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 008

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

15 January 1900

Thomas Darby
Mary Brodie

Thomas Darby
Mary Brodie
💍 1900/1031

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

30
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 weeks
20 years

Bishops Palace

00/1257

15 January 1900

Rev. P. O'Reilly, Roman Catholic

No	31
Date of Notice	15 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Darby	Mary Brodie
	💍 1900/1031
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 weeks	20 years
Marriage Place	Bishops Palace
Folio	00/1257
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 January 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. O'Reilly, Roman Catholic

15 January 1900

Gilbert Charles Mayo
Ida Anne Colebrook

Gilbert Charles Mayo
Ida Annie Colebrook
💍 1900/146

Bachelor
Spinster

Store Keeper

30
34

Auckland
Parnell

5 days
7 years

St. Mary's Church

00/90

15 January 1900

Rev. J. Chacun, Church of England

No	32
Date of Notice	15 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gilbert Charles Mayo	Ida Anne Colebrook
BDM Match (97%)	Gilbert Charles Mayo	Ida Annie Colebrook
	💍 1900/146
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Store Keeper
Age	30	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Parnell
Length of Residence	5 days	7 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Church
Folio	00/90
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 January 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Chacun, Church of England

15 January 1900

Ernest Henry Solomon
Janet Clarkson

Ernest Henry Solomon
Janet Clarkson
💍 1900/233

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

29
31

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
15 years

St. Paul's Church

00/131

15 January 1900

Rev. C. M. Nelson, Church of England

No	33
Date of Notice	15 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Henry Solomon	Janet Clarkson
	💍 1900/233
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	29	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	15 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church
Folio	00/131
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 January 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. M. Nelson, Church of England

15 January 1900

Fanny Chiswell
Walter Ambrose Mills

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

24
23

Auckland
Newton

24 years
23 years

Epiphany Church

00/1261

15 January 1900

Rev. J. Marshall, Church of England

No	34
Date of Notice	15 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Fanny Chiswell	Walter Ambrose Mills
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Newton
Length of Residence	24 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Epiphany Church
Folio	00/1261
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 January 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Marshall, Church of England

16 January 1900

David Clarkson
Flora Wilhelmina Jamieson

David Clarkson
Flora Wilhelmina Jamieson
💍 1900/121

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

26
22

Auckland
Auckland

26 years
2 weeks

St. James Church

00/45

16 January 1900

Rev. B. T. Macaniel, Presbyterian

No	35
Date of Notice	16 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Clarkson	Flora Wilhelmina Jamieson
	💍 1900/121
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	26 years	2 weeks
Marriage Place	St. James Church
Folio	00/45
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 January 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. T. Macaniel, Presbyterian

16 January 1900

Francis Andrew Maxwell
Kate Adeline Barns

Francis Aubert Maxwell
Kate Adeline Barnell
💍 1900/87

Bachelor
Spinster

Examiner

30
19

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
19 years

Registrar's Office

00/12

Catherine Maxwell, mother

16 January 1900

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	36
Date of Notice	16 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Andrew Maxwell	Kate Adeline Barns
BDM Match (81%)	Francis Aubert Maxwell	Kate Adeline Barnell
	💍 1900/87
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Examiner
Age	30	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	00/12
Consent	Catherine Maxwell, mother
Date of Certificate	16 January 1900
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, 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).