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 263

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 September 1900 Registrar J. M. Mansfield

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

379

20 July 1900

Henry Lett
Annie Catherine Hansen

Henry Lett
Annie Catherine Hansen
💍 1900/1870

Bachelor
Spinster

Bricklayer

25
22

Wellington
Wellington

25 years
22 years

Presbyterian Church, Wellington

00/3294

20 July 1900

Rev. J. R. Elliott

No	379
Date of Notice	20 July 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Lett	Annie Catherine Hansen
	💍 1900/1870
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bricklayer
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	25 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Wellington
Folio	00/3294
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 July 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. R. Elliott

380

20 July 1900

Nelson Clement Perrin
Mary Louisa Sandbrook

Nelson Clement Perrin
Mary Louisa Sandbrook
💍 1900/1858

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

25
26

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
26 years

St. Joseph's Church, Wellington

00/3306

20 July 1900

Rev. Thos. O'Shea

No	380
Date of Notice	20 July 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Nelson Clement Perrin	Mary Louisa Sandbrook
	💍 1900/1858
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	26 years
Marriage Place	St. Joseph's Church, Wellington
Folio	00/3306
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 July 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thos. O'Shea

381

23 July 1900

John Griggs
May George

John Griggs
May George
💍 1900/3728

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor

29
22

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
3 days

Registrar's Office, Wellington

00/3272

23 July 1900

R. Talbot, Deputy Registrar

No	381
Date of Notice	23 July 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Griggs	May George
	💍 1900/3728
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	00/3272
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 July 1900
Officiating Minister	R. Talbot, Deputy Registrar

382

23 July 1900

Bertram Newcombe
Ethel May Johnston

Bertram Newcomb
Ethel May Johnston
💍 1900/1888

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser

21
18

Wellington
Wellington

7 days
14 years

Residence of Mr. Albert Johnston, 56 Webb Street, Wellington

00/3346

Emma Sophia Johnston, Mother

24 July 1900

Rev. Chas. Betterton

No	382
Date of Notice	23 July 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bertram Newcombe	Ethel May Johnston
BDM Match (97%)	Bertram Newcomb	Ethel May Johnston
	💍 1900/1888
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	7 days	14 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Albert Johnston, 56 Webb Street, Wellington
Folio	00/3346
Consent	Emma Sophia Johnston, Mother
Date of Certificate	24 July 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. Chas. Betterton

383

23 July 1900

Whata Matenga
Wae Piiti

Whata Matenga
Wae Piiti
💍 1900/3727

Widower
Spinster

Farmer

28
21

Porirua
Porirua

18 months
11 years

Registrar's Office, Wellington

00/3271

23 July 1900

R. Talbot, Deputy Registrar

No	383
Date of Notice	23 July 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Whata Matenga	Wae Piiti
	💍 1900/3727
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Porirua	Porirua
Length of Residence	18 months	11 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	00/3271
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 July 1900
Officiating Minister	R. Talbot, Deputy Registrar

384

23 July 1900

George Albert Chapman
Alice May Leahy

George Albert Chapman
Alice May Leahy
💍 1900/1860

Bachelor
Spinster

Manufacturer

33
21

Wellington
Wellington

12 years
21 years

St. Mary's of the Angels Church, Wellington

00/3308

23 July 1900

Rev. D. Goggins

No	384
Date of Notice	23 July 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Albert Chapman	Alice May Leahy
	💍 1900/1860
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Manufacturer
Age	33	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	12 years	21 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's of the Angels Church, Wellington
Folio	00/3308
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 July 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. Goggins

385

23 July 1900

John Harry Manthan
Eliza Jane Payne Stewart

John Henry Manttan
Eliza Jane Payne Stewart
💍 1900/5811

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman

23
17

Wellington
Wellington

12 years
25 years

Wesleyan Parsonage, Taranaki St., Wellington

00/3347

John Stewart, Father

23 July 1900

Rev. W. C. Oliver

No	385
Date of Notice	23 July 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Harry Manthan	Eliza Jane Payne Stewart
BDM Match (92%)	John Henry Manttan	Eliza Jane Payne Stewart
	💍 1900/5811
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman
Age	23	17
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	12 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Parsonage, Taranaki St., Wellington
Folio	00/3347
Consent	John Stewart, Father
Date of Certificate	23 July 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. C. Oliver

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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 1908. 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).