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 031

District of Quarter ending 31 March 1900 Registrar E. H. Lyong

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

151

6 March 1900

George Henry Phillips
Sarah Jane Huff

George Henry Phillips
Sarah Jane Huff
💍 1900/188

George Henry Wright
Sarah Huff
💍 1900/507

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

29
30

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
15 years

Epiphany Church

00/145

6 March 1900

Rev. W. E. Lush, Church of England

No	151
Date of Notice	6 March 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Henry Phillips	Sarah Jane Huff
	💍 1900/188
BDM Match (67%)	George Henry Wright	Sarah Huff
	💍 1900/507
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	29	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	15 years
Marriage Place	Epiphany Church
Folio	00/145
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 March 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Lush, Church of England

152

7 March 1900

Harry Wilfred Billington
Florence Giaming

Bachelor
Spinster

Chemist

25
24

Auckland
Ponsonby

15 years
15 years

All Saints Church

00/105

7 March 1900

Rev. W. M. Du Rieu, Church of England

No	152
Date of Notice	7 March 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Wilfred Billington	Florence Giaming
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chemist
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	15 years	15 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church
Folio	00/105
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 March 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. M. Du Rieu, Church of England

153

7 March 1900

Henry Lawrence Blamires
Jane Annie Collier

Henry Lawrence Blanires
Jane Annie Collier
💍 1900/230

Bachelor
Spinster

Chapman

28
30

Auckland
Pitt Street

10 days
8 years

Wesleyan Church

00/128

7 March 1900

Rev. W. J. Litton, Wesleyan

No	153
Date of Notice	7 March 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Lawrence Blamires	Jane Annie Collier
BDM Match (98%)	Henry Lawrence Blanires	Jane Annie Collier
	💍 1900/230
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chapman
Age	28	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Pitt Street
Length of Residence	10 days	8 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church
Folio	00/128
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 March 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Litton, Wesleyan

154

8 March 1900

Thomas James Medland
Emma Munro

Thomas James Medland
Emma Munro
💍 1900/2754

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

25
22

Devonport
Devonport

3 weeks
3 weeks

Holy Trinity Church, Devonport

00/1440

8 March 1900

Rev. S. Hawthorne, Church of England

No	154
Date of Notice	8 March 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas James Medland	Emma Munro
	💍 1900/2754
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Devonport	Devonport
Length of Residence	3 weeks	3 weeks
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Devonport
Folio	00/1440
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 March 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. Hawthorne, Church of England

155

8 March 1900

Ernest Edward Needham
Olive Catherine Green

Ernest Edward Needham
Olive Catherine Green
💍 1900/1033

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

29
22

Auckland
Ponsonby

29 years
22 years

Sacred Heart Church

00/1259

8 March 1900

Very Rev. D. O'Ragan, Roman Catholic

No	155
Date of Notice	8 March 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Edward Needham	Olive Catherine Green
	💍 1900/1033
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	29 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Sacred Heart Church
Folio	00/1259
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 March 1900
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. D. O'Ragan, Roman Catholic

156

9 March 1900

Alfred Webb Pullman
Helen Stevenson

Alfred Webb Pullman
Helen Stevenson
💍 1900/130

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

57
48

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
48 years

Registrar Office

00/31

9 March 1900

J. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

No	156
Date of Notice	9 March 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Webb Pullman	Helen Stevenson
	💍 1900/130
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	57	48
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	48 years
Marriage Place	Registrar Office
Folio	00/31
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 March 1900
Officiating Minister	J. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

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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).