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 833

District of Wairau Quarter ending 31 December 1900 Registrar W. F. Manley

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
43	6 October 1900	Joseph Henry James Greenwood Annie Heminger	Joseph Henry James Greenwood Annie Iremonger 💍 1900/4941	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	28 24	Blenheim Blenheim	14 years 14 years	Presbyterian Church Blenheim	00/4870		6 October 1900	Rev W. A. Robb
44	9 October 1900	James Linton Charlotte Ava	James Linton Charlotte Aroa 💍 1900/4947	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	38 24	Awatere Awatere	38 years 24 years	English Church Seddon	00/4875		9 October 1900	S. S. Grace
45	15 October 1900	Terence Burton Mary Kate Neville	Terence Burton Mary Kate Neville 💍 1900/5456	Bachelor Spinster	Carter	28 22	Blenheim Blenheim	5 years 22 years	House of W. J. Neville Blenheim	00/5967		15 October 1900	L. C. Savajean
46	15 November 1900	David Barclay Clara Emily Mortimer	David Barclay Clara Emily Mortimer 💍 1900/917	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	22 21	Okaramio Okaramio	7 years 21 years	House of W. J. Mortimer Okaramio	00/4876		15 November 1900	H. Foxton
47	15 November 1900	Thos. David Jones Cecilia Barclay	Thomas David Jones Cecilia Barclay 💍 1900/918	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	28 21	Blenheim Okaramio	20 years 21 years	House of W. Blake Okaramio	00/4877		15 November 1900	H. Foxton
48	19 November 1900	Robert Hobson Mary Day	Robert Hobson Mary Day 💍 1900/4943	Bachelor Spinster	Groom	30 29	Blenheim Blenheim	4 days 29 years	Registrar's Office Blenheim	00/4871		19 November 1900	W. U. Robb
49	22 November 1900	Thomas Herd Lily Dillon	Thomas Herd Lily Dillon 💍 1900/4940	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	36 19	Grovetown Blenheim	36 years 19 years	Registrar's Office Blenheim	00/4869	A. W. Dillon, father	22 November 1900	W. F. Manley, Registrar
50	27 November 1900	Duncan McCallum Betsy Maria Henricksen	Duncan McCallum Betsy Maria Henricksen 💍 1900/4946	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	30 24	Blenheim Blenheim	5 years 24 years	Salvation Army Barracks	00/4874		27 November 1900	John Ward
51	13 December 1900	David Ernest Leslie Edith Mary Ball	David Ernest Leslie Edith Mary Ball 💍 1900/4944	Bachelor Spinster	Schoolmaster	26 26	Renwicktown Blenheim	2 years 26 years	House of W. H. Ball Blenheim	00/4872		13 December 1900	Rev W. U. Robb
52	17 December 1900	Watson Raymond Barton Fanny Amelia Barton	Watson Raymond Fanny Amelia Barton 💍 1900/4945	Bachelor Spinster	Engine driver	36 31	Blenheim Blenheim	36 years 9 years	Onamalutu	00/4873		17 December 1900	Rev W. U. Robb
53	19 December 1900	Wm. Dickson Maud Player	William Dickson Maude Player 💍 1900/4937	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	23 23	Kaituna Blenheim	23 years 7 days	House of Rev W. U. Robb Springlands	00/4878		19 December 1900	Rev W. U. Robb

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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).