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 014

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

30 January 1900

David Edwin Millard
Eleanor Dowd

David Edwin Millard
Eleanor Dowd
💍 1900/2582

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener

30
27

Auckland
Auckland

7 years
27 years

St. Matthew's, Parnell

00/1326

Father of Bride

30 January 1900

Rev. R. Sommerville, Presbyterian

No	67
Date of Notice	30 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Edwin Millard	Eleanor Dowd
	💍 1900/2582
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener
Age	30	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 years	27 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's, Parnell
Folio	00/1326
Consent	Father of Bride
Date of Certificate	30 January 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Sommerville, Presbyterian

30 January 1900

Albert Edward Aldis
Olga Marguerita Herrick

Albert Edward Aldis
Olga Marrherita Herrick
💍 1900/216

Bachelor
Spinster

Artist

30
24

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
1 year

All Saints Church, Ponsonby

00/103

30 January 1900

Rev. W. Calder, Church of England

No	68
Date of Notice	30 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Edward Aldis	Olga Marguerita Herrick
BDM Match (96%)	Albert Edward Aldis	Olga Marrherita Herrick
	💍 1900/216
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Artist
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	1 year
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Ponsonby
Folio	00/103
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Calder, Church of England

30 January 1900

George William Graham
Jessie Jane Shand

George William Graham
Jessie Jane Shand
💍 1900/123

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

27
25

Auckland
Auckland

2 years 4 months
15 months

Home of Rev. R.F. Macnicol, Auckland

00/47

30 January 1900

Rev. R.F. Macnicol, Presbyterian

No	69
Date of Notice	30 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George William Graham	Jessie Jane Shand
	💍 1900/123
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years 4 months	15 months
Marriage Place	Home of Rev. R.F. Macnicol, Auckland
Folio	00/47
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. R.F. Macnicol, Presbyterian

31 January 1900

James Howard Hall Cross
Mary Jane Brett

James Howard Hall Cross
Mary Jane Brett
💍 1900/91

Bachelor
Spinster

Compositor

21
21

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
21 years

00/116

31 January 1900

E.H. Lyons, Registrar

No	70
Date of Notice	31 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Howard Hall Cross	Mary Jane Brett
	💍 1900/91
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Compositor
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Register Office, Auckland
Folio	00/116
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1900
Officiating Minister	E.H. Lyons, Registrar

31 January 1900

Edward James Bendall
Lillian Fanny Rosier

Edward James Bendall
Lilian Fanny Rosier
💍 1900/5922

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor

30
21

Waikumete
Waikumete

15 years
1 year

House of Rev. F. Chapman, Roskill

00/117

31 January 1900

Rev. F. Chapman, Wesleyan

No	71
Date of Notice	31 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward James Bendall	Lillian Fanny Rosier
BDM Match (98%)	Edward James Bendall	Lilian Fanny Rosier
	💍 1900/5922
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor
Age	30	21
Dwelling Place	Waikumete	Waikumete
Length of Residence	15 years	1 year
Marriage Place	House of Rev. F. Chapman, Roskill
Folio	00/117
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. Chapman, Wesleyan

1 February 1900

Arthur Elliott Duke
Isabella Carter

Arthur Elliott Duke
Isabella Carter
💍 1900/222

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

39
28

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
10 years

House of Rev. H. Fenwick, Grey Lynn

00/119

1 February 1900

Rev. G. Laycock, Primitive Methodist

No	72
Date of Notice	1 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Elliott Duke	Isabella Carter
	💍 1900/222
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	39	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	10 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. H. Fenwick, Grey Lynn
Folio	00/119
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Laycock, Primitive Methodist

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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).