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 547

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 December 1900 Registrar E.H. Lyons

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

663

26 November 1900

John Doyles
Jessie Rankin

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

28
23

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
23 years

St. Thomas' Church, Mangere

00/4214

26 November 1900

Rev. J. Macdonald, Presbyterian

No	663
Date of Notice	26 November 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Doyles	Jessie Rankin
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	23 years
Marriage Place	St. Thomas' Church, Mangere
Folio	00/4214
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 November 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Macdonald, Presbyterian

664

26 November 1900

James Edward Tierney
Ethel Louisa Bishop

James Edward Quinn
Ethel Louisa Bishop
💍 1900/4369

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrical Engineer

24
23

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
22 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

00/4076

26 November 1900

E.H. Lyons, Registrar

No	664
Date of Notice	26 November 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Edward Tierney	Ethel Louisa Bishop
BDM Match (85%)	James Edward Quinn	Ethel Louisa Bishop
	💍 1900/4369
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrical Engineer
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	00/4076
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 November 1900
Officiating Minister	E.H. Lyons, Registrar

665

26 November 1900

William Thompson
May Beatrice Thomson

William Thompson Glasgow
May Beatrice Thomson
💍 1900/4248

Bachelor
Spinster

Civil Servant

51
30

Auckland
Auckland

7 years
7 years

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

00/4121

26 November 1900

Rev. J.B. Munro, Presbyterian

No	665
Date of Notice	26 November 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Thompson	May Beatrice Thomson
BDM Match (83%)	William Thompson Glasgow	May Beatrice Thomson
	💍 1900/4248
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Civil Servant
Age	51	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 years	7 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	00/4121
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 November 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. J.B. Munro, Presbyterian

666

26 November 1900

Alexander Turner
Harriet Mills

Alexander Turner
Harriet Mills
💍 1900/4322

Widower
Spinster

Mariner

48
29

Auckland
Auckland

2 weeks
25 years

St. Epiphany Church, Auckland

00/4202

26 November 1900

Rev. W.E. Lush, Church of England

No	666
Date of Notice	26 November 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Turner	Harriet Mills
	💍 1900/4322
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Mariner
Age	48	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 weeks	25 years
Marriage Place	St. Epiphany Church, Auckland
Folio	00/4202
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 November 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. W.E. Lush, Church of England

667

26 November 1900

Albert Reed
Margaret White

Albert Reed
Margaret Matilda White
💍 1900/4323

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

30
32

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
15 years

House of Father, Upper Pitt Street, Auckland

00/4290

26 November 1900

Rev. J. Tillie, Presbyterian

No	667
Date of Notice	26 November 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Reed	Margaret White
BDM Match (82%)	Albert Reed	Margaret Matilda White
	💍 1900/4323
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	30	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	15 years
Marriage Place	House of Father, Upper Pitt Street, Auckland
Folio	00/4290
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 November 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Tillie, Presbyterian

668

27 November 1900

Arthur Francis Harrison
Kathleen Margaret Mc??

Arthur Francis Harrison
Kathleen Marguerite McInroe
💍 1900/5513

Bachelor
Spinster

Mining Agent

32
21

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
2 years

St. Benedict's Church, Auckland

00/5568

27 November 1900

Rev. J.H. Phelan, Roman Catholic

No	668
Date of Notice	27 November 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Francis Harrison	Kathleen Margaret Mc??
BDM Match (80%)	Arthur Francis Harrison	Kathleen Marguerite McInroe
	💍 1900/5513
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mining Agent
Age	32	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church, Auckland
Folio	00/5568
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 November 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. J.H. Phelan, Roman Catholic

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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).