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 791

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

247

11 April 1905

Ernest Waller Smith
Sarah Ann Mills

Ernest Walter Harradine
Sarah Ann Mills
💍 1905/6942

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

25
22

Auckland

7 years

House of J. L. Proud, Grey Lynn

05/7249

11 April 1905

Rev. W. S. Potter, Primitive Methodist

No	247
Date of Notice	11 April 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Waller Smith	Sarah Ann Mills
BDM Match (80%)	Ernest Walter Harradine	Sarah Ann Mills
	💍 1905/6942
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 years
Marriage Place	House of J. L. Proud, Grey Lynn
Folio	05/7249
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 April 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. S. Potter, Primitive Methodist

248

11 April 1905

Clinton Irving McKean
Rose Ethel Wilcocks

Clinton Irving McKean
Rose Ethel Willcocks
💍 1905/6572

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

21
22

Auckland

21 years

St. Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden

05/1686

11 April 1905

Rev. D. F. McFarland, Church of England

No	248
Date of Notice	11 April 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Clinton Irving McKean	Rose Ethel Wilcocks
BDM Match (98%)	Clinton Irving McKean	Rose Ethel Willcocks
	💍 1905/6572
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland
Length of Residence	21 years
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden
Folio	05/1686
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 April 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. F. McFarland, Church of England

249

12 April 1905

Alfred David Patten
Catherine Moroney

Alfred David Patten
Catherine Moroney
💍 1905/6537

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

26
26

Auckland

5 years

St. Benedict's Church, Auckland

05/1750

12 April 1905

Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

No	249
Date of Notice	12 April 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred David Patten	Catherine Moroney
	💍 1905/6537
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church, Auckland
Folio	05/1750
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 April 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

250

12 April 1905

Percy Corwill Totman
Elizabeth Frances Kelly

Percy Cornell Totman
Elizabeth Frances Kelly
💍 1905/6624

Bachelor
Spinster

Tea Merchant

26
23

Auckland

22 years

Congregational Church, Beresford St.

05/1788

12 April 1905

Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational

No	250
Date of Notice	12 April 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Corwill Totman	Elizabeth Frances Kelly
BDM Match (95%)	Percy Cornell Totman	Elizabeth Frances Kelly
	💍 1905/6624
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tea Merchant
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland
Length of Residence	22 years
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Beresford St.
Folio	05/1788
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 April 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational

251

12 April 1905

George Dahl Brounlund
Amelia Pratt

George Dahl Bronlund
Amelia Pratt
💍 1905/5135

Bachelor
Spinster

Mariner

39
19

Auckland

4 days
19 years

Epiphany Church, Auckland

05/1680

Mother

12 April 1905

Rev. W. E. Lush, Church of England

No	251
Date of Notice	12 April 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Dahl Brounlund	Amelia Pratt
BDM Match (98%)	George Dahl Bronlund	Amelia Pratt
	💍 1905/5135
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mariner
Age	39	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	19 years
Marriage Place	Epiphany Church, Auckland
Folio	05/1680
Consent	Mother
Date of Certificate	12 April 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Lush, Church of England

252

12 April 1905

Walter Henry Marcroft
Rebecca Smith

Walter Henry Marcroft
Rebecca Smith
💍 1905/5157

Bachelor
Spinster

Carriage Builder

37
34

Auckland

2 years
5 years

House of Rev. J. W. Swaites, Eden Terrace

05/1779

12 April 1905

Rev. J. W. Swaites, Primitive Methodist

No	252
Date of Notice	12 April 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Henry Marcroft	Rebecca Smith
	💍 1905/5157
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carriage Builder
Age	37	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	5 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. J. W. Swaites, Eden Terrace
Folio	05/1779
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 April 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. W. Swaites, Primitive Methodist

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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).