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 901

District of Christchurch Quarter ending 30 June 1900 Registrar J. J. M. Anderson

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

343

23 June 1900

Verius Starbuck
Ann Ellen Moore

Decius Starbuck Turner
Ann Ellen Moore
💍 1900/3827

Widower
Widow

Fitter
Nurse

44
45

Christchurch
Christchurch

20 years
30 years

House of Mr. Y. S. Tearner, Charles St., Linwood

00/3545

23 June 1900

Rev. R. Scott Allan, Presbyterian

No	343
Date of Notice	23 June 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Verius Starbuck	Ann Ellen Moore
BDM Match (80%)	Decius Starbuck Turner	Ann Ellen Moore
	💍 1900/3827
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Fitter	Nurse
Age	44	45
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	20 years	30 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. Y. S. Tearner, Charles St., Linwood
Folio	00/3545
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 June 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Scott Allan, Presbyterian

344

25 June 1900

William Anderson
May Ellen Duffield

William Anderson
Mary Ellen Duffield
💍 1900/1428

Bachelor
Spinster

Thriller
Domestic

27
23

Christchurch
Christchurch

2 years
23 years

House of Mrs. Eddamin, Montreal St., Sydenham

00/2227

25 June 1900

Rev. R. Scott Allan, Presbyterian

No	344
Date of Notice	25 June 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Anderson	May Ellen Duffield
BDM Match (97%)	William Anderson	Mary Ellen Duffield
	💍 1900/1428
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Thriller	Domestic
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	2 years	23 years
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. Eddamin, Montreal St., Sydenham
Folio	00/2227
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 June 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Scott Allan, Presbyterian

345

26 June 1900

Arthur Edward Dixon
Catherine Sutherland Banks

Arthur Edward Dixon
Catherine Sutherland Banks
💍 1900/3108

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

27
25

Christchurch
St. Albans

3 days
1 year

House of Mr. Banks, Papanui Rd., St. Albans

00/2206

26 June 1900

Rev. T. Erwin, Presbyterian

No	345
Date of Notice	26 June 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Edward Dixon	Catherine Sutherland Banks
	💍 1900/3108
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	St. Albans
Length of Residence	3 days	1 year
Marriage Place	House of Mr. Banks, Papanui Rd., St. Albans
Folio	00/2206
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 June 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. Erwin, Presbyterian

346

27 June 1900

Daniel Dyer
Helen Clara Miles

Daniel Dyer
Ellen Clara Miles
💍 1900/2093

Widower
Spinster

Butcher
Domestic

31
26

Christchurch
Christchurch

13 years
15 years

House of Mr. D. Dyer, Richmond

00/3602

27 June 1900

Rev. C. E. Ward, Methodist

No	346
Date of Notice	27 June 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel Dyer	Helen Clara Miles
BDM Match (94%)	Daniel Dyer	Ellen Clara Miles
	💍 1900/2093
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Domestic
Age	31	26
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	13 years	15 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. D. Dyer, Richmond
Folio	00/3602
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 June 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. E. Ward, Methodist

347

28 June 1900

Robert Stockdill
Margaret Hogg

Robt Stockdill
Margt Hogg
💍 1900/2110

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer
Domestic

34
37

Christchurch
Christchurch

14 days
7 years

House of Mr. Fraser, Lichfield St., Christchurch

00/3595

28 June 1900

Rev. T. Elmslie, Presbyterian

No	347
Date of Notice	28 June 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Stockdill	Margaret Hogg
BDM Match (82%)	Robt Stockdill	Margt Hogg
	💍 1900/2110
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer	Domestic
Age	34	37
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	14 days	7 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. Fraser, Lichfield St., Christchurch
Folio	00/3595
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 June 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. Elmslie, Presbyterian

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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).