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 013

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 1900 Registrar E. 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

429

30 July 1900

John Henry Roberts
Sarah Jane Milroy

John Henry Roberts
Sarah Jane Milroy
💍 1900/1643

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

33
34

Auckland
Auckland

3 days

St. Paul's Church, Auckland

00/2778

30 July 1900

Rev. C. H. Nelson, Church of England

No	429
Date of Notice	30 July 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Henry Roberts	Sarah Jane Milroy
	💍 1900/1643
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	33	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church, Auckland
Folio	00/2778
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 July 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. H. Nelson, Church of England

430

30 July 1900

Edward Summers
Jane Shannon

Edward Summers
Jane Shannon
💍 1900/1642

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

40
38

Auckland
Auckland

3 days

St. Paul's Church, Auckland

00/2777

30 July 1900

Rev. J. Campbell, Church of England

No	430
Date of Notice	30 July 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Summers	Jane Shannon
	💍 1900/1642
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	40	38
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church, Auckland
Folio	00/2777
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 July 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Campbell, Church of England

431

1 August 1900

Henry Ephraim Morrow
Agnes Sarah Jenkins

Henry Ephraim Morrow
Agnes Sarah Jenkins
💍 1900/3506

Bachelor
Spinster

Mariner

28
19

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
5 years

Salvation Army Cottage, Grey Street

00/2854

W. Bennett, father

1 August 1900

Major W. Bennett, Salvation Army

No	431
Date of Notice	1 August 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Ephraim Morrow	Agnes Sarah Jenkins
	💍 1900/3506
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mariner
Age	28	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Salvation Army Cottage, Grey Street
Folio	00/2854
Consent	W. Bennett, father
Date of Certificate	1 August 1900
Officiating Minister	Major W. Bennett, Salvation Army

432

2 August 1900

Peter Hansen Boisen
Ethel Mary Daylor

Peter Hansen Borsen
Ethel Mary Taylor
💍 1900/3433

Widower
Spinster

Driver

44
29

Auckland
Auckland

7 years
29 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

00/2732

2 August 1900

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	432
Date of Notice	2 August 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Hansen Boisen	Ethel Mary Daylor
BDM Match (94%)	Peter Hansen Borsen	Ethel Mary Taylor
	💍 1900/3433
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	44	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 years	29 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	00/2732
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 August 1900
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

433

3 August 1900

James Henry Archer
Alice Blair

James Henry Archer
Alice Blair
💍 1900/1745

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

27
24

Auckland
Auckland

27 years

Roman Catholic Church, Takapuna

00/2967

3 August 1900

Rev. G. Brodie, Roman Catholic

No	433
Date of Notice	3 August 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Henry Archer	Alice Blair
	💍 1900/1745
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	27 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Takapuna
Folio	00/2967
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 August 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Brodie, Roman Catholic

434

3 August 1900

Alexander James Keane
Margaret Isabel Parker

Alexander James Keane
Margaret Isabel Parker
💍 1900/1682

Bachelor
Spinster

Tobacconist

25
23

Auckland
Auckland

1 week
23 years

Wesleyan Church, Auckland

00/2870

3 August 1900

Rev. W. E. Fillam, Church of England

No	434
Date of Notice	3 August 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander James Keane	Margaret Isabel Parker
	💍 1900/1682
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tobacconist
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 week	23 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church, Auckland
Folio	00/2870
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 August 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Fillam, 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).