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 847

District of Nelson Quarter ending 30 June 1900 Registrar Hugh Calders

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
12	9 April 1900	Alfred John Bulliff Ellen May Boyd	Alfred John Bulliff Ellen May Boyd 💍 1900/3237	Bachelor Widow	Butcher Domestic duties	25 22	Bronte Street, Nelson Bronte Street, Nelson	4 days 2 months	The residence of Mr Pahl, Bronte Street, Nelson	00/2089		9 April 1900	J. S. Smalley, Wesleyan Minister
13	11 April 1900	Ernest William Hodgson Alice Adelaide Baynt	Ernest William Hodgson Alice Adelaide Baigent 💍 1900/3233	Widower Spinster	Storekeeper Domestic duties	33 31	Mount Street, Nelson Mount Street, Nelson	3 days 15 years	Residence of Henry Baynt, Wakefield	00/2085		11 April 1900	F. W. Chatterton, Church of England Minister
14	16 April 1900	Frank Stanley Johns Ethel Linda Machen	Frank Stanley Johns Ethel Linda McEachen 💍 1900/3112	Bachelor Spinster	Salesman School Teacher	24 25	Trafalgar Street, Nelson Nile Street East, Nelson	4 days 7 years	Residence of James Machen, Nile Street East, Nelson	00/2090		16 April 1900	Rev. J. S. Smalley, Wesleyan Minister
15	16 April 1900	George Matheson Ethel Isabel Bradley	George Matheson Henderson Ethel Isobel Bradley 💍 1900/3115	Bachelor Spinster	Master Mariner Music Teacher	27 22	Stoke Stoke	4 days 9 months	St Barnabas Church, Stoke, Church of England	00/2091		16 April 1900	Rev. A. C. Wright, Church of England Minister
16	19 April 1900	Christopher William Hyde Emily Hilda Johnson	Christopher William Hyde Emily Hilda Johnson 💍 1900/3118	Bachelor Spinster	Turner Domestic duties	25 20	Custom House Hotel, Nelson Wakefield	6 days 20 years	All Saints Church, Vanguard Street, Nelson	00/2094	Johnson, father	19 April 1900	J. S. Snee, Church of England Minister
17	20 April 1900	William Biddle Eliza Alice Aceport	William Biddle Eliza Alice Allport 💍 1900/3116	Bachelor Spinster	Locomotive Engineman Domestic duties	34 28	Vanguard Street, Nelson Stoke	1 day 28 days	St Barnabas Church, Stoke, Church of England	00/2092		20 April 1900	A. C. Wright, Church of England Minister
18	27 April 1900	Charles Bellew Mary McDonnell	Charles Bellew Mary McDonnell 💍 1900/3121	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer Domestic Servant	53 34	Gloucester Street, Nelson Collingwood Street, Nelson	3 days 3 days	St Mary's Church, Ahaura	00/2097		27 April 1900	Dean Mahoney, Roman Catholic Priest
19	28 April 1900	John Weir Adams Martha Eliza Beatrice Adams	John Weir Martha Eliza Beatrice Adams 💍 1900/3058	Bachelor Spinster	Mariner Domestic duties	30 19	Russell Street, Nelson Southbeach, Collingwood	30 years 18 months	The residence of Thomas Lile Adams, Southbeach, Collingwood, Farmer	00/2061	Adams, father	28 April 1900	A. T. Heron, Church of England Minister
20	30 April 1900	Martin Croucher Edith Henrietta May	Martin Croucher Edith Henreitta Inder 💍 1900/3117	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer Draper's Assistant	27 25	Richmond Richmond	3 days 6 years	Holy Trinity Church, Richmond, Blenheim	00/2093		30 April 1900	A. C. Wright, Church of England Minister
21	4 May 1900	Leonard Roderick Lucre Katherine Agnes Conway	Leonard Roderick Lucie Catherine Agnes Conway 💍 1900/3122	Bachelor Spinster	Cordial Manufacturer Licensed Victualler	24 26	Waimea Street, Nelson Bridge Street, Nelson	4 days 3 months	Exchange Hotel, Bridge Street, Nelson	00/2098		4 May 1900	W. G. Mahoney, Roman Catholic Priest
22	8 May 1900	James Sexton Catherine Clune	James Sexton Catherine Clune 💍 1900/3113	Bachelor Spinster	Gold Miner Hotel Keeper	45 37	Bridge Street, Nelson Bridge Street, Nelson	6 days 6 months	St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Nelson	00/2099		8 May 1900	W. G. Mahoney, Roman Catholic Priest
23	9 May 1900	John Raymond Bethwaite Margarita Halloran alias Orsman	John Raymond Bethwaite Margaret Orsman 💍 1900/3234	Bachelor Spinster	Ironmonger Tailoress	24 23	Vanguard Street, Nelson St Vincent Street, Nelson	20 years 20 years	The residence of Mr John Orsman, St Vincent Street, Nelson	00/2086		9 May 1900	F. W. Chatterton, Church of England Minister
24	12 May 1900	Leonard Ingham Mabell Liley	Leonard Ingham Mabell Liley 💍 1900/3235	Bachelor Spinster	Dairyman Domestic Servant	27 18	Vanguard Street, Nelson Hampden	27 years 13 months	All Saints Church, Vanguard Street, Nelson	00/2087	William Thomas Liley, father	12 May 1900	F. W. Chatterton, Church of England Minister
25	17 May 1900	Frederick Thomas Lipscombe Maria Andrew	Frederick Thomas Lipscombe Maria Andrew 💍 1900/3230	Bachelor Widow	Chainman Licensed Victualler	31 30	Bridge Street, Nelson Bridge Street, Nelson	10 days 2 years	In the Exchange Hotel, Bridge Street, Nelson	00/2083		17 May 1900	J. P. Kempthorne, Church of England Minister
26	23 May 1900	Joseph Nock Elizabeth Jane Anderson	Joseph Mock Elizabeth Jane Anderson 💍 1900/1927	Bachelor Spinster	Carpenter Domestic Servant	22 23	Washington Road, Nelson Hardy Street, Nelson	10 months 5 years	Baptist Church, Bridge Street, Nelson	00/3453		23 May 1900	R. S. Gray, Baptist Minister

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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).