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 809

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

142

27 February 1905

John George Morgan
Rosa Mary Amelia Stuart

John George Morgan
Rose Mary Amelia Stuart
💍 1905/5498

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

24
33

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
5 days

S. Matthews Church, Auckland

05/60

27 February 1905

Rev. G. G. Gillam, Anglican

No	142
Date of Notice	27 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John George Morgan	Rosa Mary Amelia Stuart
BDM Match (98%)	John George Morgan	Rose Mary Amelia Stuart
	💍 1905/5498
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	24	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	5 days
Marriage Place	S. Matthews Church, Auckland
Folio	05/60
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 February 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. G. Gillam, Anglican

143

27 February 1905

Henry Matthew Young
Evelyn Ann Waite

Henry Matthew Young
Evelyn Ann Waite
💍 1905/60

Bachelor
Spinster

Printer

21
19

Auckland
Remuera

14 years
19 years

House of Father of Bride, Remuera

05/114

Charles William Waite, Father

27 February 1905

Rev. G. B. Monro, Presbyterian

No	143
Date of Notice	27 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Matthew Young	Evelyn Ann Waite
	💍 1905/60
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Printer
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Remuera
Length of Residence	14 years	19 years
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride, Remuera
Folio	05/114
Consent	Charles William Waite, Father
Date of Certificate	27 February 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. B. Monro, Presbyterian

144

27 February 1905

Philip Leopold Burch
Jessie Sankey

Philip Leopold Burch
Jessie Sankey
💍 1905/5527

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

28
24

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
24 years

Registrars Office, Auckland

05/34

27 February 1905

J. Culpau, Dep. Registrar

No	144
Date of Notice	27 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Philip Leopold Burch	Jessie Sankey
	💍 1905/5527
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	24 years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Auckland
Folio	05/34
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 February 1905
Officiating Minister	J. Culpau, Dep. Registrar

145

27 February 1905

William Hall
Minnie Reed

William Wall
Minnie Reed
💍 1905/5569

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

25
18

Auckland
Auckland

6 days
18 years

S. Benedicts Church, Auckland

05/150

George Reed, Father

27 February 1905

Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

No	145
Date of Notice	27 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Hall	Minnie Reed
BDM Match (96%)	William Wall	Minnie Reed
	💍 1905/5569
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	25	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 days	18 years
Marriage Place	S. Benedicts Church, Auckland
Folio	05/150
Consent	George Reed, Father
Date of Certificate	27 February 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

146

27 February 1905

William Foubister
Mabel Emma Stickbury

William Foubister
Mabel Emma Stichbury
💍 1905/5540

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

29
25

Auckland
Remuera

9 years
25 years

S. Marks Church, Remuera

05/95

27 February 1905

Rev. H. Beatty, Anglican

No	146
Date of Notice	27 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Foubister	Mabel Emma Stickbury
BDM Match (98%)	William Foubister	Mabel Emma Stichbury
	💍 1905/5540
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Remuera
Length of Residence	9 years	25 years
Marriage Place	S. Marks Church, Remuera
Folio	05/95
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 February 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Beatty, Anglican

147

27 February 1905

William Edwin McCutcheon
Mary Theresa McCafferty

William Edwin McCutcheon
Mary Theresa McCafferty
💍 1905/5577

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

39
34

Auckland
Howick

4 days
2 months

Roman Catholic Church, Howick

05/152

27 February 1905

Rev. J. O'Hara, Roman Catholic

No	147
Date of Notice	27 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Edwin McCutcheon	Mary Theresa McCafferty
	💍 1905/5577
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	39	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Howick
Length of Residence	4 days	2 months
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Howick
Folio	05/152
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 February 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. O'Hara, Roman Catholic

148

27 February 1905

Robert Burns
Louise Geraldine Bring

Robert Burns
Louise Geraldine Ching
💍 1905/5541

Bachelor
Spinster

Iron Merchant

29
25

Auckland
Remuera

20 years
20 years

S. Marks Church, Remuera

05/96

27 February 1905

Rev. H. Beatty, Anglican

No	148
Date of Notice	27 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Burns	Louise Geraldine Bring
BDM Match (95%)	Robert Burns	Louise Geraldine Ching
	💍 1905/5541
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Iron Merchant
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Remuera
Length of Residence	20 years	20 years
Marriage Place	S. Marks Church, Remuera
Folio	05/96
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 February 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Beatty, 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).