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 559

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1900

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

314

1 June 1900

George Henry Burk
Mary Kate Kearney (Commonly known as Sullivan)

Bachelor
Spinster

Lumper

24
23

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
23 years

St. Benedict Church, Auckland

00/1434

4 June 1900

Rev. F. J. P. Lilian, Roman Catholic

No	314
Date of Notice	1 June 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Henry Burk	Mary Kate Kearney (Commonly known as Sullivan)
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Lumper
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	23 years
Marriage Place	St. Benedict Church, Auckland
Folio	00/1434
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 June 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. J. P. Lilian, Roman Catholic

315

5 June 1900

Charles Ferdinand Heatley
Florence Amy Von der Heyde

Charles Fferrand Dearden Matson
Florence Amy Von der Heyde
💍 1900/1090

Bachelor
Spinster

Newspaper Representative

32
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
15 years

St. Paul's Church, Auckland

00/1366

5 June 1900

Rev. C. R. Wilson, Church of England

No	315
Date of Notice	5 June 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Ferdinand Heatley	Florence Amy Von der Heyde
BDM Match (76%)	Charles Fferrand Dearden Matson	Florence Amy Von der Heyde
	💍 1900/1090
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Newspaper Representative
Age	32	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	15 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church, Auckland
Folio	00/1366
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 June 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. R. Wilson, Church of England

316

5 June 1900

Thomas Moor
Sarah Baker Thomas

Thomas Moor
Sarah Baker Thomas
💍 1900/2737

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

24
22

Auckland
Auckland

14 years
14 years

Primitive Methodist Church, Eden Terrace

00/1396

5 June 1900

Rev. W. Laycock, Primitive Methodist

No	316
Date of Notice	5 June 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Moor	Sarah Baker Thomas
	💍 1900/2737
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	14 years	14 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Eden Terrace
Folio	00/1396
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 June 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Laycock, Primitive Methodist

317

5 June 1900

George Skene Dixon
Jessie Brown

George Skene Dixon
Jessie Brown
💍 1900/2742

Widower
Spinster

Gentleman

46
28

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
20 months

House of Mrs. H. Southwick, Grafton Road

00/1378

5 June 1900

Rev. W. Fittes, Wesleyan

No	317
Date of Notice	5 June 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Skene Dixon	Jessie Brown
	💍 1900/2742
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Gentleman
Age	46	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	20 months
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. H. Southwick, Grafton Road
Folio	00/1378
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 June 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Fittes, Wesleyan

318

6 June 1900

Henry Harty
Julia Mary Otway

Henry Martyn Hume
Julia Mary Otway
💍 1900/2693

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

30
23

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
23 years

St. Mark's Church, Remuera

00/1406

6 June 1900

Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

No	318
Date of Notice	6 June 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Harty	Julia Mary Otway
BDM Match (79%)	Henry Martyn Hume	Julia Mary Otway
	💍 1900/2693
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	23 years
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church, Remuera
Folio	00/1406
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 June 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

319

7 June 1900

William Harry Cooke
Margaret Peace

William Harry Cooke
Margaret Katherine Peace
💍 1900/1347

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman

29
25

Auckland
Auckland

29 years
25 years

House of R. A. Bartlett, Shelly Beach Road

00/2038

7 June 1900

Rev. W. Fittes, Wesleyan

No	319
Date of Notice	7 June 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Harry Cooke	Margaret Peace
BDM Match (79%)	William Harry Cooke	Margaret Katherine Peace
	💍 1900/1347
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	29 years	25 years
Marriage Place	House of R. A. Bartlett, Shelly Beach Road
Folio	00/2038
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 June 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Fittes, Wesleyan

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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).