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 428

District of Dunedin Quarter ending 31 March 1900 Registrar M. J. Hall

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

5 January 1900

Robert Allan
Catherine Donnery

Robert Allan
Catherine Donnery
💍 1900/1025

Bachelor
Spinster

Church Officer

31 years
32 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

10 years
31 years

In the house of Thomas Livingston, Hanover Street

00/1042

5 January 1900

Revd W. Hewitson, Presbyterian Minister

No	8
Date of Notice	5 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Allan	Catherine Donnery
	💍 1900/1025
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Church Officer
Age	31 years	32 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	10 years	31 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Thomas Livingston, Hanover Street
Folio	00/1042
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 January 1900
Officiating Minister	Revd W. Hewitson, Presbyterian Minister

5 January 1900

George Frederic Hicks
Charlotte Elizabeth Hunters

George Frederick Hicks
Charlotte Elizabeth Hunter
💍 1900/2327

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman

22 years
22 years

St. Clair
Dunedin

15 years
9 years

In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages

00/1003

5 January 1900

M. J. Hall, Registrar of Marriages

No	9
Date of Notice	5 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Frederic Hicks	Charlotte Elizabeth Hunters
BDM Match (96%)	George Frederick Hicks	Charlotte Elizabeth Hunter
	💍 1900/2327
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman
Age	22 years	22 years
Dwelling Place	St. Clair	Dunedin
Length of Residence	15 years	9 years
Marriage Place	In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages
Folio	00/1003
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 January 1900
Officiating Minister	M. J. Hall, Registrar of Marriages

5 January 1900

William Jenkins
Mary Anne Macnab

William Jenkins
Mary Anne Macnab
💍 1900/1024

Bachelor
Spinster

Ironmonger

36 years
30 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

27 years
1 month

In the house of Mrs. Margaret Macnab, Castle Street

00/1041

5 January 1900

Revd W. Hewitson, Presbyterian Minister

No	10
Date of Notice	5 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Jenkins	Mary Anne Macnab
	💍 1900/1024
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ironmonger
Age	36 years	30 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	27 years	1 month
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs. Margaret Macnab, Castle Street
Folio	00/1041
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 January 1900
Officiating Minister	Revd W. Hewitson, Presbyterian Minister

5 January 1900

Francis Joseph Withers
Mary Ann Henderson

Francis Joseph Withers
Mary Ann Henderson
💍 1900/2465

Charles William Fairweather
Mary Ann Henderson
💍 1900/5179

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer

32 years
21 years

Ravensbourne
Ravensbourne

17 years
6 years

In St. Andrew Church

00/1078

5 January 1900

Revd Isaac Richards, Church of England Minister

No	11
Date of Notice	5 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Joseph Withers	Mary Ann Henderson
	💍 1900/2465
BDM Match (65%)	Charles William Fairweather	Mary Ann Henderson
	💍 1900/5179
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer
Age	32 years	21 years
Dwelling Place	Ravensbourne	Ravensbourne
Length of Residence	17 years	6 years
Marriage Place	In St. Andrew Church
Folio	00/1078
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 January 1900
Officiating Minister	Revd Isaac Richards, Church of England Minister

8 January 1900

Thomas James Walker
Christina Agnes Soutter

Thomas James Walker
Christina Agnes Soutter
💍 1900/1026

Widower
Spinster

Reporter

49 years
30 years

St. Clair
Dunedin

13 years
19 years

In the house of Alexander Muir, Dowling Street

00/1043

8 January 1900

Revd W. Hewitson, Presbyterian Minister

No	12
Date of Notice	8 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas James Walker	Christina Agnes Soutter
	💍 1900/1026
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Reporter
Age	49 years	30 years
Dwelling Place	St. Clair	Dunedin
Length of Residence	13 years	19 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Alexander Muir, Dowling Street
Folio	00/1043
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 January 1900
Officiating Minister	Revd W. Hewitson, Presbyterian Minister

8 January 1900

Andrew Georgeson
Leah Painton

Andrew Georgeson
Leah Painton
💍 1900/2328

Bachelor
Widow

Farmer

58 years
57 years

Broad Bay
Dunedin

10 years
10 years

In the office of the Registrar of Marriages

00/1004

8 January 1900

M. J. Hall, Registrar of Marriages

No	13
Date of Notice	8 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Georgeson	Leah Painton
	💍 1900/2328
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Farmer
Age	58 years	57 years
Dwelling Place	Broad Bay	Dunedin
Length of Residence	10 years	10 years
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriages
Folio	00/1004
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 January 1900
Officiating Minister	M. J. Hall, Registrar of Marriages

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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).