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. A. 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

7 February 1905

Richard William Bentley
Mary Johnston Bridges

Richard William Bentley
Mary Johnston Bridges
💍 1905/5615

Bachelor
Widow

Farmer

33
38

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
8 years

House of father of Bride, Khyber Pass

05/197

7 February 1905

Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational

No	91
Date of Notice	7 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard William Bentley	Mary Johnston Bridges
	💍 1905/5615
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Farmer
Age	33	38
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	8 years
Marriage Place	House of father of Bride, Khyber Pass
Folio	05/197
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational

8 February 1905

Daniel Knight
Isabella Greig

Daniel Wright
Isabella Crab Greig
💍 1905/5514

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

34
28

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
6 months

Registrar Office, Auckland

05/27

8 February 1905

E. A. Lyons, Registrar

No	92
Date of Notice	8 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel Knight	Isabella Greig
BDM Match (79%)	Daniel Wright	Isabella Crab Greig
	💍 1905/5514
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	34	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	6 months
Marriage Place	Registrar Office, Auckland
Folio	05/27
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 February 1905
Officiating Minister	E. A. Lyons, Registrar

8 February 1905

Edwin Whitaker Skelton
Margaret Jane McCarthy

Edwin Whiteaker Greenland Skelton
Margaret Jane McCarthy
💍 1905/5579

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener

22
24

Auckland
Auckland

22 years
5 years

Wesleyan Methodist Church, Newmarket

05/162

8 February 1905

Rev. C. Griffin, Wesley. Meth.

No	93
Date of Notice	8 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin Whitaker Skelton	Margaret Jane McCarthy
BDM Match (83%)	Edwin Whiteaker Greenland Skelton	Margaret Jane McCarthy
	💍 1905/5579
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener
Age	22	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	22 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Methodist Church, Newmarket
Folio	05/162
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 February 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. Griffin, Wesley. Meth.

8 February 1905

Edward Meyer Autheman
Coralie Autheman

Edward Meyer
Coralie Autheman
💍 1905/5544

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

37
20

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
2 years

Church of England, Ellerslie

05/99

Lucretia Autheman, Mother

8 February 1905

Rev. W. H. Walker, Church of England

No	94
Date of Notice	8 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Meyer Autheman	Coralie Autheman
BDM Match (79%)	Edward Meyer	Coralie Autheman
	💍 1905/5544
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	37	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	2 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Ellerslie
Folio	05/99
Consent	Lucretia Autheman, Mother
Date of Certificate	8 February 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. Walker, Church of England

8 February 1905

Thomas Norman Harrison
Louisa Sonia Twentyman

Thomas Norman Harrison
Louisa Ionia Twentyman
💍 1905/5619

Bachelor
Divorcee

Plumber

25
33

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
30 years

House of Mr. M. Connor, Ponsonby

05/201

8 February 1905

H. S. Potter, Prim. Meth.

No	95
Date of Notice	8 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Norman Harrison	Louisa Sonia Twentyman
BDM Match (98%)	Thomas Norman Harrison	Louisa Ionia Twentyman
	💍 1905/5619
Condition	Bachelor	Divorcee
Profession	Plumber
Age	25	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	30 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. M. Connor, Ponsonby
Folio	05/201
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 February 1905
Officiating Minister	H. S. Potter, Prim. Meth.

9 February 1905

William Thompson Stevens
Eliza Davison

William Thompson Stevens
Eliza Sophia Davison
💍 1905/5522

Widower
Widow

Teacher

75
64

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
15 years

Registrar Office, Auckland

05/29

9 February 1905

E. A. Lyons, Registrar

No	96
Date of Notice	9 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Thompson Stevens	Eliza Davison
BDM Match (83%)	William Thompson Stevens	Eliza Sophia Davison
	💍 1905/5522
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Teacher
Age	75	64
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Registrar Office, Auckland
Folio	05/29
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 February 1905
Officiating Minister	E. A. Lyons, Registrar

9 February 1905

Andrew Clark Edmonds
Ruth Inelgar

Andrew Clark Edmonds
Ruth Snelgar
💍 1905/5521

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

27
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
2 weeks

Registrar Office, Auckland

05/28

9 February 1905

E. A. Lyons, Registrar

No	97
Date of Notice	9 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Clark Edmonds	Ruth Inelgar
BDM Match (96%)	Andrew Clark Edmonds	Ruth Snelgar
	💍 1905/5521
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Registrar Office, Auckland
Folio	05/28
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 February 1905
Officiating Minister	E. A. 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).