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 Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 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

391

29 May 1905

John Barnaby Smith
Ethel Beale Smith

John Barnaby
Ethel Berle Smith
💍 1905/6443

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

24
22

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
2 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

05/1650

29 May 1905

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	391
Date of Notice	29 May 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Barnaby Smith	Ethel Beale Smith
BDM Match (80%)	John Barnaby	Ethel Berle Smith
	💍 1905/6443
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	05/1650
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 May 1905
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

392

29 May 1905

John Arnold Holbrook
Elizabeth McKerrow

John Arnold McGrath Huxtable
Elizabeth McKerron
💍 1905/6530

Bachelor
Spinster

Cook

24
22

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
2 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

05/1743

29 May 1905

Rev. H. F. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	392
Date of Notice	29 May 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Arnold Holbrook	Elizabeth McKerrow
BDM Match (70%)	John Arnold McGrath Huxtable	Elizabeth McKerron
	💍 1905/6530
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cook
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	05/1743
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 May 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. F. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

393

30 May 1905

Francis James Mansell
Emily Louisa Leece

Francis James Mansell
Emily Louisa Leece
💍 1905/6925

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

25
23

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
23 years

Primitive Methodist Church, 10 Eden Terrace

05/2500

30 May 1905

Rev. W. J. Potter, Primitive Methodist

No	393
Date of Notice	30 May 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis James Mansell	Emily Louisa Leece
	💍 1905/6925
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, 10 Eden Terrace
Folio	05/2500
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 May 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Potter, Primitive Methodist

394

30 May 1905

Gordon Robertson
Flora McLadyen

Gordon Robertson
Flora McFadyen
💍 1905/7072

Widower
Spinster

Steward

39
30

Auckland
Auckland

18 months
30 months

St. Alban's Church, Mount Roskill

05/1972

30 May 1905

Rev. H. B. Wingfield, Church of England

No	394
Date of Notice	30 May 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gordon Robertson	Flora McLadyen
BDM Match (96%)	Gordon Robertson	Flora McFadyen
	💍 1905/7072
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Steward
Age	39	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 months	30 months
Marriage Place	St. Alban's Church, Mount Roskill
Folio	05/1972
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 May 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. B. Wingfield, Church of England

395

31 May 1905

James Ezekiel Green
Helen Pruman

James Ezekial Green
Helen Penman
💍 1905/5169

Bachelor
Spinster

Tea Blender

25
20

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
20 years

House of Penman

05/1817

S. Aldridge, father of bride

31 May 1905

Rev. J. Aldridge, Church of Christ

No	395
Date of Notice	31 May 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Ezekiel Green	Helen Pruman
BDM Match (89%)	James Ezekial Green	Helen Penman
	💍 1905/5169
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tea Blender
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	20 years
Marriage Place	House of Penman
Folio	05/1817
Consent	S. Aldridge, father of bride
Date of Certificate	31 May 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Aldridge, Church of Christ

396

31 May 1905

Herbert George Edwards
Louisa Harvey

Herbert George Edwards
Louisa Harvay
💍 1905/5167

Bachelor
Widow

Store Manager

30
39

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
39 years

House of Rev. J. Clark, Whitaker Lane

05/1807

31 May 1905

Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

No	396
Date of Notice	31 May 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert George Edwards	Louisa Harvey
BDM Match (96%)	Herbert George Edwards	Louisa Harvay
	💍 1905/5167
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Store Manager
Age	30	39
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	39 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. J. Clark, Whitaker Lane
Folio	05/1807
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 May 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

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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).