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 Edmund Humphrey 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

12 January 1905

Thomas William Wood
Daisy Frances Wright

Thomas William Wood
Daisy Frances Muriel Wright
💍 1905/5486

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

24
22

Auckland
Auckland

24 years

All Saints Church, Auckland

05/766

12 January 1905

Ven. Arch. W. Calder, Church of England

No	25
Date of Notice	12 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas William Wood	Daisy Frances Wright
BDM Match (87%)	Thomas William Wood	Daisy Frances Muriel Wright
	💍 1905/5486
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Auckland
Folio	05/766
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Ven. Arch. W. Calder, Church of England

12 January 1905

Edgar John Miles
Catherine Harritt Dunn

Edgar John Miles
Catherine Harriett Dunn
💍 1905/4735

Bachelor
Spinster

Joiner

32
37

Auckland
Ponsonby

24 years

Unitarian Church, Ponsonby

05/713

12 January 1905

Rev. W. Jellie, Unitarian

No	26
Date of Notice	12 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edgar John Miles	Catherine Harritt Dunn
BDM Match (98%)	Edgar John Miles	Catherine Harriett Dunn
	💍 1905/4735
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Joiner
Age	32	37
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	24 years
Marriage Place	Unitarian Church, Ponsonby
Folio	05/713
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Jellie, Unitarian

12 January 1905

Frank Perham
Betsy Farrell

Frank Perham
Betsy Farrell
💍 1905/5613

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

33
21

Auckland
Whittaker Place

3 days

House of Rev. J. Clark, Whittaker Place

05/778

12 January 1905

Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

No	27
Date of Notice	12 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Perham	Betsy Farrell
	💍 1905/5613
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	33	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Whittaker Place
Length of Residence	3 days
Marriage Place	House of Rev. J. Clark, Whittaker Place
Folio	05/778
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

13 January 1905

William Harvey Tremain
Florence Charlotte Louise Robinson

William Harvey Tremain
Florence Charlotte Louise Robinson
💍 1905/5612

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman

20
18

Auckland
Beresford Street

20 years

Congregational Church, Beresford Street

05/195

Father

13 January 1905

Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational

No	28
Date of Notice	13 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Harvey Tremain	Florence Charlotte Louise Robinson
	💍 1905/5612
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman
Age	20	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Beresford Street
Length of Residence	20 years
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Beresford Street
Folio	05/195
Consent	Father
Date of Certificate	13 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational

13 January 1905

Edward Williams
Edith Nellie Coe

Edward Williams
Edith Nellie Coe
💍 1905/4714

Bachelor
Spinster

Flax Grader

23
21

Auckland
Auckland

23 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

05/78

13 January 1905

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	29
Date of Notice	13 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Williams	Edith Nellie Coe
	💍 1905/4714
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Flax Grader
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	05/78
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 January 1905
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

14 January 1905

Charles Otto Bustorff
Veronica Miriam Nause

Charles Otto Bustorff
Veronica Miriam Vause
💍 1905/4713

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor-man

32
24

Auckland
Auckland

16 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

05/771

14 January 1905

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	30
Date of Notice	14 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Otto Bustorff	Veronica Miriam Nause
BDM Match (98%)	Charles Otto Bustorff	Veronica Miriam Vause
	💍 1905/4713
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor-man
Age	32	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	16 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	05/771
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 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).