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 257

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 1900 Registrar M. Manfured

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

19 January 1900

George Searle
Margaret Dickison

George Searle
Margaret Dickison
💍 1900/601

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

53
31

Wellington, Adelaide Rd
Wellington

5 years
1 year 6 months

St. James Manse

00/572

19 January 1900

Rev. Wm. Sherer

No	41
Date of Notice	19 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Searle	Margaret Dickison
	💍 1900/601
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	53	31
Dwelling Place	Wellington, Adelaide Rd	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 years	1 year 6 months
Marriage Place	St. James Manse
Folio	00/572
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. Wm. Sherer

19 January 1900

Michael Francis Griffin
Ellen Healy

Michael Francis Griffin
Ellen Healy
💍 1900/562

Bachelor
Spinster

Shunter

21
23

Wellington
Wellington

8 days
8 days

St. Josephs Church, Buckle St.

00/584

19 January 1900

Rev. R. Holley

No	42
Date of Notice	19 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Michael Francis Griffin	Ellen Healy
	💍 1900/562
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shunter
Age	21	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	8 days	8 days
Marriage Place	St. Josephs Church, Buckle St.
Folio	00/584
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Holley

20 January 1900

William Herbert Peagram
Ellen Neck

William Herbert Peagram
Ellen Peck
💍 1900/691

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener

20
20

Wellington
Lower Hutt

2 years 6 months
20 years

Residence of Chas. Henry Peagram and Samuel Neck

00/616

Chas. Henry Peagram, Father; Samuel Neck, Father

20 January 1900

Rev. Alex Thomson

No	43
Date of Notice	20 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Herbert Peagram	Ellen Neck
BDM Match (95%)	William Herbert Peagram	Ellen Peck
	💍 1900/691
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener
Age	20	20
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Lower Hutt
Length of Residence	2 years 6 months	20 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Chas. Henry Peagram and Samuel Neck
Folio	00/616
Consent	Chas. Henry Peagram, Father; Samuel Neck, Father
Date of Certificate	20 January 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. Alex Thomson

20 January 1900

Andrew George Bayliss
Harriet Carter

Andrew George Bayliss
Harriet Carter
💍 1900/574

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

37
35

Carterton
Wellington

12 years
10 years

St. Pauls Pro Cathedral, Wellington

00/596

20 January 1900

Rev. Thos. H. Sprott

No	44
Date of Notice	20 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew George Bayliss	Harriet Carter
	💍 1900/574
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	37	35
Dwelling Place	Carterton	Wellington
Length of Residence	12 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Pauls Pro Cathedral, Wellington
Folio	00/596
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thos. H. Sprott

23 January 1900

Lancelot William Dolling Andrews
Florence Mabel Cross

Lanncelot William Dolling Andrews
Florence Mabel Cross
💍 1900/575

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

28
27

Wellington
Wellington

8 months
8 years

St. Pauls Pro Cathedral, Wellington

00/597

23 January 1900

Rev. Thos. H. Sprott

No	45
Date of Notice	23 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lancelot William Dolling Andrews	Florence Mabel Cross
BDM Match (99%)	Lanncelot William Dolling Andrews	Florence Mabel Cross
	💍 1900/575
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	8 months	8 years
Marriage Place	St. Pauls Pro Cathedral, Wellington
Folio	00/597
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thos. H. Sprott

23 January 1900

John Hugh Jones
Priscilla Sargent Bixby

John Pugh Jones
Priscilla Sargent Bixby
💍 1900/3038

Widower
Spinster

Gentleman

69
53

Wellington
Wellington

1 year
1 year 4 months

St. Thomas Church

00/2020

23 January 1900

Rev. Otho Fitzgerald

No	46
Date of Notice	23 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Hugh Jones	Priscilla Sargent Bixby
BDM Match (97%)	John Pugh Jones	Priscilla Sargent Bixby
	💍 1900/3038
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Gentleman
Age	69	53
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	1 year	1 year 4 months
Marriage Place	St. Thomas Church
Folio	00/2020
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. Otho Fitzgerald

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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).