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 797

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 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

215

24 March 1905

William Kilmore
Clara McKinstry

Widower

Mill Manager

52
36

Auckland
Auckland

3 days

St Paul's Church, Auckland

05/192

27 March 1905

Rev. C. M. Wilson, Church of England

No	215
Date of Notice	24 March 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Kilmore	Clara McKinstry
Condition	Widower
Profession	Mill Manager
Age	52	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days
Marriage Place	St Paul's Church, Auckland
Folio	05/192
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 March 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. M. Wilson, Church of England

216

27 March 1905

William Thomas
Ada Beatrice Double

William Thomas
Ada Beatrice Double
💍 1905/5583

Bachelor

Farmer

25
25

Auckland
Parnell

4 days
25 years

Methodist Church

05/166

27 March 1905

Rev. J. J. Lewis, Methodist

No	216
Date of Notice	27 March 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Thomas	Ada Beatrice Double
	💍 1905/5583
Condition	Bachelor
Profession	Farmer
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Parnell
Length of Residence	4 days	25 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church
Folio	05/166
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 March 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Lewis, Methodist

217

28 March 1905

John McLeigh
Frances May Hughes

John McLeigh
Frances Mary Hughes
💍 1905/5519

Bachelor

Driver

23
20

Auckland
Auckland

2 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

05/49

Campbell Hughes, father of bride

28 March 1905

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	217
Date of Notice	28 March 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John McLeigh	Frances May Hughes
BDM Match (97%)	John McLeigh	Frances Mary Hughes
	💍 1905/5519
Condition	Bachelor
Profession	Driver
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	05/49
Consent	Campbell Hughes, father of bride
Date of Certificate	28 March 1905
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

218

28 March 1905

Benjamin Maurice O'Brien
Jane Annie Bradfield

Benjamin Maurice O'Brien
Jane Annie Bradfield
💍 1905/5520

Bachelor

Bushman

26
21

Auckland
Auckland

12 days

Registrar's Office, Auckland

05/50

28 March 1905

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	218
Date of Notice	28 March 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Benjamin Maurice O'Brien	Jane Annie Bradfield
	💍 1905/5520
Condition	Bachelor
Profession	Bushman
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	05/50
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 March 1905
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

219

28 March 1905

Walter Douglas Cheyne
Isabella Elizabeth McKenzie

Walter Douglas Cheyne
Anabell Elizabeth McKenzie
💍 1905/5555

Bachelor

Auctioneer

39
22

Auckland
Otahuhu

3 days
22 years

Presbyterian Church

05/137

28 March 1905

Rev. C. Worboys, Presbyterian

No	219
Date of Notice	28 March 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Douglas Cheyne	Isabella Elizabeth McKenzie
BDM Match (94%)	Walter Douglas Cheyne	Anabell Elizabeth McKenzie
	💍 1905/5555
Condition	Bachelor
Profession	Auctioneer
Age	39	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Otahuhu
Length of Residence	3 days	22 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church
Folio	05/137
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 March 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. Worboys, Presbyterian

220

28 March 1905

James Henry Bond
Ellen Octavia Graham

James Shiner Bond
Ellen Octavia Graham
💍 1905/5492

Widower

Registrar of Births

46
38

Auckland
Ponsonby

3 days
1 month

All Saints' Church, Ponsonby

05/73

28 March 1905

Ven. Arch. W. Calder, Church of England

No	220
Date of Notice	28 March 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Henry Bond	Ellen Octavia Graham
BDM Match (85%)	James Shiner Bond	Ellen Octavia Graham
	💍 1905/5492
Condition	Widower
Profession	Registrar of Births
Age	46	38
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	3 days	1 month
Marriage Place	All Saints' Church, Ponsonby
Folio	05/73
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 March 1905
Officiating Minister	Ven. Arch. 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).