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 304

District of Nelson Quarter ending 30 September 1900 Registrar Hugh Calder

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	3 July 1900	Charles Edward Turner Florence Henrietta Wright	Charles Edward Turner Florence Henrietta Wright 💍 1900/1934	Bachelor Spinster	Mining Engineer Domestic Duties	33 22	Richmond The Vicarage, Richmond	5 days 6 years	Holy Trinity Church	00/3460		3 July 1900	F. A. Challerton, Church of England Minister
33	9 July 1900	Edward Bayley Wilhelmina Matilda Rahl	Edward Bayley Wilhelmina Matilda Pahl 💍 1900/1962	Bachelor Spinster	Brewer Domestic Servant	52 20	Washington Road, Nelson Washington Road, Nelson	37 years 5 months	All Saints Church	00/3465	G. Rahl, Father	9 July 1900	F. A. Challerton, Church of England Minister
34	16 July 1900	Robert Salmond Rush Aldridge nee Bradshaw	Robert Salmond Ruth Aldridge 💍 1900/1954	Bachelor Widow	Labourer Domestic Duties	36 33	Vanguard Street, Nelson Halifax Street, Nelson	36 years 33 years	The Residence of J. H. MacKenzie, Halifax Street, Nelson	00/3463		16 July 1900	J. H. MacKenzie, Presbyterian Minister, Nelson
35	26 July 1900	Arthur Ernest Gibbs Emma Elizabeth Gledhill	Arthur Ernest Gibbs Emma Elizabeth Gledhill 💍 1900/72	Bachelor Spinster	Carter Housemaid	31 22	Washington Street, Nelson Washington Terrace, Nelson	31 years 12 years	Residence of George Gledhill, Washington Terrace, Nelson	00/3459		26 July 1900	Wm. Thomas Clapham, Minister of the Church of Christ
36	2 August 1900	Charles Cotton Jessie May Nard	Charles Cotton Jessie May Ward 💍 1900/73	Bachelor Spinster	Expressman Housekeeper	22 22	Grove Street, Nelson Cambria Street, Nelson	12 months 22 years	Residence of Richard Sanders, Nelson	00/3466		2 August 1900	F. A. Challerton, Church of England Minister
37	7 August 1900	John Marsh Packer Annie Taylor nee Glenn	John Marsh Packer Annie Taylor 💍 1900/1926	Widower Widow	Farmer Domestic Duties	58 36	Brook Street, Nelson South Street, Nelson	30 years 4 years	Residence of Frank Blaylock, Brook Street, Nelson	00/3452		7 August 1900	R. S. Gray, Baptist Minister, Nelson
38	7 August 1900	William Biggar Edith Rutherford	William Biggar Edith Rutherford 💍 1900/1933	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer Domestic Duties	30 28	Hope Names East Hope Names East	10 years 28 years	Wesleyan Church, Hope	00/3458		7 August 1900	Thos. G. Carr, Wesleyan Minister
39	7 August 1900	Charles Cotton Jessie Mary Nard	Charles Cotton Jessie May Ward 💍 1900/73	Bachelor Spinster	Expressman Housekeeper	22 22	Grove Street, Nelson Cambria Street, Nelson	12 months 22 years	Residence of Charles Cotton, Grove Street, Nelson	00/3466		7 August 1900	F. A. Challerton, Church of England Minister
40	17 August 1900	John Abraham Boogs Alice Mary Whinham	John Abraham Codgan Alice Maud Mary Whinham 💍 1900/1932	Bachelor Spinster	Barman Domestic Duties	25 22	Hardy Street, Nelson Bridge Street, Nelson	4 months 2 months	St. Mary's Church, Manuka Street, Nelson	00/3457	Father George Mahoney	17 August 1900	Father George Mahoney, Roman Catholic Priest, Nelson
41	29 August 1900	William John Mall Helen Kate Stevens	William John Wratt Helen Kate Stevens 💍 1900/1928	Bachelor Spinster	Her Majesty's Customs Landing Master Domestic Duties	36 30	Hardy Street East, Nelson Mount Street, Nelson	22 years 9 months	Christ Church, Trafalgar Square, Nelson	00/3454		29 August 1900	J. P. Kempthorne, Church of England Minister
42	29 August 1900	Robert Shalford Louisa Martha Well Strange	Robert Stratford Louisa Martha Webb Strange 💍 1900/1923	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer Domestic Servant	26 21	Aniseed Valley Richmond	5 years 2 years	Office of the Registrar, Marriages, Nelson	00/3449		29 August 1900	H. Calder, Registrar of Marriages, Nelson
43	29 August 1900	Martin Satherley Idabarah Maria Schroder	Martin Satherley Ida Sarah Mina Schroder 💍 1900/1924	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer Domestic Duties	30 18	Appleby Redwoods Valley	30 years 9 months	Office of the Registrar, Marriages, Nelson	00/3450	Carl Schroder, Father	29 August 1900	H. Calder, Registrar of Marriages, Nelson
44	30 August 1900	Ernest James Jemmett Constance Emily Wright	Ernest James Fenn Constance Emily Wright 💍 1900/1935	Bachelor Spinster	Electrical Engineer Domestic Duties	32 25	Queen Street, Richmond Penoley Road, Richmond	3 days 6 weeks	Holy Trinity Church, Richmond	00/3461		30 August 1900	A. C. Wright, Church of England Minister
45	1 September 1900	Alfred Bugg Mather Mary Todacre Curtis	Alfred Bigg Wither Mary Linacre Curtis 💍 1900/1943	Bachelor Spinster	Sheep Farmer Domestic Duties	34 25	Wakapuaka Suburban Trafalgar Street, Nelson	10 months 4 years	St. Peter's Church, Wakapuaka Suburban	00/3462		1 September 1900	John Chapman Andrew, Church of England Minister
46	3 September 1900	John Thomas Thompson Euphemia Bennell	John Alexander Thompson Euphemia Bennet 💍 1900/1961	Bachelor Spinster	Hospital Dispenser Domestic Duties	28 25	Gloucester Street, Nelson Gloucester Street, Nelson	5 days 5 months	Residence of Edwin George, Nelson, Gloucester Street, Nelson	00/3464		3 September 1900	J. S. MacKenzie, Presbyterian Minister, Nelson

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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).