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 120

District of Thames Quarter ending 30 September 1900 Registrar Edward Honiss

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

3 July 1900

Joseph Boyle
Adeline Fleetwood

Joseph Boyle
Adeline Fleetwood
💍 1900/4758

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Domestic Servant

19
17

Thames
Thames

19 years
17 years

The Office of the Registrar, Thames

00/2931

Thomas Boyle, Guardian and Trustee; Martha Mary Fleetwood, Mother

3 July 1900

Edward Honiss, Registrar

No	39
Date of Notice	3 July 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Boyle	Adeline Fleetwood
	💍 1900/4758
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic Servant
Age	19	17
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	19 years	17 years
Marriage Place	The Office of the Registrar, Thames
Folio	00/2931
Consent	Thomas Boyle, Guardian and Trustee; Martha Mary Fleetwood, Mother
Date of Certificate	3 July 1900
Officiating Minister	Edward Honiss, Registrar

7 July 1900

Thomas Henry Lanning
Elizabeth Maud Wilton

Thomas Henry Lanning
Elizabeth Maud Wilton
💍 1900/3685

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter
None

22
21

Thames
Thames

22 years
21 years

The Dwelling of John Wilton, Sealey St, Block 27

00/2997

7 July 1900

Rev. Arthur Dewelney, Baptist

No	40
Date of Notice	7 July 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Henry Lanning	Elizabeth Maud Wilton
	💍 1900/3685
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter	None
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	22 years	21 years
Marriage Place	The Dwelling of John Wilton, Sealey St, Block 27
Folio	00/2997
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 July 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. Arthur Dewelney, Baptist

13 July 1900

George Andrew Wells
Lily May Redwood

George Andrew Wells
Lily May Redwood
💍 1900/1704

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
None

25
21

Thames
Thames

2 days
21 years

The Dwelling of Margaret Redwood, Collarbone Creek

00/2936

14 July 1900

Rev. John Mackenzie, Presbyterian

No	41
Date of Notice	13 July 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Andrew Wells	Lily May Redwood
	💍 1900/1704
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	None
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	2 days	21 years
Marriage Place	The Dwelling of Margaret Redwood, Collarbone Creek
Folio	00/2936
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 July 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Mackenzie, Presbyterian

20 July 1900

Charles Walter Taylor
Emma Jane Wilson

Charles Walter Taylor
Emma Jane Wilson
💍 1900/64

Bachelor
Spinster

Fisherman
None

23
22

Thames
Thames

19 years
22 years

The Dwelling of Robert Wilson, Tararu, Thames

00/2934

20 July 1900

Rev. Edward Drake, Primitive Methodist

No	42
Date of Notice	20 July 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Walter Taylor	Emma Jane Wilson
	💍 1900/64
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fisherman	None
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	19 years	22 years
Marriage Place	The Dwelling of Robert Wilson, Tararu, Thames
Folio	00/2934
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 July 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. Edward Drake, Primitive Methodist

23 July 1900

Thomas William Coldicutt
Fanny Elizabeth Woods

Thomas William Coldicutt
Fanny Elizabeth Woods
💍 1900/5875

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
None

21
21

Thames
Thames

21 years
21 years

The Office of the Registrar, Thames

00/2932

23 July 1900

Edwd Honiss, Registrar

No	43
Date of Notice	23 July 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas William Coldicutt	Fanny Elizabeth Woods
	💍 1900/5875
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	None
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	21 years	21 years
Marriage Place	The Office of the Registrar, Thames
Folio	00/2932
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 July 1900
Officiating Minister	Edwd Honiss, 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).