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 1006

District of Tuapeka Quarter ending 31 December 1900 Registrar Alexander M. Gues

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

9 October 1900

Ross Moore
Janet Cameron

Ross Moore
Janet Cameron
💍 1900/5198

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith
Dressmaker

22
28

Lawrence
Lawrence

10 years
9 years

in the house of Mrs. Cameron, Whitehaven St. Lawrence

00/5418

9 October 1900

Rev. L. A. Will (Presbyterian)

No	04
Date of Notice	9 October 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ross Moore	Janet Cameron
	💍 1900/5198
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith	Dressmaker
Age	22	28
Dwelling Place	Lawrence	Lawrence
Length of Residence	10 years	9 years
Marriage Place	in the house of Mrs. Cameron, Whitehaven St. Lawrence
Folio	00/5418
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 October 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. L. A. Will (Presbyterian)

9 November 1900

Thomas Teahey
Margaret Young

Thomas Fahey
Margaret Young
💍 1900/5626

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

31
21

Evansflat
Tuapeka Flat

31 years
31 years

The Roman Catholic Church

00/5875

9 November 1900

Rev. P. O. Leary (Roman Catholic)

No	05
Date of Notice	9 November 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Teahey	Margaret Young
BDM Match (92%)	Thomas Fahey	Margaret Young
	💍 1900/5626
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	31	21
Dwelling Place	Evansflat	Tuapeka Flat
Length of Residence	31 years	31 years
Marriage Place	The Roman Catholic Church
Folio	00/5875
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 November 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. O. Leary (Roman Catholic)

1 December 1900

Robert Storm
Barbara Donaldson

Robert Storm
Barbara Donaldson
💍 1900/5200

Bachelor
Spinster

Winchman

30
27

Waipori
Waipori

2 years
3 months

At The Presbyterian Manse, Lawrence

00/5420

1 December 1900

Rev. L. A. Will (Presbyterian)

No	06
Date of Notice	1 December 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Storm	Barbara Donaldson
	💍 1900/5200
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Winchman
Age	30	27
Dwelling Place	Waipori	Waipori
Length of Residence	2 years	3 months
Marriage Place	At The Presbyterian Manse, Lawrence
Folio	00/5420
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 December 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. L. A. Will (Presbyterian)

1 December 1900

Robert Marshall
Alice Brown

Robert Marshall
Alice Brown
💍 1900/5199

Robert Millar
Annie Brown
💍 1900/4678

Bachelor
Spinster

Carrier

27
20

Lawrence
Lawrence

2 years
2 years

At the house of Alfred Brown, Weatherstones

00/5419

No person resident in the Colony authorised to give consent to the marriage of Alice Brown.

1 December 1900

Rev. L. A. Will (Presbyterian)

No	07
Date of Notice	1 December 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Marshall	Alice Brown
	💍 1900/5199
BDM Match (66%)	Robert Millar	Annie Brown
	💍 1900/4678
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carrier
Age	27	20
Dwelling Place	Lawrence	Lawrence
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	At the house of Alfred Brown, Weatherstones
Folio	00/5419
Consent	No person resident in the Colony authorised to give consent to the marriage of Alice Brown.
Date of Certificate	1 December 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. L. A. Will (Presbyterian)

1 December 1900

William Roy Smith
Margaret Adams

William Roger Smyth
Margaret Anne Adams
💍 1900/5201

William Bowling
Annie Margaret Adams
💍 1901/568

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Dressmaker

27
26

Lawrence
Lawrence

10 years
10 years

Wesleyan Church at Lawrence

00/5421

1 December 1900

Rev. J. S. W. Ellis (Wesleyan)

No	08
Date of Notice	1 December 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Roy Smith	Margaret Adams
BDM Match (76%)	William Roger Smyth	Margaret Anne Adams
	💍 1900/5201
BDM Match (64%)	William Bowling	Annie Margaret Adams
	💍 1901/568
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Dressmaker
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Lawrence	Lawrence
Length of Residence	10 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church at Lawrence
Folio	00/5421
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 December 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. S. W. Ellis (Wesleyan)

20 December 1900

John Thomas Black
Jeanie Taylor Anderson

John Thomas Black
Jennie Taylor Anderson
💍 1901/745

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser

26
21

Lawrence
Lawrence

11 years
18 years

House of Mr. Walter Anderson, Lawrence

01/1202

20 December 1900

Rev. L. A. Will (Presbyterian)

No	09
Date of Notice	20 December 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Thomas Black	Jeanie Taylor Anderson
BDM Match (98%)	John Thomas Black	Jennie Taylor Anderson
	💍 1901/745
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Lawrence	Lawrence
Length of Residence	11 years	18 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. Walter Anderson, Lawrence
Folio	01/1202
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 December 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. L. A. Will (Presbyterian)

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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).