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 756

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

457

22 June 1905

Frederick Clifton McLean
Elizabeth Ethel Fitzgerald

Frederick Clifton McLean
Elizabeth Ethel Fitzgerald
💍 1905/5144

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

23
19

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
19 years

House of Mother of Bride, Chelsea

05/1757

Ann Fitzgerald, Mother of Minor

22 June 1905

Rev. M. Meagher, Roman Catholic

No	457
Date of Notice	22 June 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Clifton McLean	Elizabeth Ethel Fitzgerald
	💍 1905/5144
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	19 years
Marriage Place	House of Mother of Bride, Chelsea
Folio	05/1757
Consent	Ann Fitzgerald, Mother of Minor
Date of Certificate	22 June 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Meagher, Roman Catholic

458

22 June 1905

Gordon Dignan
Annie Mc.Liver

Gordon Dignan
Annie McLiver
💍 1905/5139

Bachelor
Spinster

Commission Agent

25
21

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
21 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

05/1661

22 June 1905

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	458
Date of Notice	22 June 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gordon Dignan	Annie Mc.Liver
BDM Match (96%)	Gordon Dignan	Annie McLiver
	💍 1905/5139
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commission Agent
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	05/1661
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 June 1905
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

459

22 June 1905

Clement Ernest Crawdidge
Eliza Annie Ingham

Clement Ernest Grandidge
Eliza Annie Ingham
💍 1905/6987

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

30
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

05/2575

22 June 1905

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	459
Date of Notice	22 June 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Clement Ernest Crawdidge	Eliza Annie Ingham
BDM Match (96%)	Clement Ernest Grandidge	Eliza Annie Ingham
	💍 1905/6987
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	30	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	05/2575
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 June 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

460

23 June 1905

William Gollan
Zealaudia Margaret Duder

William Gollan
Zealandia Marguerite Duder
💍 1905/5352

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

30
24

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
24 years

Holy Trinity Church, Devonport

05/2480

23 June 1905

Rev. L. L. Evershed, Church of England

No	460
Date of Notice	23 June 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Gollan	Zealaudia Margaret Duder
BDM Match (90%)	William Gollan	Zealandia Marguerite Duder
	💍 1905/5352
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	24 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Devonport
Folio	05/2480
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 June 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. L. L. Evershed, Church of England

461

23 June 1905

Matthew Carr
Edith Rebecca Cornes

Matthew Carr
Edith Rebecca Cornes
💍 1905/6988

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

31
26

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
11 years

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

05/2576

23 June 1905

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	461
Date of Notice	23 June 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Matthew Carr	Edith Rebecca Cornes
	💍 1905/6988
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	31	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	11 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	05/2576
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 June 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

462

23 June 1905

Samuel Rawnsley
Minnie Louisa Copland

Samuel Rawnsley
Minnie Louisa Copland
💍 1905/1462

Bachelor
Spinster

Store Keeper

26
19

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
14 days

Registrar's Office, Auckland

05/3899

23 June 1905

No	462
Date of Notice	23 June 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Rawnsley	Minnie Louisa Copland
	💍 1905/1462
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Store Keeper
Age	26	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	14 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	05/3899
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 June 1905
Officiating Minister

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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).