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 776

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

337

5 May 1905

Charles Brown
Evelyn Elizabeth Smith

Charles Brown
Evelyn Elizabeth Mary Smith
💍 1905/6923

Bachelor
Spinster

Brush Maker

27
21

Auckland
21 Parsons, Great North Rd

6 years

House of Rev. W. S. Potter

05/2498

5 May 1905

Rev. W. S. Potter, Primitive Methodist

No	337
Date of Notice	5 May 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Brown	Evelyn Elizabeth Smith
BDM Match (91%)	Charles Brown	Evelyn Elizabeth Mary Smith
	💍 1905/6923
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Brush Maker
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	21 Parsons, Great North Rd
Length of Residence	6 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. W. S. Potter
Folio	05/2498
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 May 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. S. Potter, Primitive Methodist

338

6 May 1905

Albert Orace Smith
Caroline May Andrews

Albert Orari Smith
Caroline May Andrews
💍 1905/1483

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

28
20

Auckland
Auckland

9 days

St. Paul's Church

05/3903

George Nelson, father of bride

6 May 1905

Rev. C. H. Nelson, Church of England

No	338
Date of Notice	6 May 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Orace Smith	Caroline May Andrews
BDM Match (94%)	Albert Orari Smith	Caroline May Andrews
	💍 1905/1483
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	28	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 days
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church
Folio	05/3903
Consent	George Nelson, father of bride
Date of Certificate	6 May 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. H. Nelson, Church of England

339

6 May 1905

Frank Davies
Lilian Mary Baulf

Frank Davies
Lilian Mary Baulf
💍 1905/5172

Bachelor
Spinster

Stationer

29
34

Auckland
17 Barracks, Ponsonby Rd

24 years

Salvation Army

05/1820

6 May 1905

Major H. Swinford, Salvation Army

No	339
Date of Notice	6 May 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Davies	Lilian Mary Baulf
	💍 1905/5172
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stationer
Age	29	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	17 Barracks, Ponsonby Rd
Length of Residence	24 years
Marriage Place	Salvation Army
Folio	05/1820
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 May 1905
Officiating Minister	Major H. Swinford, Salvation Army

340

8 May 1905

William Taylor
Ellen Grace Sherry

William Taylor
Ellen Maud Sherry
💍 1905/5162

Bachelor
Spinster

Saddler

24
21

Auckland
21 O'Hara St, Otahuhu

24 years

House of Rev. J. O'Hara

05/1761

8 May 1905

Rev. J. O'Hara, Roman Catholic

No	340
Date of Notice	8 May 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Taylor	Ellen Grace Sherry
BDM Match (89%)	William Taylor	Ellen Maud Sherry
	💍 1905/5162
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Saddler
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	21 O'Hara St, Otahuhu
Length of Residence	24 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. J. O'Hara
Folio	05/1761
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 May 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. O'Hara, Roman Catholic

341

9 May 1905

Charles Silmour
Edith Neal

Charles Gilmour
Edith Neal
💍 1905/342

Bachelor
Spinster

Store Keeper

47
36

Auckland
Grey Lynn, Spragg St, Mt Albert

4 days

House of Rev. W. Slade

05/1762

9 May 1905

Rev. W. Slade, Methodist

No	341
Date of Notice	9 May 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Silmour	Edith Neal
BDM Match (97%)	Charles Gilmour	Edith Neal
	💍 1905/342
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Store Keeper
Age	47	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Grey Lynn, Spragg St, Mt Albert
Length of Residence	4 days
Marriage Place	House of Rev. W. Slade
Folio	05/1762
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 May 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Slade, Methodist

342

9 May 1905

Thomas Daniel Marshall
Beatrice Margaret Hurdley

Thomas Daniel Marshall
Beatrice Margaret Hurdley
💍 1905/6470

Bachelor
Spinster

Locomotive Fireman

24
23

Auckland
St. Andrews, St. Heliers, Wynyard St

3 days

05/1731

9 May 1905

Rev. H. B. Gray, Presbyterian

No	342
Date of Notice	9 May 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Daniel Marshall	Beatrice Margaret Hurdley
	💍 1905/6470
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Locomotive Fireman
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	St. Andrews, St. Heliers, Wynyard St
Length of Residence	3 days
Marriage Place
Folio	05/1731
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 May 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. B. Gray, Presbyterian

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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).