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.

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District of Christchurch Quarter ending 31 March 1900 Registrar J. M. Verrall

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

140

13 March 1900

Charles Jackson
Laura Pamela Young

Charles Jackson
Laura Pamela Young
💍 1900/2441

Male divorced
Widow

Pupil Driver
Domestic

34
28

Christchurch
Christchurch

14 years
6 years

Registrar's Office, Christchurch

00/7809

13 March 1900

Registrar J. M. Verrall

No	140
Date of Notice	13 March 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Jackson	Laura Pamela Young
	💍 1900/2441
Condition	Male divorced	Widow
Profession	Pupil Driver	Domestic
Age	34	28
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	14 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Christchurch
Folio	00/7809
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 March 1900
Officiating Minister	Registrar J. M. Verrall

141

13 March 1900

Thomas Garrow
Elizabeth Campbell

Thomas Yarr
Elizabeth Campbell
💍 1900/863

Widower
Widow

Coach Driver
Hotelkeeper

39
42

Christchurch
Christchurch

33 years
25 years

St. Michael's Church, Christchurch

00/7820

13 March 1900

Rev. F. A. Hamilton, Anglican

No	141
Date of Notice	13 March 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Garrow	Elizabeth Campbell
BDM Match (88%)	Thomas Yarr	Elizabeth Campbell
	💍 1900/863
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Coach Driver	Hotelkeeper
Age	39	42
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	33 years	25 years
Marriage Place	St. Michael's Church, Christchurch
Folio	00/7820
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 March 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. A. Hamilton, Anglican

142

13 March 1900

Walter Dennis Jones
Edith Beatrice Walker

Walter Edwin Simes
Edith Beatrice Walker
💍 1900/3336

Bachelor
Spinster

Law Clerk

23
21

Christchurch
Fendalton

23 years
19 years

St. Barnabas Church

00/7258

13 March 1900

Rev. F. A. Hamilton, Anglican

No	142
Date of Notice	13 March 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Dennis Jones	Edith Beatrice Walker
BDM Match (79%)	Walter Edwin Simes	Edith Beatrice Walker
	💍 1900/3336
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Law Clerk
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Fendalton
Length of Residence	23 years	19 years
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church
Folio	00/7258
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 March 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. A. Hamilton, Anglican

143

14 March 1900

Robert Cornwall Bailey
Alice Annie Knott

Robert Cornwall Bailey
Alice Annie Knott
💍 1900/2275

Widower
Spinster

Farmer

40
20

Christchurch
Christchurch

7 weeks
3 years

St. John's Church, Latimer Square, Christchurch

00/7851

Ellen Knott, Mother

14 March 1900

Rev. C. M. Watson, Anglican

No	143
Date of Notice	14 March 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Cornwall Bailey	Alice Annie Knott
	💍 1900/2275
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	40	20
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	7 weeks	3 years
Marriage Place	St. John's Church, Latimer Square, Christchurch
Folio	00/7851
Consent	Ellen Knott, Mother
Date of Certificate	14 March 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. M. Watson, Anglican

144

14 March 1900

George Haukau Harvey
Mary Josephine Harvey

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker
Upholsteress

24
24

Sydenham
Fendalton

24 years
5 years

St. Mary's Church, Addington

00/7835

14 March 1900

Rev. W. J. Bean, Anglican

No	144
Date of Notice	14 March 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Haukau Harvey	Mary Josephine Harvey
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker	Upholsteress
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Sydenham	Fendalton
Length of Residence	24 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Church, Addington
Folio	00/7835
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 March 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Bean, Anglican

145

14 March 1900

Harry Lloyd Wearing
Eliza Anne Brewer

Harry Loyd Wearing
Eliza Ann Brewer
💍 1900/906

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer
Domestic

24
20

Christchurch
Templeton

10 years
20 years

House of Mrs. Brewer

00/7914

Mary Anne Brewer, Mother

14 March 1900

Rev. J. A. Cochrane, Wesleyan

No	145
Date of Notice	14 March 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Lloyd Wearing	Eliza Anne Brewer
BDM Match (94%)	Harry Loyd Wearing	Eliza Ann Brewer
	💍 1900/906
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer	Domestic
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Templeton
Length of Residence	10 years	20 years
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. Brewer
Folio	00/7914
Consent	Mary Anne Brewer, Mother
Date of Certificate	14 March 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Cochrane, Wesleyan

146

15 March 1900

Richard Baldrum
Lucy Rosetta Lehard

Richard Baldwin
Lucy Rosetta Lesard
💍 1900/2446

Bachelor
Spinster

Agent

35
29

Christchurch
Christchurch

5 years
29 years

Registrar's Office, Christchurch

00/7813

15 March 1900

Registrar J. M. Verrall

No	146
Date of Notice	15 March 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Baldrum	Lucy Rosetta Lehard
BDM Match (87%)	Richard Baldwin	Lucy Rosetta Lesard
	💍 1900/2446
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Agent
Age	35	29
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	5 years	29 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Christchurch
Folio	00/7813
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 March 1900
Officiating Minister	Registrar J. M. Verrall

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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).