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

289

20 April 1905

George Croft
Isabelle Jickell

George Croft
Isabel Jickell
💍 1905/1464

Bachelor
Spinster

Organ Builder

33
25

Auckland
Auckland

7 years
10 years

St Paul's Church, Auckland

05/3901

20 April 1905

Rev. C. M. Nelson, Church of England

No	289
Date of Notice	20 April 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Croft	Isabelle Jickell
BDM Match (94%)	George Croft	Isabel Jickell
	💍 1905/1464
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Organ Builder
Age	33	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St Paul's Church, Auckland
Folio	05/3901
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 April 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. M. Nelson, Church of England

290

20 April 1905

Arthur Edward Fisher
Olivia Burns

Arthur Edward Fisher
Olivia Burns
💍 1905/6607

Bachelor
Spinster

Coach Painter

26
21

Auckland
Auckland

26 years
21 years

Congregational Church, Mt Eden

05/1795

20 April 1905

Rev. W. Day, Congregational

No	290
Date of Notice	20 April 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Edward Fisher	Olivia Burns
	💍 1905/6607
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coach Painter
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	26 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Mt Eden
Folio	05/1795
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 April 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Day, Congregational

291

20 April 1905

Edwin Walter Breiden
Victoria Blake Catherine Burke

Edwin Walter Brinsden
Victoria Blanche Catherine Burke
💍 1905/6407

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

26
25

Auckland
Auckland

26 years
25 years

Registrar Office, Auckland

05/1625

20 April 1905

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	291
Date of Notice	20 April 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin Walter Breiden	Victoria Blake Catherine Burke
BDM Match (88%)	Edwin Walter Brinsden	Victoria Blanche Catherine Burke
	💍 1905/6407
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	26 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Registrar Office, Auckland
Folio	05/1625
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 April 1905
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

292

20 April 1905

Frederick William Fricker
Elizabeth Trussell Russell

Frederick William Fricker
Elizabeth Knox Russell
💍 1905/5126

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

26
26

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
10 years

All Saints Church, Ponsonby

05/1672

20 April 1905

Rev. Arch. W. Calder, Church of England

No	292
Date of Notice	20 April 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick William Fricker	Elizabeth Trussell Russell
BDM Match (85%)	Frederick William Fricker	Elizabeth Knox Russell
	💍 1905/5126
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	10 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Ponsonby
Folio	05/1672
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 April 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. Arch. W. Calder, Church of England

293

20 April 1905

Ashmore James Curtis
Gertrude Ann King Cobley

Ashmere James Curtis
Gertrude Ann King Cobley
💍 1905/5164

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

23
18

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
5 years

House of Mrs. de Devonport

05/1765

William Cobley, father of bride

20 April 1905

Rev. J. Griffith, Methodist

No	293
Date of Notice	20 April 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ashmore James Curtis	Gertrude Ann King Cobley
BDM Match (98%)	Ashmere James Curtis	Gertrude Ann King Cobley
	💍 1905/5164
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	5 years
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. de Devonport
Folio	05/1765
Consent	William Cobley, father of bride
Date of Certificate	20 April 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Griffith, Methodist

294

20 April 1905

William McLeay
Mary Elizabeth Godwin

William McLeay
Mary Elizabeth Godwin
💍 1905/6921

Bachelor
Spinster

Linotype Operator

25
23

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
23 years

Primitive Methodist Church, Alexander Street

05/2496

20 April 1905

Rev. W. S. Potter, Primitive Methodist

No	294
Date of Notice	20 April 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William McLeay	Mary Elizabeth Godwin
	💍 1905/6921
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Linotype Operator
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Alexander Street
Folio	05/2496
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 April 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. S. Potter, Primitive Methodist

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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).