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

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

14 January 1905

Richard Airry
Mary Jane Hawthorne

Richard Airey
Mary Jane Hawthorne
💍 1905/64

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

40
32

Auckland

10 years
10 years

St Luke's Church Remuera

05/119

14 January 1905

Rev. G. B. Munro, Presbyterian

No	31
Date of Notice	14 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Airry	Mary Jane Hawthorne
BDM Match (96%)	Richard Airey	Mary Jane Hawthorne
	💍 1905/64
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	40	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St Luke's Church Remuera
Folio	05/119
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. B. Munro, Presbyterian

14 January 1905

Francis Peter Foley
Edith Katherine Kidd

Francis Peter Foley
Edith Katherine Kidd
💍 1905/5487

Bachelor
Spinster

Bottler

21
20

Auckland
Auckland

21 years

Epiphany Church

05/167

H. Kidd, father

14 January 1905

Rev. W. E. Lush, Church of England

No	32
Date of Notice	14 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Peter Foley	Edith Katherine Kidd
	💍 1905/5487
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bottler
Age	21	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	21 years
Marriage Place	Epiphany Church
Folio	05/167
Consent	H. Kidd, father
Date of Certificate	14 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Lush, Church of England

14 January 1905

Alfred Stephenson
Annie Christine Brodie

Alfred James Stephenson
Annie Christina Brodie
💍 1905/5565

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

25
25

Auckland
Auckland

25 years

St Benedict's Church Auckland

05/146

14 January 1905

Rev. G. H. Sillan, Roman Catholic

No	33
Date of Notice	14 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Stephenson	Annie Christine Brodie
BDM Match (85%)	Alfred James Stephenson	Annie Christina Brodie
	💍 1905/5565
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years
Marriage Place	St Benedict's Church Auckland
Folio	05/146
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Sillan, Roman Catholic

16 January 1905

Adam Leonard Seward
Christina Ann Schrafft

Adam Leonard Seward
Christina Ann Schrafft
💍 1905/5598

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

30
25

Auckland
Morrow, New Zealand

30 years
25 years

House of A.N.D.

05/157

16 January 1905

Rev. J. W. Newbold, Methodist

No	34
Date of Notice	16 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Adam Leonard Seward	Christina Ann Schrafft
	💍 1905/5598
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Morrow, New Zealand
Length of Residence	30 years	25 years
Marriage Place	House of A.N.D.
Folio	05/157
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. W. Newbold, Methodist

16 January 1905

Joseph Scott
Catherine Alberta Halvery

Joseph Scott
Catherine Albema Halvey
💍 1905/4715

Bachelor
Widow

Carter

30
23

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
23 years

Registrar's Office

05/179

16 January 1905

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	35
Date of Notice	16 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Scott	Catherine Alberta Halvery
BDM Match (94%)	Joseph Scott	Catherine Albema Halvey
	💍 1905/4715
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Carter
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	05/179
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 January 1905
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

16 January 1905

William Andrew Bertram Moore
Mabel Rae Moore

William Andrew Bertram Moore Carpenter
Mabel Rose Moore
💍 1905/5591

Bachelor
Spinster

Mariner

22
20

Auckland
Ponsonby

2 years
2 years

St John's Church Ponsonby

05/173

James Moore, father

16 January 1905

J. A. Lunsford, Methodist

No	36
Date of Notice	16 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Andrew Bertram Moore	Mabel Rae Moore
BDM Match (81%)	William Andrew Bertram Moore Carpenter	Mabel Rose Moore
	💍 1905/5591
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mariner
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St John's Church Ponsonby
Folio	05/173
Consent	James Moore, father
Date of Certificate	16 January 1905
Officiating Minister	J. A. Lunsford, Methodist

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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).