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 883

District of Ashburton Quarter ending 31 December 1900 Registrar J. Ward

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
1191	13 October 1900	Robert Plass Elizabeth Kilmer	Robert Cass Elizabeth Gilmour 💍 1900/5163 Robert James Mills Elizabeth Golley 💍 1901/5672	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	31 25	Greenstreet Greenstreet	15 months 15 months	Wesleyan Church, Greenstreet	00/4965		13 October 1900	Revd. Geo. B. Inglis
1192	15 October 1900	Thomas Paul Barber Lilly Fanny Bartlett	Thomas Paul Barber Lilian Nanny Parlett 💍 1900/5848	Widower Spinster	Butcher	37 25	Ashburton Ashburton	24 years 2 years	Church of St. Stephen, Ashburton	00/4975		15 October 1900	Revd. R. R. Monthrope
1193	2 November 1900	James Moore Henrietta Blaney Russell	James Moore Henrietta Florence Jessica Smith 💍 1900/5165	Widower Spinster	Retired Farmer Housekeeper	60 36	Ashburton Ashburton	3 months 3 months	Private Residence of Arthur Bean at Ashburton	00/4967		2 November 1900	Revd. Geo. B. Inglis
1194	29 October 1900	Henry George Cranfield Mary Margaret Patton	Henry George Cranfield May Margaret Patton 💍 1900/4985	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	32 20	Tinwald Methven	12 months 20 years	Church of England, Methven	00/5181		29 October 1900	Revd. H. N. Mathias
1195	30 October 1900	John Ramsey Rosetta Berry	John Rumsey Rosetta Berry 💍 1900/5164	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	34 31	Ashburton Invercargill	16 years 17 years	Presbyterian Manse, Ashburton	00/4966		30 October 1900	Revd. Geo. B. Inglis
1196	5 November 1900	John William Robinson Jane Wyatt	John Wilson Robinson Jane Hunt 💍 1900/5838	Bachelor Widow	Labourer Retired Housekeeper	37 37	Ashburton Ashburton	20 years 5 years	St. Stephen's Church, Ashburton	00/4976		5 November 1900	Revd. R. R. Monthrope
1197	8 November 1900	Herbert Robert Oatley Catherine Louisa Markham	Herbert Robert Oakley Catherine Louisa Wakeham 💍 1900/5147	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	21 23	Ashburton Tinwald	3 days 5 years	Presbyterian Church, Tinwald	00/4968		12 November 1900	Revd. Geo. B. Inglis
1198	14 November 1900	John Alfred Frost Still Elizabeth Langdon	John Alfred Froster Braith Elizabeth Langdon 💍 1900/5154	Bachelor Spinster	Butcher	20 21	Fairton Ashburton	1 year 14 years	Registrar's Office, Ashburton	00/4978	George Still, father	14 November 1900	J. Ward, Registrar
1199	15 November 1900	Michael Daniel Coffey Catherine Mary Carney	Michael Daniel Coffey Catharine Mary Carney 💍 1900/5905	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	25 20	Ashburton Staveley	20 years 20 years	Catholic Church, Ashburton	00/5691	Father	15 November 1900	Revd. J. J. O'Donnell
1200	15 November 1900	Arthur Edward James May Taylor	Arthur Edward James May Taylor 💍 1900/5148	Bachelor Spinster	Carrier	22 20	Hampstead Hampstead	5 months 2 years	Dwelling House of Joseph Taylor at Hampstead	00/4969	Joseph Taylor, father	15 November 1900	Revd. Geo. B. Inglis
1201	19 November 1900	Michael Warren Ellen Rowe	Michael Hannan Ellen Crowe 💍 1900/5558	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer Domestic Servant	29 24	Ashburton Ashburton	6 days 2 years	Roman Catholic Church, Ashburton	00/5692		19 November 1900	Revd. Dean O'Donnell

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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).