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

397

31 May 1905

Edmund Howard Collier
Eva Mary Ohlson

Edmund Howard Collier
Eva Mary Ohlson
💍 1905/6604

Bachelor
Spinster

Settler

35
19

Auckland

3 days

Congregational Church, Beresford Street

05/1792

Ohlson, Father

31 May 1905

Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational

No	397
Date of Notice	31 May 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edmund Howard Collier	Eva Mary Ohlson
	💍 1905/6604
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Settler
Age	35	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Beresford Street
Folio	05/1792
Consent	Ohlson, Father
Date of Certificate	31 May 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational

398

1 June 1905

Philip John Aylward
Alma Harriet Irving

Philip John Aylward
Alma Harriet Irving
💍 1905/5153

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Cook

23
24

Auckland
Ponsonby

1 year
5 years

House of J.G. Luxford

05/1776

1 June 1905

Rev. J.G. Luxford, Methodist

No	398
Date of Notice	1 June 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Philip John Aylward	Alma Harriet Irving
	💍 1905/5153
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Cook
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	1 year	5 years
Marriage Place	House of J.G. Luxford
Folio	05/1776
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 June 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J.G. Luxford, Methodist

399

1 June 1905

Valentine Lawrence Carden
Ida Maud Waite

Valentine Lawrence Carden
Ida Maud Waite
💍 1905/6556

Bachelor
Spinster

Tram Conductor

21
22

Auckland
Onehunga

5 years
14 years

St. Peter's Church, Onehunga

05/1694

1 June 1905

Rev. P.S. Smallfield, Church of England

No	399
Date of Notice	1 June 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Valentine Lawrence Carden	Ida Maud Waite
	💍 1905/6556
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tram Conductor
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Onehunga
Length of Residence	5 years	14 years
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Onehunga
Folio	05/1694
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 June 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. P.S. Smallfield, Church of England

400

1 June 1905

William Robert Ernest
Caroline Skelton

William Robert Ernst
Caroline Skelton
💍 1905/5129

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrician

36
33

Auckland

4 years
33 years

All Saints' Church, Auckland

05/1695

1 June 1905

Ven. Archdeacon W. Calder, Church of England

No	400
Date of Notice	1 June 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Robert Ernest	Caroline Skelton
BDM Match (98%)	William Robert Ernst	Caroline Skelton
	💍 1905/5129
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrician
Age	36	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	33 years
Marriage Place	All Saints' Church, Auckland
Folio	05/1695
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 June 1905
Officiating Minister	Ven. Archdeacon W. Calder, Church of England

401

1 June 1905

Francis Kerr
Fanny Louisa Bosanko

Francis Kerr
Fanny Louisa Bosanko
💍 1905/6444

Bachelor
Widow

Farmer

66
42

Auckland
Auckland

6 days

Registrar's Office, Auckland

05/1651

1 June 1905

E.H. Lyons, Registrar

No	401
Date of Notice	1 June 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Kerr	Fanny Louisa Bosanko
	💍 1905/6444
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Farmer
Age	66	42
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	05/1651
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 June 1905
Officiating Minister	E.H. Lyons, Registrar

402

2 June 1905

Harry Coleby Clark
Kathleen Nora Thompson

Harry Coleby Clark
Kathleen Nora Thompson
💍 1905/5123

Bachelor
Spinster

Merchant

28
26

Auckland
Remuera

28 years
15 years

St. Mark's Church, Remuera

05/1669

2 June 1905

Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

No	402
Date of Notice	2 June 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Coleby Clark	Kathleen Nora Thompson
	💍 1905/5123
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Merchant
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Remuera
Length of Residence	28 years	15 years
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church, Remuera
Folio	05/1669
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beatty, 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).