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).

Page 741

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 1905

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

546

27 July 1905

Robert Charles Henry Dohrn
Matilda Annette Renner

Robert Charles Henry Dohon
Mathilda Annetta Renner
💍 1905/1918

Bachelor
Spinster

Steward

36
26

Auckland
Auckland

6 days
4 years

St Mary's Cathedral, Parnell

05/4389

27 July 1905

Rev. S. MacMurray, Church of England

No	546
Date of Notice	27 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Charles Henry Dohrn	Matilda Annette Renner
BDM Match (94%)	Robert Charles Henry Dohon	Mathilda Annetta Renner
	💍 1905/1918
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Steward
Age	36	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 days	4 years
Marriage Place	St Mary's Cathedral, Parnell
Folio	05/4389
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 July 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. MacMurray, Church of England

547

27 July 1905

Harold Aldridge
Ruth Falkner

Harold Aldridge
Ruth Falkner
💍 1905/7219

Bachelor
Spinster

Clothier
Assistant

24
21

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
21 years

House of Father of Bride, Mt Eden

05/3754

27 July 1905

Rev. S. Aldridge, Church of Christ

No	547
Date of Notice	27 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Aldridge	Ruth Falkner
	💍 1905/7219
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clothier	Assistant
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	21 years
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride, Mt Eden
Folio	05/3754
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 July 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. Aldridge, Church of Christ

548

27 July 1905

John Leger
Katherine Silva

John Leger
Katherine Silva
💍 1905/1266

Bachelor
Spinster

Shipwright

25
22

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
22 years

St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

05/3699

27 July 1905

Rev. H. F. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	548
Date of Notice	27 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Leger	Katherine Silva
	💍 1905/1266
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shipwright
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	22 years
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	05/3699
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 July 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. F. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

549

27 July 1905

Edward Ryan
Henrietta Adile Delamalle

Edward Ryan
Janette Adele Anita Delamalle
💍 1905/1299

Bachelor
Spinster

Royal H. G. Artillery

26
21

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
4 years

Roman Catholic Church, Devonport

05/3709

27 July 1905

Rev. M. Geoghegan, Roman Catholic

No	549
Date of Notice	27 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Ryan	Henrietta Adile Delamalle
BDM Match (79%)	Edward Ryan	Janette Adele Anita Delamalle
	💍 1905/1299
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Royal H. G. Artillery
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Devonport
Folio	05/3709
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 July 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Geoghegan, Roman Catholic

550

28 July 1905

George William Peters
Emily Margery Parfitt

George William Peters
Emily Margaret Parfitt
💍 1905/1243

Bachelor
Spinster

Mill Hand

28
25

Auckland
Auckland

10 days
1 year

House of Rev. B. Joyce, Wood Vincent Street

05/3676

28 July 1905

Rev. R. H. Waller, Presbyterian

No	550
Date of Notice	28 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George William Peters	Emily Margery Parfitt
BDM Match (93%)	George William Peters	Emily Margaret Parfitt
	💍 1905/1243
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mill Hand
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 days	1 year
Marriage Place	House of Rev. B. Joyce, Wood Vincent Street
Folio	05/3676
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 July 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. H. Waller, Presbyterian

551

31 July 1905

Thomas Walter Christey
Mary Green

Thomas Walter Christey
May Green
💍 1905/1265

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

23
24

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
23 years

House of W. R. Hansen, Victoria Street

05/3698

31 July 1905

Rev. J. Cahill, Roman Catholic

No	551
Date of Notice	31 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Walter Christey	Mary Green
BDM Match (95%)	Thomas Walter Christey	May Green
	💍 1905/1265
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	23 years
Marriage Place	House of W. R. Hansen, Victoria Street
Folio	05/3698
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 July 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Cahill, 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).