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

26 January 1905

James Wadham
Mary Bethell

James Wadham
Mary Bethell
💍 1905/5622

Bachelor
Spinster

Custodian

41
21

Auckland
Auckland

41 years

House of Mrs J. Clark, Whitakers Place

05/181

26 January 1905

Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

No	61
Date of Notice	26 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Wadham	Mary Bethell
	💍 1905/5622
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Custodian
Age	41	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	41 years
Marriage Place	House of Mrs J. Clark, Whitakers Place
Folio	05/181
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

27 January 1905

William Henry Paul
Isabel Josephine Entrican

William Henry Paul
Isabel Josephine Eutrican
💍 1905/5574

Bachelor
Spinster

Stationer

26
28

Hamilton
Auckland

4 years

House of father of Bride, Ponsonby

05/133

27 January 1905

Rev. B. W. Entrican, Presbyterian

No	62
Date of Notice	27 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Paul	Isabel Josephine Entrican
BDM Match (98%)	William Henry Paul	Isabel Josephine Eutrican
	💍 1905/5574
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stationer
Age	26	28
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years
Marriage Place	House of father of Bride, Ponsonby
Folio	05/133
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. W. Entrican, Presbyterian

27 January 1905

John Francis Booth
Bridget Lucy

John Frances Booth
Bridget Tuohy
💍 1905/4698

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

23
21

Auckland
Auckland

Registrar's Office, Auckland

05/16

27 January 1905

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	63
Date of Notice	27 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Francis Booth	Bridget Lucy
BDM Match (86%)	John Frances Booth	Bridget Tuohy
	💍 1905/4698
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	05/16
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1905
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

27 January 1905

Ernest Wilfred Meiklejohn
Eleanor May Livingstone Meiklejohn

Ernest Wilfred Meiklejohn
Eleanor Mary Livingstone Meiklejohn
💍 1905/390

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

27
20

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

House of Mr W. J. Buckley, Grey Lynn

05/118

eptimus Meiklejohn Father

27 January 1905

Rev. R. Sommerville, Presbyterian

No	64
Date of Notice	27 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Wilfred Meiklejohn	Eleanor May Livingstone Meiklejohn
BDM Match (99%)	Ernest Wilfred Meiklejohn	Eleanor Mary Livingstone Meiklejohn
	💍 1905/390
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	27	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	House of Mr W. J. Buckley, Grey Lynn
Folio	05/118
Consent	eptimus Meiklejohn Father
Date of Certificate	27 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Sommerville, Presbyterian

27 January 1905

Francis John Johnston
Jeannie Elizabeth Seal

Francis John Johnston
Jeannie Elizabeth Seal
💍 1905/5618

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Driver

23
18

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
12 years

House of father of Bride, Arch Hill

05/100

William Seal, father of bride

27 January 1905

Rev. S. W. Smailes, Primitive Methodist

No	65
Date of Notice	27 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis John Johnston	Jeannie Elizabeth Seal
	💍 1905/5618
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Driver
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	12 years
Marriage Place	House of father of Bride, Arch Hill
Folio	05/100
Consent	William Seal, father of bride
Date of Certificate	27 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. W. Smailes, Primitive Methodist

27 January 1905

Richard Rogers
Ida Elizabeth Marie Sakey

Richard Rogers
Ida Elizabeth Marie Sakey
💍 1905/73

Bachelor
Spinster

Artist

29
24

Auckland
Auckland

29 years
24 years

St Marks Church, Remuera

05/103

27 January 1905

Rev. H. L. Snow, Church of England

No	66
Date of Notice	27 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Rogers	Ida Elizabeth Marie Sakey
	💍 1905/73
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Artist
Age	29	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	29 years	24 years
Marriage Place	St Marks Church, Remuera
Folio	05/103
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. L. Snow, Church of England

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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 1908. 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).