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 783

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

295

20 April 1905

Robert Francis Bell
Edith Burrows Wilkin

Robert Grange Wilkin
Edith Burrows
💍 1905/6548

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

29
26

Auckland
Howick

3 days
15 years

House of Father of Bride, Howick

05/1737

20 April 1905

Rev. J. Doull, Presbyterian

No	295
Date of Notice	20 April 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Francis Bell	Edith Burrows Wilkin
BDM Match (60%)	Robert Grange Wilkin	Edith Burrows
	💍 1905/6548
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	29	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Howick
Length of Residence	3 days	15 years
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride, Howick
Folio	05/1737
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 April 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Doull, Presbyterian

296

20 April 1905

Charles Rupert Keeble
Gertrude Crowther

Charles Rupert Keeble
Gertrude Crowther
💍 1905/5122

Bachelor
Spinster

Civil Servant

27
28

Auckland
Auckland

12 years

St. Mark's Church, Remuera

05/1668

20 April 1905

Rev. W. Beatly, Church of England

No	296
Date of Notice	20 April 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Rupert Keeble	Gertrude Crowther
	💍 1905/5122
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Civil Servant
Age	27	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 years
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church, Remuera
Folio	05/1668
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 April 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beatly, Church of England

297

25 April 1905

David Bryce McSkimming
Mary Elizabeth Gardiner

Daniel Boyce McSkimming
Mary Elizabeth Gardiner
💍 1905/6575

Bachelor
Spinster

Coach Builder

30
25

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
25 years

St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell

05/1689

25 April 1905

Rev. J. Hachmurray, Church of England

No	297
Date of Notice	25 April 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Bryce McSkimming	Mary Elizabeth Gardiner
BDM Match (91%)	Daniel Boyce McSkimming	Mary Elizabeth Gardiner
	💍 1905/6575
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coach Builder
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	25 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell
Folio	05/1689
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 April 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Hachmurray, Church of England

298

25 April 1905

Albert Joseph Webber
Katherine Munro

Albert Joseph Webber
Catherine Munro
💍 1905/6564

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman

32
30

Auckland
Macmicol, Epsom

32 years
30 years

House of Rev. R. J. Macmicol, Epsom

05/1701

25 April 1905

Rev. R. F. Macmicol, Presbyterian

No	298
Date of Notice	25 April 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Joseph Webber	Katherine Munro
BDM Match (97%)	Albert Joseph Webber	Catherine Munro
	💍 1905/6564
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman
Age	32	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Macmicol, Epsom
Length of Residence	32 years	30 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. R. J. Macmicol, Epsom
Folio	05/1701
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 April 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. F. Macmicol, Presbyterian

299

25 April 1905

Herbert Henry Judd
Rose Pooch

Herbert Henry Judd
Rose Paach
💍 1905/6981

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

26
20

Auckland
Auckland

6 days
3 years

St. Sepulchre's Church, Auckland

05/2532

25 April 1905

Rev. C. A. Carver, Church of England

No	299
Date of Notice	25 April 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Henry Judd	Rose Pooch
BDM Match (90%)	Herbert Henry Judd	Rose Paach
	💍 1905/6981
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	26	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 days	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Sepulchre's Church, Auckland
Folio	05/2532
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 April 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. A. Carver, Church of England

300

25 April 1905

Frederick Campbell Thomas
Isabella Robinson

Frederick Campbell Thomas
Isabella Robinson
💍 1905/5127

Widower
Spinster

Chemist

45
36

Auckland
Auckland

45 years
1 month

All Saints Church, Auckland

05/1673

25 April 1905

Rev. W. Calder, Church of England

No	300
Date of Notice	25 April 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Campbell Thomas	Isabella Robinson
	💍 1905/5127
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Chemist
Age	45	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	45 years	1 month
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Auckland
Folio	05/1673
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 April 1905
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).