Intentions to Marry, 1905 Auckland, Taranaki, Hawke's Bay

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840427, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1905 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki, Hawke's Bay (1905a), Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1905b), and Canterbury, Otago, Chatham Islands (1905c).

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District of Gisborne Quarter ending 31 March 1905 Registrar Geo. Johnston

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

1526

13 January 1905

Minler John Hamon
Mary Brandt

Winter John Hamon
Mary Brandt
💍 1905/4743

Bachelor
Spinster

Commission Agent

44
28

Kaiti, Poverty Bay
Kaiti, Poverty Bay

30 years
8 years

Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne

05/244

13 January 1905

Rev. Leslie Dawson Thomas, Church of England

No	1526
Date of Notice	13 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Minler John Hamon	Mary Brandt
BDM Match (94%)	Winter John Hamon	Mary Brandt
	💍 1905/4743
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commission Agent
Age	44	28
Dwelling Place	Kaiti, Poverty Bay	Kaiti, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	30 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne
Folio	05/244
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. Leslie Dawson Thomas, Church of England

1527

14 January 1905

Philip George Gibbs
Alice Maud Mary Mackay

Philip George Gibbs
Alice Maud Mary Mackay
💍 1905/4753

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer
Waitress

24
21

Gisborne
Gisborne

3 months
2.5 months

Residence of Rev. Geo. Hounsell, Gisborne

05/253

14 January 1905

Rev. Geo. Hounsell, Wesleyan

No	1527
Date of Notice	14 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Philip George Gibbs	Alice Maud Mary Mackay
	💍 1905/4753
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer	Waitress
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	3 months	2.5 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. Geo. Hounsell, Gisborne
Folio	05/253
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. Geo. Hounsell, Wesleyan

1528

20 January 1905

George Kirk
Annie Leonora Cornish

George Kirk
Annie Leanara Cornish
💍 1905/4744

Bachelor
Spinster

Storekeeper

24
22

Port Awanui, Waiapu County
Gisborne

4 years
4 days

Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne

05/245

20 January 1905

Rev. Leslie Dawson Thomas, Church of England

No	1528
Date of Notice	20 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Kirk	Annie Leonora Cornish
BDM Match (95%)	George Kirk	Annie Leanara Cornish
	💍 1905/4744
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Port Awanui, Waiapu County	Gisborne
Length of Residence	4 years	4 days
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne
Folio	05/245
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. Leslie Dawson Thomas, Church of England

1529

21 January 1905

Frederick William Peddle
Eliza Helen Willem

Frederick William Peddle
Eliza Helen Willson
💍 1905/4740

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheepfarmer

39
21

Muriwai, Poverty Bay
Jedrae

18 years
15 years

Native Church, Jedrae

05/233

21 January 1905

Rev. Mat. Wm. Butterfield, Church of England

No	1529
Date of Notice	21 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick William Peddle	Eliza Helen Willem
BDM Match (92%)	Frederick William Peddle	Eliza Helen Willson
	💍 1905/4740
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheepfarmer
Age	39	21
Dwelling Place	Muriwai, Poverty Bay	Jedrae
Length of Residence	18 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Native Church, Jedrae
Folio	05/233
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. Mat. Wm. Butterfield, Church of England

1530

24 January 1905

John Lowry
Olive Carter Cavanagh

John Lowry
Olive Carter Cavanagh
💍 1905/6984

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer

22
19

Gisborne
Gisborne

2 years
5 years

Residence of Mrs. Carter Cavanagh, Palmerston Road, Gisborne

05/2535

Mary Ann Carter Cavanagh, mother

24 January 1905

Rev. Jas. Gillies Paterson, Presbyterian

No	1530
Date of Notice	24 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Lowry	Olive Carter Cavanagh
	💍 1905/6984
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer
Age	22	19
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	2 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. Carter Cavanagh, Palmerston Road, Gisborne
Folio	05/2535
Consent	Mary Ann Carter Cavanagh, mother
Date of Certificate	24 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. Jas. Gillies Paterson, Presbyterian

1531

1 February 1905

Thomas Percival Vosper
Jessie Anderson

Thomas Percival Cooper
Jessie Anderson
💍 1905/6992

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer's Assistant
Tailoress

28
34

Gisborne
Gisborne

4 years
1 year

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Gisborne

05/2536

1 February 1905

Rev. Jas. Gillies Paterson, Presbyterian

No	1531
Date of Notice	1 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Percival Vosper	Jessie Anderson
BDM Match (95%)	Thomas Percival Cooper	Jessie Anderson
	💍 1905/6992
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer's Assistant	Tailoress
Age	28	34
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	4 years	1 year
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Gisborne
Folio	05/2536
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. Jas. Gillies Paterson, Presbyterian

1532

1 February 1905

Albert Henry Bugden
Alda Alice Wiles
formerly Secord

Albert Henry Bugden
Alda Alice Wiles
💍 1905/4758

Bachelor
Widow

Laborer

27
39

Whalaupoko, Poverty Bay
Whalaupoko, Poverty Bay

7 years
5 years

The Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

05/235

1 February 1905

Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

No	1532
Date of Notice	1 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Henry Bugden	Alda Alice Wiles formerly Secord
	💍 1905/4758
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Laborer
Age	27	39
Dwelling Place	Whalaupoko, Poverty Bay	Whalaupoko, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	7 years	5 years
Marriage Place	The Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne
Folio	05/235
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1905
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

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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).