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 805

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

167

4 March 1905

Samuel Edward Doyle
Ellen Murray Fain

Samuel Edward Doyle
Ellen Murray
💍 1905/5509

Bachelor
Spinster

Mariner

34
27

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
5 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

05/740

4 March 1905

Y. Balpan, Deputy Registrar

No	167
Date of Notice	4 March 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Edward Doyle	Ellen Murray Fain
BDM Match (85%)	Samuel Edward Doyle	Ellen Murray
	💍 1905/5509
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mariner
Age	34	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	05/740
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 March 1905
Officiating Minister	Y. Balpan, Deputy Registrar

168

4 March 1905

John Young
Mary Elizabeth Tandall

John Young
Mary Elizabeth Tindall
💍 1905/4733

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener

27
24

Auckland
Maternity Home, Ashburn Street

27 years
8 months

Salvation Army, Maternity Home, Ashburn Street

05/811

4 March 1905

Adjutant G. W. Lonnie, Salvation Army

No	168
Date of Notice	4 March 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Young	Mary Elizabeth Tandall
BDM Match (98%)	John Young	Mary Elizabeth Tindall
	💍 1905/4733
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Maternity Home, Ashburn Street
Length of Residence	27 years	8 months
Marriage Place	Salvation Army, Maternity Home, Ashburn Street
Folio	05/811
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 March 1905
Officiating Minister	Adjutant G. W. Lonnie, Salvation Army

169

4 March 1905

Adolphus James Sands
Dora Crisp

Adolphus James Sands
Dora Crisp
💍 1905/4737

Bachelor
Spinster

Machinist

34
25

Auckland
Albert Street, Auckland

10 months
3 months

Central Mission Hall, Albert Street, Auckland

05/815

4 March 1905

Reverend J. B. Butler, Central Mission

No	169
Date of Notice	4 March 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Adolphus James Sands	Dora Crisp
	💍 1905/4737
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Machinist
Age	34	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Albert Street, Auckland
Length of Residence	10 months	3 months
Marriage Place	Central Mission Hall, Albert Street, Auckland
Folio	05/815
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 March 1905
Officiating Minister	Reverend J. B. Butler, Central Mission

170

4 March 1905

Arthur William Harris
Eva Stockley

Arthur William Harris
Eva Stockley
💍 1905/5529

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman

32
20

Auckland
Auckland

7 years
20 years

Epiphany Church, Auckland

05/85

Henry Stockley, Father

4 March 1905

Reverend W. B. Luck, Anglican

No	170
Date of Notice	4 March 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur William Harris	Eva Stockley
	💍 1905/5529
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman
Age	32	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Epiphany Church, Auckland
Folio	05/85
Consent	Henry Stockley, Father
Date of Certificate	4 March 1905
Officiating Minister	Reverend W. B. Luck, Anglican

171

6 March 1905

Frodsham Watkinson
Elizabeth O'Sullivan

Frodsham Watkinson
Elizabeth O'Sullivan
💍 1905/6257

Widower
Spinster

Tourist Agent

52
26

Auckland
Auckland

17 years
20 years

St. Sepulchre's Church, Auckland

05/1259

6 March 1905

Reverend J. A. Carver, Anglican

No	171
Date of Notice	6 March 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frodsham Watkinson	Elizabeth O'Sullivan
	💍 1905/6257
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Tourist Agent
Age	52	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	17 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Sepulchre's Church, Auckland
Folio	05/1259
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 March 1905
Officiating Minister	Reverend J. A. Carver, Anglican

172

6 March 1905

Robert Wright
Charlotte Kate Ward

Robert Wright
Charlotte Kate Ward
💍 1905/5552

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

23
21

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
12 years

Epiphany Church, Auckland

05/84

6 March 1905

Reverend W. B. Luck, Anglican

No	172
Date of Notice	6 March 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Wright	Charlotte Kate Ward
	💍 1905/5552
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Epiphany Church, Auckland
Folio	05/84
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 March 1905
Officiating Minister	Reverend W. B. Luck, Anglican

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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).