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

185

11 March 1905

Ernest Keely
Annie Maud Niccol

Ernest Keely
Annie Atkin Niccol
💍 1905/5572

Bachelor
Spinster

Permanent Artillery

26
25

Auckland
Devonport

7 years
25 years

House of Sur. H. Niccol, Devonport

05/131

11 March 1905

Rev. H. B. Gray, Presbyterian

No	185
Date of Notice	11 March 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Keely	Annie Maud Niccol
BDM Match (86%)	Ernest Keely	Annie Atkin Niccol
	💍 1905/5572
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Permanent Artillery
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Devonport
Length of Residence	7 years	25 years
Marriage Place	House of Sur. H. Niccol, Devonport
Folio	05/131
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 March 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. B. Gray, Presbyterian

186

13 March 1905

Ernest Whitehead
Emmeline Maude Crook

Ernest Whitehead
Emmeline Maud Crook
💍 1905/5593

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

30
32

Auckland
Auckland

3 weeks
18 years

House of Father of Bride, Grey Lynn

05/175

13 March 1905

Rev. A. R. Dinsbury, Methodist

No	186
Date of Notice	13 March 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Whitehead	Emmeline Maude Crook
BDM Match (98%)	Ernest Whitehead	Emmeline Maud Crook
	💍 1905/5593
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	30	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 weeks	18 years
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride, Grey Lynn
Folio	05/175
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 March 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. R. Dinsbury, Methodist

187

13 March 1905

William Henry Hawkins
Frances Blakely

William Henry Hawkins
Frances Blakeley
💍 1905/5589

Bachelor
Spinster

Foreman

28
32

Auckland
Auckland

28 years
16 years

Methodist Church, 16 Pitt Street

05/171

13 March 1905

Rev. C. H. Garland, Methodist

No	187
Date of Notice	13 March 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Hawkins	Frances Blakely
BDM Match (97%)	William Henry Hawkins	Frances Blakeley
	💍 1905/5589
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Foreman
Age	28	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	28 years	16 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, 16 Pitt Street
Folio	05/171
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 March 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. H. Garland, Methodist

188

13 March 1905

Alfred Bryan
Harriette Hill Amor

Alfred Bryan
Harriette Adeline Amor
💍 1905/5576

Bachelor
Spinster

Iron Worker

37
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
5 days

House of Mrs. Watt, Parnell

05/135

13 March 1905

Rev. J. B. Russell, Presbyterian

No	188
Date of Notice	13 March 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Bryan	Harriette Hill Amor
BDM Match (86%)	Alfred Bryan	Harriette Adeline Amor
	💍 1905/5576
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Iron Worker
Age	37	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	5 days
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. Watt, Parnell
Folio	05/135
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 March 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Russell, Presbyterian

189

13 March 1905

John Henry William Banett
Elizabeth Jane Johnston

John Henry William Barnett
Elizabeth Farme Johnston
💍 1905/5513

Widower
Widow

Carpenter

35
39

Auckland
Auckland

27 years
5 years

Registrar Office, S. Auckland

05/44

13 March 1905

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	189
Date of Notice	13 March 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Henry William Banett	Elizabeth Jane Johnston
BDM Match (92%)	John Henry William Barnett	Elizabeth Farme Johnston
	💍 1905/5513
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Carpenter
Age	35	39
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	27 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar Office, S. Auckland
Folio	05/44
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 March 1905
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

190

13 March 1905

Benjamin Robert Le Clere
Maria Ann Shore Bowin Price Powell

Benjamin Robert Le Clerc
Maria Anne Bowen Price Powell
💍 1905/5534

Bachelor

Surveyor
Assistant

32
28

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
4 years

St. Paul's Church, Auckland

05/90

13 March 1905

Rev. C. M. Nelson, Church of England

No	190
Date of Notice	13 March 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Benjamin Robert Le Clere	Maria Ann Shore Bowin Price Powell
BDM Match (89%)	Benjamin Robert Le Clerc	Maria Anne Bowen Price Powell
	💍 1905/5534
Condition	Bachelor
Profession	Surveyor	Assistant
Age	32	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church, Auckland
Folio	05/90
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 March 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. M. Nelson, 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).