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 823

District of WELLINGTON Quarter ending 31 December 1900 Registrar FREDERICK WILLIAM MANSFIELD

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

649

22 December 1900

Frederick Tucker Hill
Catherine Edith Howard

Frederick Tuckett Hill
Catherine Evett Stewart
💍 1900/4915

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

29
24

Wellington
Wellington

11 years
6 years

Residence of Mr. Stewart, 6 Sussex Square, Wellington

00/4788

22 December 1900

Rev. J. R. Elliott

No	649
Date of Notice	22 December 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Tucker Hill	Catherine Edith Howard
BDM Match (80%)	Frederick Tuckett Hill	Catherine Evett Stewart
	💍 1900/4915
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	29	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	11 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Stewart, 6 Sussex Square, Wellington
Folio	00/4788
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 December 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. R. Elliott

650

24 December 1900

Thomas Tyree Brooke
Rose Drooker

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman

22
22

Wellington
Wellington

5 years
22 years

Trinity Church

00/4842

24 December 1900

Rev. T. C. Lowry

No	650
Date of Notice	24 December 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Tyree Brooke	Rose Drooker
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Trinity Church
Folio	00/4842
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 December 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. C. Lowry

651

27 December 1900

David Robb
Alison Young

David Robb
Alison Young
💍 1900/933

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

25
24

Wellington
Wellington

7 days
7 days

Registrar's Office, Wellington

00/4740

27 December 1900

J. W. Mansfield, Registrar

No	651
Date of Notice	27 December 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Robb	Alison Young
	💍 1900/933
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	7 days	7 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	00/4740
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 December 1900
Officiating Minister	J. W. Mansfield, Registrar

652

27 December 1900

Henry Archibald Morris
Muriel Margaret Jane Farrier

Henry Archibald Nevins
Muriel Margaret Jane Fancourt
💍 1901/212

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheepfarmer

43
27

Wellington
Wellington

5 days
27 years

St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral

00/4622

29 December 1900

Rev. J. N. Spiers

No	652
Date of Notice	27 December 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Archibald Morris	Muriel Margaret Jane Farrier
BDM Match (80%)	Henry Archibald Nevins	Muriel Margaret Jane Fancourt
	💍 1901/212
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheepfarmer
Age	43	27
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 days	27 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral
Folio	00/4622
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 December 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. N. Spiers

653

27 December 1900

Charles Edward Torlesse
Florence Edith Chatfield

Charles Edward Torlesse
Florence Edith Chatfield
💍 1900/5451

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Accountant

34
25

Wellington
Island Bay

4 days
25 years

Church of England

00/5763

29 December 1900

Rev. A. Fitzgerald

No	653
Date of Notice	27 December 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Edward Torlesse	Florence Edith Chatfield
	💍 1900/5451
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Accountant
Age	34	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Island Bay
Length of Residence	4 days	25 years
Marriage Place	Church of England
Folio	00/5763
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 December 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Fitzgerald

654

27 December 1900

Jeremiah Ferdinand Lenzini
Florence Ethel Mathieson

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinetmaker

26
23

Wellington
Wellington

5 days
22 years

St. Mark's Church

00/4638

27 December 1900

Rev. R. Coffey

No	654
Date of Notice	27 December 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Jeremiah Ferdinand Lenzini	Florence Ethel Mathieson
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinetmaker
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 days	22 years
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church
Folio	00/4638
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 December 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Coffey

655

27 December 1900

Thomas William Calderwood
Julia Catherine Lucas

Thomas Aitken Calderwood
Jane Catherine Lucas
💍 1900/4206

Widower
Widow

Painter

33
37

Wellington
Wellington

3 years
3 years 2 months

Residence of Mr. Thos. Calderwood, 2 North Terrace, Wellington

00/4787, 5002

27 December 1900

Rev. J. R. Elliott

No	655
Date of Notice	27 December 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas William Calderwood	Julia Catherine Lucas
BDM Match (79%)	Thomas Aitken Calderwood	Jane Catherine Lucas
	💍 1900/4206
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Painter
Age	33	37
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years 2 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Thos. Calderwood, 2 North Terrace, Wellington
Folio	00/4787, 5002
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 December 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. R. Elliott

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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 1903. 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).