Intentions to Marry, 1904 North Island

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840425, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

Imaged by Luke at Archives NZ Wellington, October 13 2025.

1904 is bound in two volumes, North Island districts and South Island districts.

Page 154

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 December 1904

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

762

28 October 1904

Horace John Borogen
Elizabeth Jane Evans

Horace John Bowgen
Elizabeth Evans
💍 1904/4169

Widower
Spinster

Clerk

46
37

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
20 years

House of Rev. H. Jul Eden

04/5395

28 October 1904

Rev. W. S. Potter, Primitive Methodist

No	762
Date of Notice	28 October 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Horace John Borogen	Elizabeth Jane Evans
BDM Match (82%)	Horace John Bowgen	Elizabeth Evans
	💍 1904/4169
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	46	37
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	20 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. H. Jul Eden
Folio	04/5395
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 October 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. S. Potter, Primitive Methodist

763

28 October 1904

Samuel Eugene Draffin
Clara Ann Lord

Samuel Eugene Draffin
Clara Ann Lord
💍 1904/5650

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

36
22

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

Registrar's Office, Auckland

04/5223

28 October 1904

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	763
Date of Notice	28 October 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Eugene Draffin	Clara Ann Lord
	💍 1904/5650
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	36	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	04/5223
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 October 1904
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

764

28 October 1904

David Livingstone Wright
Mary Turner

David Livingstone
Mary Turner
💍 1904/5651

Bachelor
Spinster

Wheelwright

30
24

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
12 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

04/5222

28 October 1904

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	764
Date of Notice	28 October 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Livingstone Wright	Mary Turner
BDM Match (85%)	David Livingstone	Mary Turner
	💍 1904/5651
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Wheelwright
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	04/5222
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 October 1904
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

765

31 October 1904

George William Haywood Fodden
Elizabeth Rosina Cook

George William Haywood Goddard
Elizabeth Rosaline Cook
💍 1904/5666

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

28
20

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
9 years

St. Marks, Remuera

04/5280

W. Cook, father

31 October 1904

Rev. D. Beatty, Church of England

No	765
Date of Notice	31 October 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George William Haywood Fodden	Elizabeth Rosina Cook
BDM Match (87%)	George William Haywood Goddard	Elizabeth Rosaline Cook
	💍 1904/5666
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	28	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	9 years
Marriage Place	St. Marks, Remuera
Folio	04/5280
Consent	W. Cook, father
Date of Certificate	31 October 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. Beatty, Church of England

766

31 October 1904

Albert Edward Stephenson
Catherine Jane Wakefield

Albert Edward Stephenson
Catherine Jane Wakefield
💍 1904/6119

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

25
27

Auckland
Auckland

22 years
27 years

Church of England, Epsom

04/6029

31 October 1904

Rev. F. G. Walker, Church of England

No	766
Date of Notice	31 October 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Edward Stephenson	Catherine Jane Wakefield
	💍 1904/6119
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	22 years	27 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Epsom
Folio	04/6029
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 October 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. G. Walker, Church of England

767

31 October 1904

George Holgate Quickfall
Marguerite Eliza Iwing

George Holgate Quickfall
Marguerite Ethel Wing
💍 1904/5670

Bachelor
Spinster

Mariner

26
25

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
21 years

All Saints Church, Auckland

04/5266

31 October 1904

Rev. W. Calder, Church of England

No	767
Date of Notice	31 October 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Holgate Quickfall	Marguerite Eliza Iwing
BDM Match (86%)	George Holgate Quickfall	Marguerite Ethel Wing
	💍 1904/5670
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mariner
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	21 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Auckland
Folio	04/5266
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 October 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Calder, Church of England

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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).