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 30 June 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

241

6 April 1905

Walter Robert Aderton
Jessie Ada Brown

Walter Robert Alderton
Jessie Ada Brown
💍 1905/6614

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

24
22

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
22 years

House of Rev. J. Clark, Whitaker Place

05/1801

6 April 1905

Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

No	241
Date of Notice	6 April 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Robert Aderton	Jessie Ada Brown
BDM Match (98%)	Walter Robert Alderton	Jessie Ada Brown
	💍 1905/6614
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	22 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. J. Clark, Whitaker Place
Folio	05/1801
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 April 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

242

7 April 1905

Arthur Frederick Hill
Agnes Wilkinson

Arthur Frederick John Hill
Agnes Wilkinson
💍 1905/6400

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

20
18

Auckland
Auckland

18 years
18 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

05/1619

William Wilkinson, Father

7 April 1905

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	242
Date of Notice	7 April 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Frederick Hill	Agnes Wilkinson
BDM Match (90%)	Arthur Frederick John Hill	Agnes Wilkinson
	💍 1905/6400
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	20	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	05/1619
Consent	William Wilkinson, Father
Date of Certificate	7 April 1905
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

243

10 April 1905

Robert Williams
Nancy Mildred Felton

Robert Williams
Nancy Mildred Felton
💍 1905/5124

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

41
26

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
26 years

All Saints Church, Ponsonby

05/1670

10 April 1905

Rev. W. Calder, Church of England

No	243
Date of Notice	10 April 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Williams	Nancy Mildred Felton
	💍 1905/5124
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	41	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	26 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Ponsonby
Folio	05/1670
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 April 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Calder, Church of England

244

10 April 1905

Charles Edward Caley
Harriet Susan Taylor

Charles Edward Coley
Harriett Susan Taylor
💍 1905/5163

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

38
28

Auckland
Auckland

38 years
28 years

Methodist Church, New Zealand

05/1764

10 April 1905

Rev. S. Griffith, Methodist

No	244
Date of Notice	10 April 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Edward Caley	Harriet Susan Taylor
BDM Match (95%)	Charles Edward Coley	Harriett Susan Taylor
	💍 1905/5163
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	38	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	38 years	28 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, New Zealand
Folio	05/1764
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 April 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. Griffith, Methodist

245

10 April 1905

Florence Harold Williams
Amy Olive Taylor

Florance Harold Williams
Amy Olive Taylor
💍 1905/6623

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

21
23

Auckland
Auckland

21 years
23 years

Congregational Church, Edinburgh St.

05/1787

10 April 1905

Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational

No	245
Date of Notice	10 April 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Florence Harold Williams	Amy Olive Taylor
BDM Match (98%)	Florance Harold Williams	Amy Olive Taylor
	💍 1905/6623
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	21	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	21 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Edinburgh St.
Folio	05/1787
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 April 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational

246

11 April 1905

William Charles Baker
Margaret Isabella King

William Charles Baker
Margaret Isabella King
💍 1905/6927

Edwin Charles Paull
Margaret Elizabeth King
💍 1905/2241

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

31
25

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
25 years

St. Matthews Church, Auckland

05/2502

11 April 1905

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	246
Date of Notice	11 April 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Charles Baker	Margaret Isabella King
	💍 1905/6927
BDM Match (61%)	Edwin Charles Paull	Margaret Elizabeth King
	💍 1905/2241
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	31	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	25 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church, Auckland
Folio	05/2502
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 April 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).