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 340

District of Christchurch Quarter ending 30 September 1900 Registrar J. W. Markerson

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

378

21 July 1900

John Dumick
Marie Schimanski

John Dunick
Marie Shimanski
💍 1900/3824

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

22
21

Christchurch
Christchurch

22 years
21 years

St Marys Church, Manchester Street, Christchurch

00/3542

21 July 1900

Rev T. Marnane, Romanist

No	378
Date of Notice	21 July 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Dumick	Marie Schimanski
BDM Match (92%)	John Dunick	Marie Shimanski
	💍 1900/3824
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	22 years	21 years
Marriage Place	St Marys Church, Manchester Street, Christchurch
Folio	00/3542
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 July 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev T. Marnane, Romanist

379

21 July 1900

Andrew McFarlane
Mary Fox

Andrew McFarlane
Mary Fox
💍 1900/2048

Bachelor
Spinster

Fitter
Domestic

43
36

Christchurch
Christchurch

5 months
10 years

Pro Cathedral, Barbados Street, Christchurch

00/3581

21 July 1900

Rev H. M. Downell, Romanist

No	379
Date of Notice	21 July 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew McFarlane	Mary Fox
	💍 1900/2048
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fitter	Domestic
Age	43	36
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	5 months	10 years
Marriage Place	Pro Cathedral, Barbados Street, Christchurch
Folio	00/3581
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 July 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev H. M. Downell, Romanist

380

23 July 1900

Charles Hugh Cox
Eliza Keiner

Charles Haigh Cox
Eliza Ann Skinner
💍 1900/2013

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

29
30

Christchurch
Christchurch

26 years
30 years

Registrars Office, Christchurch

00/3520

23 July 1900

Registrar of Marriages, J. W. Markerson

No	380
Date of Notice	23 July 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Hugh Cox	Eliza Keiner
BDM Match (74%)	Charles Haigh Cox	Eliza Ann Skinner
	💍 1900/2013
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	29	30
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	26 years	30 years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Christchurch
Folio	00/3520
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 July 1900
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, J. W. Markerson

381

23 July 1900

Edward Rackett
Elizabeth Ferrans

Edward Rackett
Elizabeth Ferrens
💍 1900/2010

Widower
Widow

Baker, Carpenter
Domestic

52
49

Christchurch
Christchurch

37 years
7 years

Registrars Office, Christchurch

00/3517

23 July 1900

Registrar of Marriages, J. W. Markerson

No	381
Date of Notice	23 July 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Rackett	Elizabeth Ferrans
BDM Match (97%)	Edward Rackett	Elizabeth Ferrens
	💍 1900/2010
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Baker, Carpenter	Domestic
Age	52	49
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	37 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Christchurch
Folio	00/3517
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 July 1900
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, J. W. Markerson

382

25 July 1900

Alexander Scott McConnell
Mary Hill

Alexander Scott McConnell
Mary Hill
💍 1900/2012

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

24
24

Christchurch
Christchurch

4 days
7 weeks

Registrars Office, Christchurch

00/3519

25 July 1900

Registrar of Marriages, J. W. Markerson

No	382
Date of Notice	25 July 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Scott McConnell	Mary Hill
	💍 1900/2012
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	4 days	7 weeks
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Christchurch
Folio	00/3519
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 July 1900
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, J. W. Markerson

383

27 July 1900

Thomas Corbet Thompson
Rudolphina Thompson

Thomas Corlet
Rudolph Marion Thompson
💍 1900/3848

Widower
Spinster

Carrier

34
23

Christchurch
Christchurch

3 years
5 years

House of Mr. Chaloaner, 5 Ferry Road, Sydenham

00/3619

27 July 1900

Rev C. H. Laws, Wesleyan

No	383
Date of Notice	27 July 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Corbet Thompson	Rudolphina Thompson
BDM Match (64%)	Thomas Corlet	Rudolph Marion Thompson
	💍 1900/3848
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Carrier
Age	34	23
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	3 years	5 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. Chaloaner, 5 Ferry Road, Sydenham
Folio	00/3619
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 July 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev C. H. Laws, Wesleyan

384

27 July 1900

Francis Augustus Moore
Margaret Kean

Francis Augustus Moore
Margaret Vennall
💍 1900/2060

Bachelor
Spinster

Ironmonger

33
35

Linwood
Lyttelton

32 years
33 years

St Michaels Church, Christchurch

00/3569

27 July 1900

Rev A. W. Brodie, Anglican

No	384
Date of Notice	27 July 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Augustus Moore	Margaret Kean
BDM Match (84%)	Francis Augustus Moore	Margaret Vennall
	💍 1900/2060
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ironmonger
Age	33	35
Dwelling Place	Linwood	Lyttelton
Length of Residence	32 years	33 years
Marriage Place	St Michaels Church, Christchurch
Folio	00/3569
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 July 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev A. W. Brodie, Anglican

385

28 July 1900

Thomas Francis McGarva
Mary Shea

Thomas Frederick McGarva
Mary Shea
💍 1900/2050

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic

30
27

Christchurch
Christchurch

30 years
10 years

Pro Cathedral, Barbados Street, Christchurch

00/3582

28 July 1900

Very Rev Dean Foley, Romanist

No	385
Date of Notice	28 July 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Francis McGarva	Mary Shea
BDM Match (88%)	Thomas Frederick McGarva	Mary Shea
	💍 1900/2050
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic
Age	30	27
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	30 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Pro Cathedral, Barbados Street, Christchurch
Folio	00/3582
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 July 1900
Officiating Minister	Very Rev Dean Foley, Romanist

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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).