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 174

District of Quarter ending 31 March 1900 Registrar C. Jay

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

8 February 1900

Alfred James McGlashan
Isabella Catherine Peterson

Alfred James McGlashan
Isabella Catherine Peterson
💍 1900/344

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Dressmaker

25
22

Farndon
Clive

25 years
22 years

Residence of Mr Lascelles, Cameron Road, Napier

00/361

8 February 1900

Rev M. J. Comrie, Wesleyan

No	9
Date of Notice	8 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred James McGlashan	Isabella Catherine Peterson
	💍 1900/344
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Dressmaker
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Farndon	Clive
Length of Residence	25 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr Lascelles, Cameron Road, Napier
Folio	00/361
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev M. J. Comrie, Wesleyan

22 February 1900

Albert Meikle Shepherd
Ellen Hayden

Alexander Meikle
Ellen Hayden
💍 1900/5

Bachelor
Spinster

Shepherd
Domestic

32
26

Spit
Spit

6 months
3 months

R.C. Church, Napier

00/365

22 February 1900

Dean Grogan, Napier

No	10
Date of Notice	22 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Meikle Shepherd	Ellen Hayden
BDM Match (66%)	Alexander Meikle	Ellen Hayden
	💍 1900/5
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd	Domestic
Age	32	26
Dwelling Place	Spit	Spit
Length of Residence	6 months	3 months
Marriage Place	R.C. Church, Napier
Folio	00/365
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Dean Grogan, Napier

26 February 1900

Charles Richard Gardiner
Bertha Lavinia Taylor

Charles Richard Gardiner
Bertha Lavinia Taylor
💍 1900/343

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman
Domestic

26
21

Western Spit
Western Spit

8 years
21 years

Residence of Bride's Father, Western Spit

00/360

26 February 1900

Rev C. Connor, Presbyterian

No	11
Date of Notice	26 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Richard Gardiner	Bertha Lavinia Taylor
	💍 1900/343
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman	Domestic
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Western Spit	Western Spit
Length of Residence	8 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Bride's Father, Western Spit
Folio	00/360
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev C. Connor, Presbyterian

5 March 1900

Gottliebe Frederick Charles Louis Naumann
Ina McLean

Gottlieb Frederick Charles Louis Naumann
Ina McLean
💍 1900/341

Bachelor
Spinster

Shepherd
Domestic

39
24

Te Kowhai
Napier

10 months
1 month

Residence of Rev W. G. Parsonson, Napier

00/358

5 March 1900

Rev W. G. Parsonson, Wesleyan

No	12
Date of Notice	5 March 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gottliebe Frederick Charles Louis Naumann	Ina McLean
BDM Match (99%)	Gottlieb Frederick Charles Louis Naumann	Ina McLean
	💍 1900/341
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd	Domestic
Age	39	24
Dwelling Place	Te Kowhai	Napier
Length of Residence	10 months	1 month
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev W. G. Parsonson, Napier
Folio	00/358
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 March 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev W. G. Parsonson, Wesleyan

7 March 1900

John McIntosh Mackenzie
Fanny Amelia Harpham

John McIntosh Mackenzie
Fanny Amelia Harpham
💍 1900/835

Widower
Spinster

Station Manager

35
26

Napier
Papakura H.B.

4 months
3 years

Church of England at Taradale

00/676

7 March 1900

Rev A. P. Clarke, Church of England

No	13
Date of Notice	7 March 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John McIntosh Mackenzie	Fanny Amelia Harpham
	💍 1900/835
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Station Manager
Age	35	26
Dwelling Place	Napier	Papakura H.B.
Length of Residence	4 months	3 years
Marriage Place	Church of England at Taradale
Folio	00/676
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 March 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev A. P. Clarke, Church of England

14 March 1900

John Webber
Phoebe May Remington

John Webber
Phoebe May Renington
💍 1900/342

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer
Domestic

35
23

Napier
Napier

5 months
2 years

Residence of Rev H. M. Miller, Napier

00/359

14 March 1900

Rev H. M. Miller, Congregational

No	14
Date of Notice	14 March 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Webber	Phoebe May Remington
BDM Match (98%)	John Webber	Phoebe May Renington
	💍 1900/342
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer	Domestic
Age	35	23
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	5 months	2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev H. M. Miller, Napier
Folio	00/359
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 March 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev H. M. Miller, Congregational

28 March 1900

Geo: Andw Raven
Fanny Taylor

George Andrew Raven
Fanny Taylor
💍 1900/2669

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer
Domestic

30
28

Napier
Napier

30 years
24 years

The Cathedral, Napier

00/1266

28 March 1900

Dean Hovell, Church of England

No	15
Date of Notice	28 March 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Geo: Andw Raven	Fanny Taylor
BDM Match (87%)	George Andrew Raven	Fanny Taylor
	💍 1900/2669
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer	Domestic
Age	30	28
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	30 years	24 years
Marriage Place	The Cathedral, Napier
Folio	00/1266
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 March 1900
Officiating Minister	Dean Hovell, Church of England

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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).