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 760

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

433

13 June 1905

Valentine Atkinson
Kathleen Collard

Valentine Atkinson
Kathleen Collard
💍 1905/6552

Bachelor
Spinster

Master Signalman R.N.

27
21

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
5 months

Epiphany Church, Auckland

05/1682

13 June 1905

Rev. W. E. Lush, Church of England

No	433
Date of Notice	13 June 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Valentine Atkinson	Kathleen Collard
	💍 1905/6552
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Master Signalman R.N.
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	5 months
Marriage Place	Epiphany Church, Auckland
Folio	05/1682
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 June 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Lush, Church of England

434

13 June 1905

Patrick Joseph Fox
Mary Cusack

Patrick Joseph Fox
Mary Cusack
💍 1905/6531

Bachelor
Spinster

Freezing Works Employee

27
23

Auckland
Auckland

2 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

05/1744

13 June 1905

Rev. H. F. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	434
Date of Notice	13 June 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Patrick Joseph Fox	Mary Cusack
	💍 1905/6531
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Freezing Works Employee
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	05/1744
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 June 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. F. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

435

13 June 1905

James Rennie
Winifred Jane Agnew

James Rennie
Winifred Jane Agnew
💍 1905/6938

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman

26
21

Auckland
House of Mrs. Re: Creery, Devonport

3 weeks
21 years

05/2491

13 June 1905

Rev. J. E. Bertram, Presbyterian

No	435
Date of Notice	13 June 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Rennie	Winifred Jane Agnew
	💍 1905/6938
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	House of Mrs. Re: Creery, Devonport
Length of Residence	3 weeks	21 years
Marriage Place
Folio	05/2491
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 June 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. E. Bertram, Presbyterian

436

13 June 1905

John Young
Jessie Ellison

John Young
Jessie Ellison
💍 1905/5130

Bachelor
Spinster

Cook

25
28

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
1 month

Registrar's Office, Auckland

05/1658

13 June 1905

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	436
Date of Notice	13 June 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Young	Jessie Ellison
	💍 1905/5130
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cook
Age	25	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	1 month
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	05/1658
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 June 1905
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

437

13 June 1905

Caleb Maslin
Estella May Williams

Caleb Maslin
Estella May Williams
💍 1905/6612

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

26
23

Auckland
Devonport

3 days
23 years

Congregational Church, Devonport

05/1800

13 June 1905

Rev. A. F. Lee, Congregational

No	437
Date of Notice	13 June 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Caleb Maslin	Estella May Williams
	💍 1905/6612
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Devonport
Length of Residence	3 days	23 years
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Devonport
Folio	05/1800
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 June 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. F. Lee, Congregational

438

14 June 1905

Frank Skerritt
Lilian King

Frank Skerritt
Lilian King
💍 1905/5190

Bachelor
Spinster

Boiler Maker

28
23

Auckland
Arch Hill

25 years
23 years

House of Father of Bride, Arch Hill

05/1814

Father of Bride

14 June 1905

Rev. C. Watt, Church of Christ

No	438
Date of Notice	14 June 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Skerritt	Lilian King
	💍 1905/5190
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Boiler Maker
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Arch Hill
Length of Residence	25 years	23 years
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride, Arch Hill
Folio	05/1814
Consent	Father of Bride
Date of Certificate	14 June 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. Watt, Church of Christ

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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 1908. 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).