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 828

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

16 January 1905

Thomas Henry Thomson
Agnes Liddill

Thomas Henry Thomson
Agnes Liddell
💍 1905/5603

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

32
24

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
23 years

House of Mother of Bride, Pukekohe

05/186

16 January 1905

Rev. S. A. Kirwood, Baptist

No	37
Date of Notice	16 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Henry Thomson	Agnes Liddill
BDM Match (96%)	Thomas Henry Thomson	Agnes Liddell
	💍 1905/5603
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	32	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	23 years
Marriage Place	House of Mother of Bride, Pukekohe
Folio	05/186
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. A. Kirwood, Baptist

14 January 1905

Elias Gered Corban
Mary Josephs

Elias Yered Corban
Mary Joseph
💍 1905/5559

Bachelor
Spinster

Importer

30
18

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
6 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

05/141

Maggie Josephs, Mother

17 January 1905

Rev. J. J. Hackett, Roman Catholic

No	38
Date of Notice	14 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Elias Gered Corban	Mary Josephs
BDM Match (93%)	Elias Yered Corban	Mary Joseph
	💍 1905/5559
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Importer
Age	30	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	6 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	05/141
Consent	Maggie Josephs, Mother
Date of Certificate	17 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Hackett, Roman Catholic

14 January 1905

Thomas Andrew Cox
Barbara Francis Cox

Widower
Spinster

Blacksmith

30
26

Auckland
Auckland

26 years
26 years

St. Paul's Church, Auckland

05/788

17 January 1905

Rev. C. E. Nelson, Church of England

No	39
Date of Notice	14 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Andrew Cox	Barbara Francis Cox
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	30	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	26 years	26 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church, Auckland
Folio	05/788
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. E. Nelson, Church of England

14 January 1905

Henry Joseph Welham
Jessie Mill

Henry Joseph Wernham
Jessie Mill
💍 1905/5620

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

27
22

Auckland
Auckland

15 years
15 years

House of Mr. Smeeton, Auckland

05/179

17 January 1905

Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

No	40
Date of Notice	14 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Joseph Welham	Jessie Mill
BDM Match (95%)	Henry Joseph Wernham	Jessie Mill
	💍 1905/5620
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 years	15 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. Smeeton, Auckland
Folio	05/179
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

17 January 1905

Walter Mansfield Trigg
Ethel Ball

Walter Mansfield Trigg
Ethel Ball
💍 1905/5610

Widower
Spinster

Clerk

52
32

Auckland
Auckland

32 years
23 years

House of Father of Bride, Pukekohe

05/193

17 January 1905

Rev. W. Day, Congregational

No	41
Date of Notice	17 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Mansfield Trigg	Ethel Ball
	💍 1905/5610
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	52	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	32 years	23 years
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride, Pukekohe
Folio	05/193
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Day, Congregational

18 January 1905

Francis Taylor
Agnes Ann Davis

Francis Taylor
Agnes Ann Davis
💍 1905/5558

Bachelor
Spinster

Cook

23
22

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
22 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

05/140

18 January 1905

Rev. J. F. Patterson, Roman Catholic

No	42
Date of Notice	18 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Taylor	Agnes Ann Davis
	💍 1905/5558
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cook
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	22 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	05/140
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. F. Patterson, Roman Catholic

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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).