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

31 January 1905

Monroe Montgomery
Ellen Eliza Mathews

Monroe Montgomery
Ellen Eliza Matthews
💍 1905/5614

Bachelor
Divorcee

Clerk

25
38

Auckland
Auckland

25 yrs
38 yrs

Congregational Church, Beresford St.

05/196

31 January 1905

Rev J. Wilkins, Congregational

No	73
Date of Notice	31 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Monroe Montgomery	Ellen Eliza Mathews
BDM Match (98%)	Monroe Montgomery	Ellen Eliza Matthews
	💍 1905/5614
Condition	Bachelor	Divorcee
Profession	Clerk
Age	25	38
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 yrs	38 yrs
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Beresford St.
Folio	05/196
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev J. Wilkins, Congregational

2 February 1905

Nathan Frederick Sharp
Honora Luida McMahon

Nathan F Sharp
Honora Linda McMahon
💍 1905/351

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman

22
19

Auckland
Auckland

6 yrs
19 yrs

Roman Catholic Church, Onehunga

05/157

John McMahon, Father

2 February 1905

Rev M. Jorney, Roman Catholic

No	74
Date of Notice	2 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Nathan Frederick Sharp	Honora Luida McMahon
BDM Match (77%)	Nathan F Sharp	Honora Linda McMahon
	💍 1905/351
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman
Age	22	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 yrs	19 yrs
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Onehunga
Folio	05/157
Consent	John McMahon, Father
Date of Certificate	2 February 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev M. Jorney, Roman Catholic

2 February 1905

Owen Roy Clifton Lethan
Bellinda Shine Robinson

Owen Roy Clifton Letham
Bellinda Robinson
💍 1905/5624

Bachelor
Spinster

Boiler Maker

25
23

Auckland
Auckland

25 yrs
5 yrs

House of father of Bridegroom, Spring Street

05/183

2 February 1905

Rev J. Clark, Baptist

No	75
Date of Notice	2 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Owen Roy Clifton Lethan	Bellinda Shine Robinson
BDM Match (85%)	Owen Roy Clifton Letham	Bellinda Robinson
	💍 1905/5624
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Boiler Maker
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 yrs	5 yrs
Marriage Place	House of father of Bridegroom, Spring Street
Folio	05/183
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev J. Clark, Baptist

2 February 1905

Edward Easthorpe
Caroline Jane Jones

Edward Easthorpe
Caroline Zara Jones
💍 1905/4704

Bachelor
Divorcee

Cook

39
40

Auckland
Auckland

17 yrs
2 yrs

Registrar's Office, Auckland

05/21

2 February 1905

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	76
Date of Notice	2 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Easthorpe	Caroline Jane Jones
BDM Match (92%)	Edward Easthorpe	Caroline Zara Jones
	💍 1905/4704
Condition	Bachelor	Divorcee
Profession	Cook
Age	39	40
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	17 yrs	2 yrs
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	05/21
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1905
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

3 February 1905

Fred Eckersley
Nellie Fletcher

Fred Eckersley
Nellie Fletcher
💍 1905/4701

Bachelor
Spinster

Tobacconist

25
21

Auckland
Auckland

1 yr
2 wks

Registrar's Office, Auckland

05/19

3 February 1905

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	77
Date of Notice	3 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Fred Eckersley	Nellie Fletcher
	💍 1905/4701
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tobacconist
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 yr	2 wks
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	05/19
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1905
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

3 February 1905

Archibald Colman Hallett
Lavinia Mary White

Archibald Coleman Hallett
Lavinia Mary White
💍 1905/7234

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman

25
23

Auckland
Auckland

7 yrs
23 yrs

St Matthews Church, Auckland

05/55

3 February 1905

Rev W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	78
Date of Notice	3 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archibald Colman Hallett	Lavinia Mary White
BDM Match (98%)	Archibald Coleman Hallett	Lavinia Mary White
	💍 1905/7234
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 yrs	23 yrs
Marriage Place	St Matthews Church, Auckland
Folio	05/55
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev W. E. Gillam, 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 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).