Intentions to Marry, 1900 July-December

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840418, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

Imaged by Carole at Archives NZ Wellington, September 12 2025

1900 is bound in two volumes, January-June and July-December.

Page 007

District of Auckland Quarter ending 20 September 1900 Registrar R. H. Lyons

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

393

10 July 1900

William Ernest Williams
Rhoda Rachel Bach

William Ernest Williams
Rhoda Rachel Bach
💍 1900/1697

Bachelor
Spinster

Medical Practitioner

25
25

Auckland
Auckland

1 day
25 years

All Saints Church, Ponsonby

00/2861

10 July 1900

Rev. W. Calden, Church of England

No	393
Date of Notice	10 July 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Ernest Williams	Rhoda Rachel Bach
	💍 1900/1697
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Medical Practitioner
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 day	25 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Ponsonby
Folio	00/2861
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 July 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Calden, Church of England

394

12 July 1900

Andrew Rennie
Gertrude Eliza Hall

Andrew Rennie
Gertrude Eliza Hall
💍 1900/3420

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

27
23

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

Registrar's Office, Auckland

00/2718

12 July 1900

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	394
Date of Notice	12 July 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Rennie	Gertrude Eliza Hall
	💍 1900/3420
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	00/2718
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 July 1900
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

395

12 July 1900

William Hendrick
Hannah Florence Sandford

William Hendrick
Hannah Florence Sandford
💍 1900/1640

Bachelor
Spinster

Rope Maker

23
20

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
20 years

St. Paul's Church, Auckland

00/2776

G. Sandford, Father

12 July 1900

Rev. C. M. Nelson, Church of England

No	395
Date of Notice	12 July 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Hendrick	Hannah Florence Sandford
	💍 1900/1640
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Rope Maker
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church, Auckland
Folio	00/2776
Consent	G. Sandford, Father
Date of Certificate	12 July 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. M. Nelson, Church of England

396

13 July 1900

Ernest Greenland
Ethel May Samson

Ernest Greenland
Ethel May Samson
💍 1900/3488

Bachelor
Spinster

Mill Hand

25
19

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
1 1/2 years

House of Rev. W. J. Potter, Ponsonby

00/2813

Agnes Samson, Mother

13 July 1900

Rev. W. J. Potter, Primitive Methodist

No	396
Date of Notice	13 July 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Greenland	Ethel May Samson
	💍 1900/3488
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mill Hand
Age	25	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	1 1/2 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. W. J. Potter, Ponsonby
Folio	00/2813
Consent	Agnes Samson, Mother
Date of Certificate	13 July 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Potter, Primitive Methodist

397

13 July 1900

Joseph Walter Ganley
Emily Maud McCormick

Joseph Walter Sanley
Emily Maud McCormick
💍 1900/3421

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

24
20

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
4 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

00/2719

Francis McCormick, Father

13 July 1900

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	397
Date of Notice	13 July 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Walter Ganley	Emily Maud McCormick
BDM Match (98%)	Joseph Walter Sanley	Emily Maud McCormick
	💍 1900/3421
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	00/2719
Consent	Francis McCormick, Father
Date of Certificate	13 July 1900
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

398

13 July 1900

Thomas Alexander Hunt
Harriett Jane Brown

Thomas Alexander Hunt
Harriett Jane Brown
💍 1900/3682

Bachelor
Spinster

Brush Maker

21
20

Auckland
Auckland

21 years
20 years

Home of Father of Bride, Grey Street

00/2994

J. F. Brown, Father

13 July 1900

Rev. W. Laycock, Primitive Methodist

No	398
Date of Notice	13 July 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Alexander Hunt	Harriett Jane Brown
	💍 1900/3682
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Brush Maker
Age	21	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	21 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Home of Father of Bride, Grey Street
Folio	00/2994
Consent	J. F. Brown, Father
Date of Certificate	13 July 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. 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).