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 579

District of Drury Quarter ending 31 December 1900 Registrar Sam Walker

No	Date of Notice	Names and Surnames of Parties	BDM Match	Condition	Calling or Profession	Age	Dwelling Place	Length of Residence	Marriage Place	Folio	Date of Certificate	Officiating Minister
37	4 October 1900	Henry Robert Charles Giles Priscilla Charles	Henry Robert Charles Giles Priscilla Charles 💍 1900/2379	Bachelor Spinster	Engineer	28 22	Papakura Papakura	3 days 3 days	Anglican Church, Papakura	00/4246	4 October 1900	Rev. O. R. Hewlett, Church of England
38	12 October 1900	Thomas Hamilton Ballard Caroline Ann Ballard	Thomas Hamilton Caroline Ann Ballard 💍 1900/4548	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	33 27	Pukekohe Buckland	20 years 15 years	House of A. McDonald, East Pukekohe	00/4255	12 October 1900	Rev. F. B. Dobson, Church of England
39	8 November 1900	Stanley James Hills Mary Burrows	Stanley James Hills Mary Burrows 💍 1900/2381	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	49 45	Manurewa Manurewa	4 days 4 days	House of Alfred Hills	00/4247	8 November 1900	Rev. O. R. Hewlett, Church of England
40	13 November 1900	Oliver Reed Julia Mary Lowry	Oliver Reed Julia Mary Lowry 💍 1900/2384	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	24 23	Maungatawhiri Valley Bombay	19 years 18 years	House of John Lowry, Razor Back	00/4250	13 November 1900	Rev. W. F. Findlay, Presbyterian Minister
41	15 November 1900	Edward Hayward Laura Annie Batty	Edward Hayward Laura Annie Batty 💍 1900/4528	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	31 31	Pokeno Pokeno	27 years 7 years	House of Alfred Batty, Pokeno	00/4257	15 November 1900	Rev. H. B. Wingfield, Church of England
42	21 November 1900	Percy Reynolds Lucy Proude	Percy Reynolds Lucy Proude 💍 1900/4549	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	24 24	Bombay Bombay	12 years 19 years	Anglican Church, Bombay	00/4256	21 November 1900	Rev. P. S. Smallfield, Church of England
43	23 November 1900	Thomas Llewellyn Vining Susan Lyons	Thomas Llewellyn Vining Susan Lyons 💍 1900/2383	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	51 27	Maungatawhiri Maungatawhiri Valley	28 years 22 years	House of Robt. J. Lyons, Valley	00/4249	23 November 1900	Rev. W. F. Findlay, Presbyterian Minister
44	7 December 1900	John Frederick George Grigsby Elizabeth Carroll	John Frederick George Grigsby Elizabeth Carroll 💍 1900/4546	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	32 30	Pukekohe Pukekohe	1 Week 18 years	House of John Carroll, Pukekohe	00/4253	7 December 1900	Rev. G. L. Hearshall, Wesleyan Minister
45	18 December 1900	William John Milly Angelina Walker	William John McGough Angelina Walker 💍 1901/5743	Bachelor Spinster	Miner	35 26	Pukekohe Pukekohe	1 Week 19 years	House of Robt. Walker, Pukekohe	00/4226	18 December 1900	Rev. F. B. Dobson, Church of England
46	18 December 1900	Henry Reuben Stokes Agnes Allan Baird	Henry Reuben Stokes Agnes McAllan Baird 💍 1900/2382	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	25 28	Ardmore Ardmore	19 years 5 years	House of James Baird, Ardmore	00/4248	18 December 1900	Rev. O. R. Hewlett, Church of England
47	28 December 1900	Duncan Macdonald Jane Mortimer Cairns	Duncan Macdonald Jane Mortimer Cairns 💍 1900/4539	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer Maker	37 22	Ramarama Ramarama	17 years 17 years	House of Dougal Cairns, Round Ramarama	00/4252	28 December 1900	Rev. Thos. Hornie, Presbyterian Minister
48	28 December 1900	William Smith Elliott Sarah Bremner Thomson	William Smith Elliott Sarah Bremner Thomson 💍 1901/5733	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	34 27	Hunua Hunua	1 Week 1 month	House of James Flanagan, Hunua	01/217	28 December 1900	Rev. Thos. Hornie, Presbyterian Minister
49	29 December 1900	John Tilby Emma Shaw	John Tilby Emma Shaw 💍 1901/5744	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	40 23	Pukekohe Ararimu South	15 years 18 years	House of John Shaw, Ararimu S.	01/221	29 December 1900	Rev. F. B. Dobson, Church of England

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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).