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 832

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

11 January 1905

Jack Edward Wilson
James Carmichael

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

45
25

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
1 year

All Saints Church, Ponsonby

05/765

11 January 1905

Ven. Arch. W. Calder, Church of England

No	19
Date of Notice	11 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Jack Edward Wilson	James Carmichael
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	45	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	1 year
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Ponsonby
Folio	05/765
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Ven. Arch. W. Calder, Church of England

11 January 1905

Daniel Murphy
Joannah Polwart

Daniel Murphy
Joannah Lambert Polwart
💍 1905/5556

Bachelor
Spinster

Police Constable

31
24

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
6 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

05/138

11 January 1905

Rev. J. T. Patterson, Roman Catholic

No	20
Date of Notice	11 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel Murphy	Joannah Polwart
BDM Match (83%)	Daniel Murphy	Joannah Lambert Polwart
	💍 1905/5556
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Police Constable
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	6 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	05/138
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. T. Patterson, Roman Catholic

11 January 1905

Charles Henry Campbell Worthington
Violet Sophia Chilton

Charles Henry Campbell Worthington
Violet Sophia Chilton
💍 1905/5543

Bachelor
Spinster

Settler

40
28

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
3 days

Church of England, Takapuna

05/798

11 January 1905

Rev. A. J. Smith, Church of England

No	21
Date of Notice	11 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Henry Campbell Worthington	Violet Sophia Chilton
	💍 1905/5543
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Settler
Age	40	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	3 days
Marriage Place	Church of England, Takapuna
Folio	05/798
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. J. Smith, Church of England

11 January 1905

Percy Richard Drift
Stella Hannah Elizabeth McIntyre

Percy Richard Duff
Stella Hannah Elizabeth McIntyre
💍 1905/5584

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

25
20

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
20 years

Methodist Church, 20 Pitt Street

05/161

Adam McIntyre, Father

11 January 1905

Rev. C. H. Sarland, Methodist

No	22
Date of Notice	11 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Richard Drift	Stella Hannah Elizabeth McIntyre
BDM Match (92%)	Percy Richard Duff	Stella Hannah Elizabeth McIntyre
	💍 1905/5584
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, 20 Pitt Street
Folio	05/161
Consent	Adam McIntyre, Father
Date of Certificate	11 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. H. Sarland, Methodist

11 January 1905

Halby George Crofton Dadswell
May Alice Cork

Malby George Crofton Dodwell
May Alice Cork
💍 1905/5493

Bachelor
Spinster

Representative

28
23

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
1 year

St. Lukes Church, Mt. Albert

05/74

11 January 1905

Rev. W. W. Wilson, Church of England

No	23
Date of Notice	11 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Halby George Crofton Dadswell	May Alice Cork
BDM Match (95%)	Malby George Crofton Dodwell	May Alice Cork
	💍 1905/5493
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Representative
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	1 year
Marriage Place	St. Lukes Church, Mt. Albert
Folio	05/74
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. W. Wilson, Church of England

11 January 1905

John Hepworth Chapman
Eleanor Egan, Commonly Known as Toiles

John Hepworth Chapman
Eleanor Wiles
💍 1905/4695

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

27
20

Auckland
Auckland

27 years
10 years

Registrar's Office, 10 Auckland

05/13

25 January 1905

P. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	24
Date of Notice	11 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Hepworth Chapman	Eleanor Egan, Commonly Known as Toiles
BDM Match (66%)	John Hepworth Chapman	Eleanor Wiles
	💍 1905/4695
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	27	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	27 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, 10 Auckland
Folio	05/13
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 January 1905
Officiating Minister	P. 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).