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

253

13 April 1905

Alfred Leslie Gladding
Florence Doull

Alfred Testic Gladding
Florence Mary Doull
💍 1905/6625

Widower
Spinster

Boot Operator

26
22

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
4 years

House of Rev. J. Wilkins, 22 Beresford Street

05/1789

13 April 1905

Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational

No	253
Date of Notice	13 April 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Leslie Gladding	Florence Doull
BDM Match (80%)	Alfred Testic Gladding	Florence Mary Doull
	💍 1905/6625
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Boot Operator
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	4 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. J. Wilkins, 22 Beresford Street
Folio	05/1789
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 April 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational

254

13 April 1905

John Arthur Wilson
Grace Dobbins

John Arthur Wilson
Grace Dobbins
💍 1905/6571

Bachelor
Spinster

Music Seller

28
22

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
10 years

Church of England, Northcote

05/1685

13 April 1905

Rev. A. L. Smith, Church of England

No	254
Date of Notice	13 April 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Arthur Wilson	Grace Dobbins
	💍 1905/6571
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Music Seller
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Northcote
Folio	05/1685
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 April 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. L. Smith, Church of England

255

14 April 1905

Herbert Reginald Hobday
Ethel Isabel Dunn

Herbert Reginald Hobday
Ethel Isabel Dunn
💍 1905/6626

Bachelor
Spinster

Secretary, Ferro Concrete Company

22
22

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
1 year

House of Rev. J. Wilkins, New College, Ponsonby

05/1790

14 April 1905

Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational

No	255
Date of Notice	14 April 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Reginald Hobday	Ethel Isabel Dunn
	💍 1905/6626
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Secretary, Ferro Concrete Company
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	1 year
Marriage Place	House of Rev. J. Wilkins, New College, Ponsonby
Folio	05/1790
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational

256

14 April 1905

Charles Stanley Roberts
Catherine Old

Charles Stanley Roberts
Catherine Old
💍 1905/2

Bachelor
Spinster

Station Manager

28
22

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
1 year

House of Rev. E. C. Pilkington, Otahuhu

05/1735

14 April 1905

Rev. A. Doull, Presbyterian

No	256
Date of Notice	14 April 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Stanley Roberts	Catherine Old
	💍 1905/2
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Station Manager
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	1 year
Marriage Place	House of Rev. E. C. Pilkington, Otahuhu
Folio	05/1735
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Doull, Presbyterian

257

14 April 1905

Sydney Jenkins
Janet Borrowman

Sydney Jenkins
Janet Borrowman Richmond
💍 1905/6550

Widower
Spinster

Carrier

47
34

Auckland
Richmond

5 years
20 years

House of Rev. J. Fraser, Richmond, Mount Roskill

05/1739

14 April 1905

Rev. J. Fraser, Presbyterian

No	257
Date of Notice	14 April 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney Jenkins	Janet Borrowman
BDM Match (81%)	Sydney Jenkins	Janet Borrowman Richmond
	💍 1905/6550
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Carrier
Age	47	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Richmond
Length of Residence	5 years	20 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. J. Fraser, Richmond, Mount Roskill
Folio	05/1739
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Fraser, Presbyterian

258

14 April 1905

John William Long
Miriam Lock

John William Long
Miriam Lock
💍 1905/5176

Bachelor
Spinster

Book Binder

34
22

Auckland
Auckland

21 years
3 years

House of Bridegroom, 3 Haslett Street

05/1824

14 April 1905

Rev. J. B. Butler, Central Mission

No	258
Date of Notice	14 April 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John William Long	Miriam Lock
	💍 1905/5176
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Book Binder
Age	34	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	21 years	3 years
Marriage Place	House of Bridegroom, 3 Haslett Street
Folio	05/1824
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Butler, Central Mission

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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).