizabeth Sutherland 💍 1900/3062	Bachelor Spinster	Painter	31 21	Blenheim Blenheim	31 years 15 years	House of Mr. W. Sutherland, Blenheim	00/2042	25 April 1900	W. O. Robb
21	26 April 1900	David Frances O'Sullivan Kate Cameron	Daniel Francis O'Sullivan Kate Cameron 💍 1900/3048	Bachelor Spinster	Baker	24 24	Blenheim Blenheim	24 years 2 months	Roman Catholic Church, Presbyterian, Blenheim	00/2052	26 April 1900	L. C. Servajean
22	1 May 1900	William George Dawes Martha Emma Mortimer	William George Dawes Martha Emma Mortimer 💍 1900/3066	Bachelor Spinster	Farm hand	24 24	Renwicktown Kaituna Valley	14 years 24 years	House of Mr. W. Mortimer, Kaituna Valley	00/2046	1 May 1900	H. Foster
23	18 May 1900	David Colville Scott Scrymgeour Winifred Lally	David Colville Scott Scryingeour Winifred Lully 💍 1900/3049	Bachelor Spinster	Actor	22 25	Blenheim O'Leary, Blenheim	3 months 6 years	House of Mr. J. O'Leary, Blenheim	00/2053	18 May 1900	L. C. Servajean
24	22 May 1900	Philip Rollinson Amelia Thomson	Philip Rollinson Annie Amelia Thompson 💍 1900/3067	Bachelor Spinster	Brickmaker	30 28	Blenheim Blenheim	9 weeks 6 years	House of Mr. Blunt, Springlands	00/2047	22 May 1900	W. Keall
25	25 May 1900	Henry Seater Adeline Thomas Renwick	Henry Seater Adeline Thomas Renwick 💍 1900/3064	Bachelor Spinster	Sheep farmer	31 37	Awatere Awatere	4 months 18 years	Presbyterian Church, Awatere	00/2044	25 May 1900	W. O. Robb
26	29 May 1900	Charles Gibbons Elizabeth McKinnie	Charles Gibbons Elizabeth McKenna 💍 1900/3050	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	23 22	Grovetown Redwoodtown	23 years 21 years	Catholic Church, Blenheim	00/2054	29 May 1900	L. C. Servajean
27	5 June 1900	Henderson Leslie Annie Margaret Mills	Henderson Leslie Annie Margaret Mills 💍 1900/3063	Bachelor Spinster	Iron Smith	23 22	Blenheim Blenheim	13 years 22 years	House of Mr. W. Freig, Blenheim	00/2043	5 June 1900	W. O. Robb

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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).