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 533

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 December 1900

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

580

12 October 1900

Joseph Anderson Tapper
Lillie Wilmot O'Neill

Joseph Andrew Tapper
Lillian Willmott O'Neill
💍 1900/2364

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

25
18

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
18 years

St Matthews Church, Auckland

00/4162

Eliza O'Neill, Mother

12 October 1900

Rev. G. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	580
Date of Notice	12 October 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Anderson Tapper	Lillie Wilmot O'Neill
BDM Match (83%)	Joseph Andrew Tapper	Lillian Willmott O'Neill
	💍 1900/2364
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	25	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	18 years
Marriage Place	St Matthews Church, Auckland
Folio	00/4162
Consent	Eliza O'Neill, Mother
Date of Certificate	12 October 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. E. Gillam, Church of England

581

13 October 1900

John Stewart Ryburn
Mary Gray

James Gibson
Mary Gray
💍 1900/5831

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

27
25

Auckland
Panmure

27 years
28 years

House of Father of Bride, Panmure

00/4170

13 October 1900

Rev. G. B. Munro, Presbyterian

No	581
Date of Notice	13 October 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Stewart Ryburn	Mary Gray
BDM Match (63%)	James Gibson	Mary Gray
	💍 1900/5831
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Panmure
Length of Residence	27 years	28 years
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride, Panmure
Folio	00/4170
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 October 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. B. Munro, Presbyterian

582

15 October 1900

Ernest Henry Bradburn
Adina Eliza Kennedy

Ernest Henry Bradburn
Adina Eliza Kennedy
💍 1900/2380

Bachelor
Spinster

Sailor
Helping Hand

27
21

Auckland
Mission Hall, Auckland

27 years
21 years

Mission Hall, Auckland

00/4227

15 October 1900

Rev. C. C. Atkinson, Wesleyan

No	582
Date of Notice	15 October 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Henry Bradburn	Adina Eliza Kennedy
	💍 1900/2380
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sailor	Helping Hand
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Mission Hall, Auckland
Length of Residence	27 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Mission Hall, Auckland
Folio	00/4227
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 October 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. C. Atkinson, Wesleyan

583

15 October 1900

Richard Robinson Martin
Elizabeth Rail
"Not heard of husband for 6 years"

Richard Robinson Martin
Elizabeth Rail
💍 1900/4359

Bachelor

Coachman

27
37

Auckland
Auckland

27 years
37 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

00/4058

15 October 1900

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	583
Date of Notice	15 October 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Robinson Martin	Elizabeth Rail "Not heard of husband for 6 years"
	💍 1900/4359
Condition	Bachelor
Profession		Coachman
Age	27	37
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	27 years	37 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	00/4058
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 October 1900
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

584

15 October 1900

Robert Johnston
Annie Jane Wynne

Robert Johnston
Annie Jane Wynne
💍 1900/4370

Bachelor
Spinster

Bus Driver

50
30

Auckland
Auckland

40 years
30 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

00/4059

15 October 1900

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	584
Date of Notice	15 October 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Johnston	Annie Jane Wynne
	💍 1900/4370
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bus Driver
Age	50	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	40 years	30 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	00/4059
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 October 1900
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

585

15 October 1900

Edward McDonnell
Constance Marie de Bourbel

Edward McDonnell
Constance Marian de Bourbel
💍 1900/4276

Widower
Spinster

Farmer

52
25

Mangamui
Auckland

15 years
10 years

St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

00/4149

15 October 1900

Rev. W. H. Corcoran, Roman Catholic

No	585
Date of Notice	15 October 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward McDonnell	Constance Marie de Bourbel
BDM Match (96%)	Edward McDonnell	Constance Marian de Bourbel
	💍 1900/4276
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	52	25
Dwelling Place	Mangamui	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	00/4149
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 October 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. Corcoran, 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).