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 282

District of Wairau Quarter ending 30 September 1900 Registrar W. J. Stanley

No	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
32	6 July 1900	George Adams Eveline Baldick	George Adams Eveline Baldick 💍 1900/3792	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	24 19	Blenheim Blenheim	24 years 2 weeks	Registrar's Office	00/3404	G. Baldick, father	12 July 1900	W. J. Stanley, Registrar
33	24 July 1900	Robert Drew Harriett Strickland	Robert Drew Harriett Strickland 💍 1900/3799	Bachelor Widow	Maltster	58 68	Blenheim Blenheim	32 years 29 years	Drew, Blenheim	00/3410		24 July 1900	Rev. W. O. Robb
34	24 July 1900	Richard Wanden Mary Edith Draper	Richard Wanden Mary Edith Draper 💍 1900/3796	Bachelor Spinster	Clerk	25 23	Blenheim Blenheim	25 years 23 years	Club Hotel	00/3407		24 July 1900	Rev. I. S. Grace
35	30 July 1900	Henry George Sledhill Mary Eva Angelina Robinson	Henry George Gledhill Mary Eva Angelina Robinson 💍 1900/3791	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	23 21	Tua Marina Tua Marina	23 years 21 years	House of Mr. McHatt	00/3403		30 July 1900	Rev. R. J. Allowash
36	3 August 1900	Alfred John Spencer Elizabeth Rabbitts	Alfred John Spencer Elizabeth Rabbitts 💍 1900/3797	Bachelor Spinster	Stableman	28 22	Blenheim Blenheim	8 years 22 years	House of Mr. E. Rabbitts, Blenheim	00/3408		3 August 1900	Rev. I. S. Grace
37	13 August 1900	Arthur Daniel O'Leary Mary Boyce	Arthur Daniel O'Leary Mary Boyce 💍 1900/1911	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	26 25	Blenheim Blenheim	26 years 20 years	Catholic Presbytery, Blenheim	00/3413		13 August 1900	Rev. P. Fay
38	15 August 1900	Philip John McCarthy Nellie Josephine O'Connor	Philip John McCarthy Nellie Josephine O'Connor 💍 1900/1913	Bachelor Spinster	Constable	26 22	Auckland Blenheim	3 days 22 years	Catholic Church	00/3414		16 August 1900	Rev. P. Fay
39	18 August 1900	Bernard Joseph Chapman Mary Newman	Bernard Joseph Chapman Mary Newman 💍 1900/1905	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	35 30	Renwicktown Renwicktown	1 year 30 years	House of Mr. W. Newman	00/3412		18 August 1900	Rev. W. J. Smith
40	23 August 1900	Arthur Cummings Annie Silvins	Arthur Cummings Annie Silvins 💍 1900/3798	Bachelor Spinster	Coachdriver	28 20	Blenheim Blenheim	11 years 10 years	House of Mr. Silvins, Blenheim	00/3409		23 August 1900	Rev. I. S. Grace
41	31 August 1900	John Healy Ada Maria Bland	John Healy Ada Maria Ireland 💍 1900/1894 John Healy Mary Counihan 💍 1900/4973	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	34 34	Blenheim Blenheim	3 days 34 years	Presbyterian Church	00/3411		31 August 1900	Rev. W. U. Robb
42	19 September 1900	David McIndoe Ellen Brydon Hames	David McBride Ellen Brydon Haines 💍 1900/3794	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	27 26	Renwick Renwick	16 years 26 years	Registrar's Office	00/3405		19 September 1900	W. J. Stanley, 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 1899. 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).