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

21 January 1905

John Le Comte
Lavinia White

John Le Compte
Lavina Dankis White
💍 1905/4699

John Lyne
Maria White
💍 1905/3284

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

23
21

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
2 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

05/717

21 January 1905

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	49
Date of Notice	21 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Le Comte	Lavinia White
BDM Match (78%)	John Le Compte	Lavina Dankis White
	💍 1905/4699
BDM Match (62%)	John Lyne	Maria White
	💍 1905/3284
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	05/717
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1905
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

23 January 1905

Alfred John Lewis
Ivy Isabel Parker

Alfred John Lewis
Ivy Isabel Jane Parker
💍 1905/4694

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

24
20

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
6 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

05/712

23 January 1905

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	50
Date of Notice	23 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred John Lewis	Ivy Isabel Parker
BDM Match (89%)	Alfred John Lewis	Ivy Isabel Jane Parker
	💍 1905/4694
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	05/712
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1905
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

23 January 1905

Thomas Scott
Ellen Coldicutt

Thomas Scott
Ellen Coldicutt
💍 1905/7233

Bachelor
Spinster

Mariner

32
29

Auckland
Auckland

32 years
32 years

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

05/754

23 January 1905

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	51
Date of Notice	23 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Scott	Ellen Coldicutt
	💍 1905/7233
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mariner
Age	32	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	32 years	32 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	05/754
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

23 January 1905

Nathaniel Joseph Curtain
Susan Walker

Nathaniel Gow Curtain
Susan Walker
💍 1905/74

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

31
31

Auckland
Auckland

31 years
31 years

St. James' Church, Auckland

05/704

23 January 1905

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	52
Date of Notice	23 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Nathaniel Joseph Curtain	Susan Walker
BDM Match (90%)	Nathaniel Gow Curtain	Susan Walker
	💍 1905/74
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	31	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	31 years	31 years
Marriage Place	St. James' Church, Auckland
Folio	05/704
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

24 January 1905

Francis Joseph Farrell
Maude Cable

Francis Joseph Farrell
Maude Gable
💍 1905/4693

Bachelor
Spinster

Commission Agent

26
21

Auckland
Auckland

26 years
26 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

05/711

24 January 1905

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	53
Date of Notice	24 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Joseph Farrell	Maude Cable
BDM Match (95%)	Francis Joseph Farrell	Maude Gable
	💍 1905/4693
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commission Agent
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	26 years	26 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	05/711
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1905
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

24 January 1905

Hugh Henry Laming
Grace Willis

Hugh Henry Laing
Grace Willis
💍 1905/5621

Bachelor
Spinster

Settler

28
30

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
10 years

Church of Christ, Ponsonby

05/780

24 January 1905

Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

No	54
Date of Notice	24 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh Henry Laming	Grace Willis
BDM Match (97%)	Hugh Henry Laing	Grace Willis
	💍 1905/5621
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Settler
Age	28	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	10 years
Marriage Place	Church of Christ, Ponsonby
Folio	05/780
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

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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).