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 810

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

136

23 February 1905

Wilfrid Cooper
Margaret Craig

Wilfrid Cooper
Margaret Craig
💍 1905/78

Bachelor
Spinster

Decorator

36
34

Auckland
Auckland

8 years
6 years

House of Mrs J. Robinson, Grafton Road, Auckland

05/108

23 February 1905

Rev R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	136
Date of Notice	23 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wilfrid Cooper	Margaret Craig
	💍 1905/78
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Decorator
Age	36	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 years	6 years
Marriage Place	House of Mrs J. Robinson, Grafton Road, Auckland
Folio	05/108
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 February 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

137

23 February 1905

Henry James Tomlinson
Mary Ann Galbraith

Henry James Tomlinson
Mary Ann Galbraith
💍 1905/5497

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

27
23

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
23 years

S. Matthews Church, Auckland

05/759

23 February 1905

Rev H. E. Gillam, Anglican

No	137
Date of Notice	23 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry James Tomlinson	Mary Ann Galbraith
	💍 1905/5497
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	23 years
Marriage Place	S. Matthews Church, Auckland
Folio	05/759
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 February 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev H. E. Gillam, Anglican

138

23 February 1905

Frederick Ansell Crippen
Ada Goldsmith

Frederick Ansell Crippen
Ada Goldsmith
💍 1905/5551

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman

25
21

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
21 years

Epiphany Church, Auckland

05/783

23 February 1905

Rev G. E. Lush, Anglican

No	138
Date of Notice	23 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Ansell Crippen	Ada Goldsmith
	💍 1905/5551
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Epiphany Church, Auckland
Folio	05/783
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 February 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev G. E. Lush, Anglican

139

25 February 1905

Albert Sydney Gilchrist
Emily Hill

Albert Sydney Gilchrist
Emily Hill
💍 1905/5545

Bachelor
Spinster

Iron Worker

34
35

Auckland
Auckland

34 years
35 years

Church of England, Ellerslie

05/100

25 February 1905

Rev W. G. Walker, Anglican

No	139
Date of Notice	25 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Sydney Gilchrist	Emily Hill
	💍 1905/5545
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Iron Worker
Age	34	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	34 years	35 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Ellerslie
Folio	05/100
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 February 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev W. G. Walker, Anglican

140

25 February 1905

Joseph Bohnle
Florence Alice McKerras

Joseph Cohnle
Florence Alice McKerras
💍 1905/79

Widower
Widow

Gentleman

62
42

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
20 years

S. James Manse, Auckland

05/109

25 February 1905

Rev R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	140
Date of Notice	25 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Bohnle	Florence Alice McKerras
BDM Match (96%)	Joseph Cohnle	Florence Alice McKerras
	💍 1905/79
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Gentleman
Age	62	42
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	20 years
Marriage Place	S. James Manse, Auckland
Folio	05/109
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 February 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

141

25 February 1905

Charles Archibald Tisdall
Clara Gertrude Ireland

Charles Archibald Tisdall
Clara Gertrude Ireland
💍 1905/423

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk in Holy Orders

36
36

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
6 days

Bishopscourt Chapel, Parnell

05/1542

25 February 1905

The Right Rev Bishop M. R. Neligan, Anglican

No	141
Date of Notice	25 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Archibald Tisdall	Clara Gertrude Ireland
	💍 1905/423
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk in Holy Orders
Age	36	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	6 days
Marriage Place	Bishopscourt Chapel, Parnell
Folio	05/1542
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 February 1905
Officiating Minister	The Right Rev Bishop M. R. Neligan, Anglican

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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).