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).

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District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1905 Registrar E. H. Lyons

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

104

13 February 1905

Henry Gardiner Menzies
Eva Marion Vera Heckey commonly known as Blasch

Henry Gardiner Menzies
Eva Marian Vera Blasch
💍 1905/6254

Bachelor
Spinster

Master Mariner

31
20

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
20 years

St. Sepulchre's Church

05/1250

Charles Blasch, adopted father and guardian

13 February 1905

Rev. G. A. Carver, Church of England

No	104
Date of Notice	13 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Gardiner Menzies	Eva Marion Vera Heckey commonly known as Blasch
BDM Match (72%)	Henry Gardiner Menzies	Eva Marian Vera Blasch
	💍 1905/6254
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Master Mariner
Age	31	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Sepulchre's Church
Folio	05/1250
Consent	Charles Blasch, adopted father and guardian
Date of Certificate	13 February 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. A. Carver, Church of England

105

13 February 1905

Frederick William Brittain
Sarah Foley

Frederick William Brittain
Sarah Foley
💍 1905/5494

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

25
23

Auckland
Avondale

22 years
23 years

Church of England

05/75

13 February 1905

Rev. H. A. Watson, Church of England

No	105
Date of Notice	13 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick William Brittain	Sarah Foley
	💍 1905/5494
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Avondale
Length of Residence	22 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Church of England
Folio	05/75
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. A. Watson, Church of England

106

13 February 1905

John Pye
Edith Susannah Alcock

John Pye
Edith Susannah Alcock
💍 1905/7235

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

25
27

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
7 months

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

05/756

13 February 1905

Rev. H. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	106
Date of Notice	13 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Pye	Edith Susannah Alcock
	💍 1905/7235
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	7 months
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	05/756
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. E. Gillam, Church of England

107

13 February 1905

James McDermott
Minnie Lye

James McDermott
Minnie Lye
💍 1905/6251

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman

26
31

Auckland
Ponsonby

26 years
17 years

Sacred Heart Church

05/1253

13 February 1905

The Very Rev. D. B. Egan, Roman Catholic

No	107
Date of Notice	13 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James McDermott	Minnie Lye
	💍 1905/6251
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman
Age	26	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	26 years	17 years
Marriage Place	Sacred Heart Church
Folio	05/1253
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1905
Officiating Minister	The Very Rev. D. B. Egan, Roman Catholic

108

14 February 1905

Arthur Eady
Melina Elizabeth Bergquist

Arthur Eady
Melina Elizabeth Bergquist
💍 1905/5616

Bachelor
Spinster

Music Dealer

48
26

Auckland
Auckland

38 years
10 years

House of father of Bridegroom, Windmill Road, Auckland

05/198

14 February 1905

Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregationalist

No	108
Date of Notice	14 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Eady	Melina Elizabeth Bergquist
	💍 1905/5616
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Music Dealer
Age	48	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	38 years	10 years
Marriage Place	House of father of Bridegroom, Windmill Road, Auckland
Folio	05/198
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregationalist

109

14 February 1905

William Smale
Catherine Mary Trewin

William Smale
Catherine Mary Trewin
💍 1905/5601

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

35
35

Auckland
Otahuhu

5 years
15 years

Methodist Church

05/160

14 February 1905

Rev. C. Griffin, Methodist

No	109
Date of Notice	14 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Smale	Catherine Mary Trewin
	💍 1905/5601
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	35	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Otahuhu
Length of Residence	5 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church
Folio	05/160
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. Griffin, Methodist

110

15 February 1905

Carl Set Mewrk
Ellen Victoria Hogg

Carl Set Meurk
Ellen Victoria Hogg
💍 1905/5525

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinet Maker

28
26

Auckland
Auckland

2 months
1 week

Registrar's Office, Auckland

05/32

15 February 1905

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	110
Date of Notice	15 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Carl Set Mewrk	Ellen Victoria Hogg
BDM Match (96%)	Carl Set Meurk	Ellen Victoria Hogg
	💍 1905/5525
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinet Maker
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 months	1 week
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	05/32
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1905
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

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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).