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 020

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

9 February 1900

Charles Kimbirley
Annie Thomson

Charles Kimberley
Annie Thomson
💍 1900/729

Edward Gray
Annie Thomson
💍 1900/1072

Bachelor
Widow

Cordwainer

60
44

Onehunga
Newmarket

22 years
40 years

St Sepulchre Church Auckland

00/167

9 February 1900

Rev. B. J. Dulley, Church of England

No	91
Date of Notice	9 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Kimbirley	Annie Thomson
BDM Match (97%)	Charles Kimberley	Annie Thomson
	💍 1900/729
BDM Match (62%)	Edward Gray	Annie Thomson
	💍 1900/1072
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Cordwainer
Age	60	44
Dwelling Place	Onehunga	Newmarket
Length of Residence	22 years	40 years
Marriage Place	St Sepulchre Church Auckland
Folio	00/167
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. J. Dulley, Church of England

9 February 1900

Frank Albert Nooller
Margaret Mary Pope

Frank Albert Wooller
Margaret Mary Pope
💍 1900/229

Bachelor
Spinster

Cook

21
20

Onehunga
Onehunga

1 year
4 years

Roman Catholic Church Onehunga

00/124

John Pope, father

9 February 1900

Very Rev. J. Paul, Roman Catholic

No	92
Date of Notice	9 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Albert Nooller	Margaret Mary Pope
BDM Match (98%)	Frank Albert Wooller	Margaret Mary Pope
	💍 1900/229
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cook
Age	21	20
Dwelling Place	Onehunga	Onehunga
Length of Residence	1 year	4 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church Onehunga
Folio	00/124
Consent	John Pope, father
Date of Certificate	9 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. J. Paul, Roman Catholic

10 February 1900

William Albert Walters
Olive May Elizabeth Joyce

William Albert Walters
Olive May Elizabeth Joyce
💍 1900/151

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman

23
21

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
6 months

St Patrick's Cathedral Auckland

00/95

10 February 1900

Rev. J. Buckley, Roman Catholic

No	93
Date of Notice	10 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Albert Walters	Olive May Elizabeth Joyce
	💍 1900/151
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	6 months
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Cathedral Auckland
Folio	00/95
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Buckley, Roman Catholic

10 February 1900

Richard Crowe
Ethel Margaret Rawling

Richard Crowe
Ethel Margarette Rawlings
💍 1900/138

Widower
Spinster

Inspector of Schools

41
24

Auckland
Auckland

18 years
21 years

St Paul's Church Auckland

00/136

10 February 1900

Rev. C. M. Nelson, Church of England

No	94
Date of Notice	10 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Crowe	Ethel Margaret Rawling
BDM Match (94%)	Richard Crowe	Ethel Margarette Rawlings
	💍 1900/138
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Inspector of Schools
Age	41	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 years	21 years
Marriage Place	St Paul's Church Auckland
Folio	00/136
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. M. Nelson, Church of England

10 February 1900

Langley Shaw
Mary Henrietta Waugh

Langley Shaw
Mary Henrietta Waugh Josephine Reeve
💍 1900/136

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheep Farmer

33
23

Auckland
Auckland

15 years
15 years

St Paul's Church Auckland

00/134

10 February 1900

Rev. C. W. Nelson, Church of England

No	95
Date of Notice	10 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Langley Shaw	Mary Henrietta Waugh
BDM Match (78%)	Langley Shaw	Mary Henrietta Waugh Josephine Reeve
	💍 1900/136
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheep Farmer
Age	33	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 years	15 years
Marriage Place	St Paul's Church Auckland
Folio	00/134
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. W. Nelson, Church of England

10 February 1900

Robert Hall
Mary Coutts

Robert Hall
Mary Coutts
💍 1900/178

Bachelor
Spinster

Horse Trainer

27
24

Auckland
Christchurch, Best Street

15 months
12 years

Church of Christ Best Street

00/141

10 February 1900

J. Aldridge, Church of Christ

No	96
Date of Notice	10 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Hall	Mary Coutts
	💍 1900/178
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Horse Trainer
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Christchurch, Best Street
Length of Residence	15 months	12 years
Marriage Place	Church of Christ Best Street
Folio	00/141
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1900
Officiating Minister	J. Aldridge, Church of Christ

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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).