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 935

District of Temuka Quarter ending 30 June 1900 Registrar Percy Pager White

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
8	11 April 1900	Wm. Cecil Payne Amy L. Dobbs		Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	23 22	Orari Orari	23 years 15 years	Private Residence of Parties	00/2366		11 April 1900	J. Sharpe
9	19 April 1900	John Workman Minnie Walker	John Wakefield Minnie Walker 💍 1900/3157	Widower Spinster	Labourer	26 22	Temuka Temuka	8 Days 22 years	Registrar's Office	00/2369		19 April 1900	J. M. Fraser
10	21 April 1900	James C. Bain Caroline S. Southby	James Edward Cain Caroline Eliza Southby 💍 1900/3155	Bachelor Spinster	Commission Agent	24 22	Temuka Waimate	1 year 17 years	Presbyterian Manse	00/2367		21 April 1900	L. Fouvel
11	24 April 1900	Thos. A. Sheen Frances Perry	Thomas Abermathy Sheen Frances Perry 💍 1900/3158	Bachelor Spinster	Storeman	24 22	Temuka Temuka	24 years 4 years	Roman Catholic Church	00/2370		24 April 1900	Thos. Farley
12	25 April 1900	Henry L. Goodeve Georgina M. Brooking	Henry Leonard Goodeve Georgina McBratney 💍 1900/2069	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	24 25	Temuka Temuka	24 years 25 years	Church of England	00/3728		25 April 1900	Thos. Farley
13	19 May 1900	Ernest W. Taylor Mabel A. Stride	Ernest William Taylor Mabel Annie Hide 💍 1900/2071	Bachelor Spinster	Drover	25 19	Temuka Winchester	10 years 11 years	Private Residence of Mrs. Stride	00/3730		19 May 1900	Thos. Farley
14	22 May 1900	Geo. L. Robbins Alice M. Swarbrick		Bachelor Spinster	Painter	25 17	Temuka Temuka	25 years 7 years	Private Residence of Baker Swarbrick	00/2368	John Swarbrick, Father	22 May 1900	J. M. Fraser
15	22 May 1900	Francis Heron Annie Thornley	Francis Heron Annie Thornley 💍 1900/2070	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	31 25	Waimate Waimate	31 years 25 years	Private Residence of James Heron	00/3729		22 May 1900	Thos. Farley
16	31 May 1900	Alfred Soutts Jane Palmer	Alfred South Jane Palmer 💍 1900/2072	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	29 28	Winchester Temuka	30 years 28 years	Church of England	00/3731		31 May 1900	Thos. Farley
17	12 June 1900	Patrick Lyons Bertha Murphys	Patrick Lyons Catherine Murphy 💍 1900/3160	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	28 27	Temuka Temuka	4 years 4 years	Roman Catholic Church	00/2371		12 June 1900	L. Fouvel
18	25 June 1900	Wm. Barry Mary Fitzgerald	William Barry Mary Fitzgerald 💍 1900/3161	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	26 27	Temuka Temuka	3 years 3 Days	Roman Catholic Church	00/2372		25 June 1900	R. A. Foleme
19	26 June 1900	Wm. H. Austin Annie M. Tilford		Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	30 24	Orari Winchester	30 years 3 years	Church of England	00/3732		26 June 1900	Thos. Farley
20	30 June 1900	John Healy Mary Donnithorne	John Healy Mary Counihan 💍 1900/4973	Widower Spinster	Hotelkeeper	41 30	Temuka Temuka	6 Days 14 Days	Roman Catholic Church, Temuka	00/5196		30 June 1900	L. Fouvel

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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).