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 986

District of Dunedin Quarter ending 31 December 1900 Registrar William Joseph Call

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

455

27 November 1900

Frederick Percival Hunt
Martha Mary Perry

Frederick Percival Hunt
Martha Maria Perry
💍 1900/5020

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

26 years
23 years

Dunedin
Leith Valley

20 years
19 years

In the Holy Innocents Church, Leith Valley

00/5289

27 November 1900

Rev. E. G. Robinson, Church of England Minister

No	455
Date of Notice	27 November 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Percival Hunt	Martha Mary Perry
BDM Match (94%)	Frederick Percival Hunt	Martha Maria Perry
	💍 1900/5020
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	26 years	23 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Leith Valley
Length of Residence	20 years	19 years
Marriage Place	In the Holy Innocents Church, Leith Valley
Folio	00/5289
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 November 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. G. Robinson, Church of England Minister

456

28 November 1900

Charles Howard Tripp
Margaret Ruth Laidlaw

Charles Howard Tripp
Margaret Ruth Laidlaw
💍 1900/5021

Bachelor
Spinster

Barrister

41 years
22 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
10 days

In St. Paul Cathedral

00/5290

28 November 1900

Rev. E. G. Robinson, Church of England Minister

No	456
Date of Notice	28 November 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Howard Tripp	Margaret Ruth Laidlaw
	💍 1900/5021
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Barrister
Age	41 years	22 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	10 days
Marriage Place	In St. Paul Cathedral
Folio	00/5290
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 November 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. G. Robinson, Church of England Minister

457

29 November 1900

David Dickison
Annie Walker

David Dickison
Annie Walker
💍 1900/5228

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

24 years
32 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

24 years
12 years

In the house of Isaac Walker, Stuart Street

00/5319

29 November 1900

Rev. James Gibb, Presbyterian Minister

No	457
Date of Notice	29 November 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Dickison	Annie Walker
	💍 1900/5228
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	24 years	32 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	24 years	12 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Isaac Walker, Stuart Street
Folio	00/5319
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 November 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. James Gibb, Presbyterian Minister

458

29 November 1900

Andrew Millar Nelson
Florence Ada Harding

Andrew Millar Nelson
Florence Ada Harding
💍 1900/5524

Bachelor
Spinster

Chair Maker

24 years
23 years

Roslyn
Roslyn

7 years
22 years

In the house of Robert William Tully Harding

00/5838

29 November 1900

Rev. R. R. M. Sutherland, Presbyterian Minister

No	458
Date of Notice	29 November 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Millar Nelson	Florence Ada Harding
	💍 1900/5524
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chair Maker
Age	24 years	23 years
Dwelling Place	Roslyn	Roslyn
Length of Residence	7 years	22 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Robert William Tully Harding
Folio	00/5838
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 November 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. R. M. Sutherland, Presbyterian Minister

459

1 December 1900

William Charles Wans
Mary Ann McKay

William Jones
Mary McKay
💍 1900/5799

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman

24 years
23 years

Kensington
Dunedin

24 years
10 years

In the house of George Millow, George Street

00/5318

1 December 1900

Rev. James Gibb, Presbyterian Minister

No	459
Date of Notice	1 December 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Charles Wans	Mary Ann McKay
BDM Match (61%)	William Jones	Mary McKay
	💍 1900/5799
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman
Age	24 years	23 years
Dwelling Place	Kensington	Dunedin
Length of Residence	24 years	10 years
Marriage Place	In the house of George Millow, George Street
Folio	00/5318
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 December 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. James Gibb, Presbyterian Minister

460

3 December 1900

James Blair Campbell
Edith Ann Maria Smith

James Blair Campbell
Edith Ann Maria Smith
💍 1900/5598

Bachelor
Spinster

Boot Machinist

23 years
20 years

Mornington
South Dunedin

3 months
8 years

In the house of John Smith

00/5739

John Smith, father of minor

3 December 1900

Rev. Isaac Jolly, Presbyterian Minister

No	460
Date of Notice	3 December 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Blair Campbell	Edith Ann Maria Smith
BDM Match (98%)	James Blair Campbell	Edith Ann Maria Smith
	💍 1900/5598
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Boot Machinist
Age	23 years	20 years
Dwelling Place	Mornington	South Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 months	8 years
Marriage Place	In the house of John Smith
Folio	00/5739
Consent	John Smith, father of minor
Date of Certificate	3 December 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. Isaac Jolly, Presbyterian Minister

461

3 December 1900

William Shipton
Margaret Berti

William Shipton
Margaret Berti
💍 1900/5013

Widower
Widow

Billiard Marker

43 years
53 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

1 year
2 years

In the house of Mrs. Margaret Berti, Rattray Street

00/5283

3 December 1900

Rev. F. Hewitson, Presbyterian Minister

No	461
Date of Notice	3 December 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Shipton	Margaret Berti
	💍 1900/5013
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Billiard Marker
Age	43 years	53 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	1 year	2 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs. Margaret Berti, Rattray Street
Folio	00/5283
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 December 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. Hewitson, Presbyterian Minister

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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).