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 316

District of Greymouth Quarter ending 30 September 1900 Registrar Benjamin Harper

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

10 July 1900

Edward Olsen
Mary O'Brien

Edward Olsen
Mary O'Brien
💍 1900/5657

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

27 years
21 years

Reefton
Greymouth

5 days in Greymouth
5 months

The private residence of Mr. Con O'Brien, Murray Street, Greymouth

00/5858

10 July 1900

Rev. D. McLaren

No	19
Date of Notice	10 July 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Olsen	Mary O'Brien
	💍 1900/5657
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	27 years	21 years
Dwelling Place	Reefton	Greymouth
Length of Residence	5 days in Greymouth	5 months
Marriage Place	The private residence of Mr. Con O'Brien, Murray Street, Greymouth
Folio	00/5858
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 July 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. McLaren

12 July 1900

David Kidd
Eleanor Teresa Blanchfield

David Kidd
Eleanor Teresa Blanchfield
💍 1900/1895

Bachelor
Spinster

Storekeeper

29 years
25 years

Blackball
Dunganville

8 years

The private residence of Mrs. Mary Blanchfield, Dunganville

00/3420

12 July 1900

Rev. Laurence King

No	20
Date of Notice	12 July 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Kidd	Eleanor Teresa Blanchfield
	💍 1900/1895
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper
Age	29 years	25 years
Dwelling Place	Blackball	Dunganville
Length of Residence	8 years
Marriage Place	The private residence of Mrs. Mary Blanchfield, Dunganville
Folio	00/3420
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 July 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. Laurence King

25 July 1900

George Armstrong
Margaret Jane Mybrois

George Armstrong
Margaret Jane Mylroi
💍 1900/1983

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

27 years
23 years

Brunnerton
Brunnerton

3 days in Greymouth
14 days in Greymouth

The Presbyterian Manse, Tainui Street, Greymouth

00/3491

25 July 1900

Rev. Robert Stewart

No	21
Date of Notice	25 July 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Armstrong	Margaret Jane Mybrois
BDM Match (95%)	George Armstrong	Margaret Jane Mylroi
	💍 1900/1983
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	27 years	23 years
Dwelling Place	Brunnerton	Brunnerton
Length of Residence	3 days in Greymouth	14 days in Greymouth
Marriage Place	The Presbyterian Manse, Tainui Street, Greymouth
Folio	00/3491
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 July 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. Robert Stewart

28 August 1900

William Myers Garth
Alice Anastasia McCullough

William Myers Garth
Alice Anastisia McCullough
💍 1900/1984

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser

26 years
25 years

Greymouth
Greymouth

26 years
8 years

The private residence of Mr. William Bunnington, Tainui Street, Greymouth

00/3492

28 August 1900

Rev. Josh Gray

No	22
Date of Notice	28 August 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Myers Garth	Alice Anastasia McCullough
BDM Match (98%)	William Myers Garth	Alice Anastisia McCullough
	💍 1900/1984
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser
Age	26 years	25 years
Dwelling Place	Greymouth	Greymouth
Length of Residence	26 years	8 years
Marriage Place	The private residence of Mr. William Bunnington, Tainui Street, Greymouth
Folio	00/3492
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 August 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. Josh Gray

19 September 1900

John Louis Dunn
Grace Blair

John Louis Drumm
Grace Blair
💍 1900/5658

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

22 years
21 years

Greymouth
Kaiata

22 years
4 years at Kaiata

The private residence of Mr. Adam Blair at Kaiata

00/5859

19 September 1900

Rev. D. J. Malone

No	23
Date of Notice	19 September 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Louis Dunn	Grace Blair
BDM Match (91%)	John Louis Drumm	Grace Blair
	💍 1900/5658
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	22 years	21 years
Dwelling Place	Greymouth	Kaiata
Length of Residence	22 years	4 years at Kaiata
Marriage Place	The private residence of Mr. Adam Blair at Kaiata
Folio	00/5859
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 September 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. J. Malone

27 September 1900

Robert Arthur Dickie
Lena Jane Williams

Robert Arthur Dickie
Lena Jane Williams
💍 1900/1982

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper
Milliner

28 years
28 years

Reefton
Reefton

4 days in Greymouth
4 days in Greymouth

The private residence of Mr. Kin Williams, High Street, Greymouth

00/3490

27 September 1900

Rev. Geo. W. York

No	24
Date of Notice	27 September 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Arthur Dickie	Lena Jane Williams
	💍 1900/1982
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper	Milliner
Age	28 years	28 years
Dwelling Place	Reefton	Reefton
Length of Residence	4 days in Greymouth	4 days in Greymouth
Marriage Place	The private residence of Mr. Kin Williams, High Street, Greymouth
Folio	00/3490
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 September 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. Geo. W. York

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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 1908. 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).