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 796

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

221

29 March 1905

John William Foster
Ethel May Condow

John William Foster
Ethel May Condon
💍 1905/6567

Bachelor
Spinster

Store

25
22

Auckland
Auckland

15 years

St. David's Church, Auckland

05/1704

29 March 1905

Rev. W. F. Dixon, Presbyterian

No	221
Date of Notice	29 March 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John William Foster	Ethel May Condow
BDM Match (97%)	John William Foster	Ethel May Condon
	💍 1905/6567
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Store
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 years
Marriage Place	St. David's Church, Auckland
Folio	05/1704
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 March 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. F. Dixon, Presbyterian

222

29 March 1905

Francis Love Godfrey
Lucy May Garner

Francis Louis Godfrey
Lucy May Gerner
💍 1905/4734

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

22
22

Auckland
Auckland

1 year

Salvation Army, Cook Street, Auckland

05/212

29 March 1905

Adjutant W. B. McClure, Salvation Army

No	222
Date of Notice	29 March 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Love Godfrey	Lucy May Garner
BDM Match (90%)	Francis Louis Godfrey	Lucy May Gerner
	💍 1905/4734
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year
Marriage Place	Salvation Army, Cook Street, Auckland
Folio	05/212
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 March 1905
Officiating Minister	Adjutant W. B. McClure, Salvation Army

223

29 March 1905

Dennis Sullivan
Ellen O'Connell

Dennis Sullivan
Ellen O'Cannell
💍 1905/6980

Bachelor
Spinster

Stationer

35
35

Auckland
Auckland

20 years

St. Sepulchre's Church, Auckland

05/2531

29 March 1905

Rev. S. A. Carver, Church of England

No	223
Date of Notice	29 March 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Dennis Sullivan	Ellen O'Connell
BDM Match (97%)	Dennis Sullivan	Ellen O'Cannell
	💍 1905/6980
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stationer
Age	35	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Sepulchre's Church, Auckland
Folio	05/2531
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 March 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. A. Carver, Church of England

224

29 March 1905

Alexander Tracy
Emily Cassie Barker

Alexander Michael Tracy
Emily Cassie Barker
💍 1905/4727

Bachelor
Spinster

Borman

30
29

Auckland
Gilliland, Grahamstown

3 years

House of W. S. Gilliland, Grahamstown

05/210

29 March 1905

Rev. S. Aldridge, Church of Christ

No	224
Date of Notice	29 March 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Tracy	Emily Cassie Barker
BDM Match (83%)	Alexander Michael Tracy	Emily Cassie Barker
	💍 1905/4727
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Borman
Age	30	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Gilliland, Grahamstown
Length of Residence	3 years
Marriage Place	House of W. S. Gilliland, Grahamstown
Folio	05/210
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 March 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. Aldridge, Church of Christ

225

30 March 1905

Lawrence John Barnes
Henrietta Cardie May Webb

Lawrence John Barnes
Henrietta Caroline May Webb
💍 1905/1463

Bachelor
Spinster

Saddler

24
18

Auckland
Auckland

5 years

St. Paul's Church, Auckland

05/300

Frederick Webb, father of bride

30 March 1905

Rev. C. M. Nelson, Church of England

No	225
Date of Notice	30 March 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lawrence John Barnes	Henrietta Cardie May Webb
BDM Match (94%)	Lawrence John Barnes	Henrietta Caroline May Webb
	💍 1905/1463
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Saddler
Age	24	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church, Auckland
Folio	05/300
Consent	Frederick Webb, father of bride
Date of Certificate	30 March 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. M. Nelson, Church of England

226

30 March 1905

George Ernest Luckschworst
Marie Frederica Gosche

Bachelor
Spinster

Merchant

38
32

Younga
Auckland

1 year

Registrar's Office, Auckland

05/57

30 March 1905

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	226
Date of Notice	30 March 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Ernest Luckschworst	Marie Frederica Gosche
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Merchant
Age	38	32
Dwelling Place	Younga	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	05/57
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 March 1905
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

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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).