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 Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1900

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

115

19 February 1900

Hugh Campbell
Mary Flynn

Hugh Campbell
Mary Flynn
💍 1900/2583

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

36
32

Auckland
Auckland

16 years
14 years

House of Rect. Lock, Archhill

00/1327

19 February 1900

Rev. B. Somerville, Presbyterian

No	115
Date of Notice	19 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh Campbell	Mary Flynn
	💍 1900/2583
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	36	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	16 years	14 years
Marriage Place	House of Rect. Lock, Archhill
Folio	00/1327
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. Somerville, Presbyterian

116

19 February 1900

Arthur Corden
Annie Moore

Arthur Corden
Annie Moore
💍 1900/1032

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Driver

30
29

Auckland
Auckland

17 years
17 years

Sacred Heart Church, Ponsonby

00/1258

19 February 1900

Very Rev. D. O. Egan, Roman Catholic

No	116
Date of Notice	19 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Corden	Annie Moore
	💍 1900/1032
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver
Age	30	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	17 years	17 years
Marriage Place	Sacred Heart Church, Ponsonby
Folio	00/1258
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. D. O. Egan, Roman Catholic

117

19 February 1900

James Henry Stack
Mary Vaile

James Henry Hack
Mary Vaile
💍 1900/745

Bachelor
Spinster

Cab Driver

27
30

Auckland
Auckland

15 years
15 years

Congregational Church, Beresford Street

00/59

19 February 1900

Rev. J. Parker, Congregational

No	117
Date of Notice	19 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Henry Stack	Mary Vaile
BDM Match (94%)	James Henry Hack	Mary Vaile
	💍 1900/745
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cab Driver
Age	27	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Beresford Street
Folio	00/59
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Parker, Congregational

118

20 February 1900

Ernest Joseph King
Jane Smith

Ernest Joseph King
Jane Smith
💍 1900/223

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

31
23

Auckland
Auckland

13 years
20 years

House of Mother of Bride, Eden Terrace

00/120

20 February 1900

Rev. G. Laycock, Primitive Methodist

No	118
Date of Notice	20 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Joseph King	Jane Smith
	💍 1900/223
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	31	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	13 years	20 years
Marriage Place	House of Mother of Bride, Eden Terrace
Folio	00/120
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Laycock, Primitive Methodist

119

20 February 1900

Walter Phippard Purchase
Mary Jane Goll

Walter Phippard Purchase
Mary Jane Joll
💍 1900/239

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

33
30

Mangere
Maungaturoto

3 years
2 years

House of Rev. Smith, Maungaturoto

00/110

20 February 1900

Rev. S. Drury, Wesleyan

No	119
Date of Notice	20 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Phippard Purchase	Mary Jane Goll
BDM Match (96%)	Walter Phippard Purchase	Mary Jane Joll
	💍 1900/239
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	33	30
Dwelling Place	Mangere	Maungaturoto
Length of Residence	3 years	2 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. Smith, Maungaturoto
Folio	00/110
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. Drury, Wesleyan

120

20 February 1900

Richard Owen Hardy
Millicent Annie Short

Richard Owen Hendy
Millicent Olivia Short
💍 1900/139

Bachelor
Widow

Farmer

46
38

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
10 years

St. Paul's Church, Auckland

00/137

20 February 1900

Rev. C. H. Nelson, Church of England

No	120
Date of Notice	20 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Owen Hardy	Millicent Annie Short
BDM Match (83%)	Richard Owen Hendy	Millicent Olivia Short
	💍 1900/139
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Farmer
Age	46	38
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church, Auckland
Folio	00/137
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. H. Nelson, 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).