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 542

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

218

11 April 1900

Robert John Cromwell
Gertrude Morrison

Robert John Paul Cromwell
Gertrude Morrison
💍 1900/2681

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Employee

25
25

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
12 years

St. Mary's Church, Parnell

00/1416

11 April 1900

Rev. J. Sucherway, Church of England

No	218
Date of Notice	11 April 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert John Cromwell	Gertrude Morrison
BDM Match (90%)	Robert John Paul Cromwell	Gertrude Morrison
	💍 1900/2681
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employee
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	12 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Church, Parnell
Folio	00/1416
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 April 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Sucherway, Church of England

219

11 April 1900

Arthur John Furness
Mary Ann Middlebrook

Arthur John Furness
Mary Ann Middlebrook
💍 1900/2691

Bachelor
Spinster

Agent

30
21

Auckland
Auckland, 21 Grafton Road

30 years

Wesleyan Church

00/1404

11 April 1900

Rev. H. R. Dewsbury, Wesleyan

No	219
Date of Notice	11 April 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur John Furness	Mary Ann Middlebrook
	💍 1900/2691
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Agent
Age	30	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland, 21 Grafton Road
Length of Residence	30 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church
Folio	00/1404
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 April 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. R. Dewsbury, Wesleyan

220

11 April 1900

Arthur William Smith
Charlotte Josephine Jordan

Arthur William Smith
Charlotte Josephine Jordan
💍 1900/1127

Bachelor
Spinster

Clothier & Manufacturer

28
30

Auckland
Auckland

28 years
15 years

Epiphany Church

00/1360

11 April 1900

Rev. H. E. Rush, Church of England

No	220
Date of Notice	11 April 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur William Smith	Charlotte Josephine Jordan
	💍 1900/1127
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clothier & Manufacturer
Age	28	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	28 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Epiphany Church
Folio	00/1360
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 April 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. E. Rush, Church of England

221

11 April 1900

John Edward Murray
Selina Sarah Button

John Edward Murray
Selina Maria Button
💍 1900/2555

Widower
Widow

Master Mariner

54
30

Auckland
Auckland

34 years
30 years

Registrar's Office

00/1299

11 April 1900

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	221
Date of Notice	11 April 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Edward Murray	Selina Sarah Button
BDM Match (92%)	John Edward Murray	Selina Maria Button
	💍 1900/2555
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Master Mariner
Age	54	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	34 years	30 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	00/1299
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 April 1900
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

222

12 April 1900

Samuel Falls
Frances Margaret Sims

Samuel Falls
Frances Margaret Sims
💍 1900/1122

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

29
27

Auckland
Auckland

15 years
27 years

St. James Church

00/1337

12 April 1900

Rev. B. J. Macnicol, Presbyterian

No	222
Date of Notice	12 April 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Falls	Frances Margaret Sims
	💍 1900/1122
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	29	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 years	27 years
Marriage Place	St. James Church
Folio	00/1337
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 April 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. J. Macnicol, Presbyterian

223

12 April 1900

John Allen McLeod
Ada Maud Hougham

John Allan McLeod
Ada Maud Hougham
💍 1900/2673

Bachelor
Spinster

Ironworker

25
23

Henderson
Henderson

10 years
16 years

Wesleyan Church

00/1399

12 April 1900

Rev. A. Maclean, Presbyterian

No	223
Date of Notice	12 April 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Allen McLeod	Ada Maud Hougham
BDM Match (97%)	John Allan McLeod	Ada Maud Hougham
	💍 1900/2673
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ironworker
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Henderson	Henderson
Length of Residence	10 years	16 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church
Folio	00/1399
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 April 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Maclean, 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).