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 746

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 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

516

11 July 1905

Henry Hughes
Elizabeth Malyon

Henry Hughes
Elizabeth Malyon
💍 1905/1177

Bachelor
Widow

Miner

46
45

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
1 year

Registrar Office

05/3610

11 July 1905

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	516
Date of Notice	11 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Hughes	Elizabeth Malyon
	💍 1905/1177
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Miner
Age	46	45
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	1 year
Marriage Place	Registrar Office
Folio	05/3610
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 July 1905
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

520

12 July 1905

William James Tanner
Lucy Kerom

William James Tanner
Lucy Kerwin
💍 1905/1186

Bachelor
Spinster

Saddler

29
23

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
10 years

Registrar Office, Auckland

05/3612

12 July 1905

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	520
Date of Notice	12 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William James Tanner	Lucy Kerom
BDM Match (86%)	William James Tanner	Lucy Kerwin
	💍 1905/1186
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Saddler
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Registrar Office, Auckland
Folio	05/3612
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 July 1905
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

521

13 July 1905

John Frederick Hodge
Isabella Sullivan

John Nie Nie Hodge
Isabella Sullivan
💍 1905/1302

Bachelor
Spinster

Agent

32
26

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
20 years

House of Father, Devonport

05/3736

13 July 1905

Rev. A. J. Lee

No	521
Date of Notice	13 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Frederick Hodge	Isabella Sullivan
BDM Match (83%)	John Nie Nie Hodge	Isabella Sullivan
	💍 1905/1302
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Agent
Age	32	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	20 years
Marriage Place	House of Father, Devonport
Folio	05/3736
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 July 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. J. Lee

577

11 July 1905

George Urquhart
Bertha Lloyd Rees

George Urquhart
Bertha Lloyd Rees
💍 1905/2060

Bachelor
Spinster

Solicitor

25
24

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

St. David's Church, Auckland

05/4408

11 July 1905

Rev. W. J. Dixon, Presbyterian

No	577
Date of Notice	11 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Urquhart	Bertha Lloyd Rees
	💍 1905/2060
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Solicitor
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. David's Church, Auckland
Folio	05/4408
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 July 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Dixon, Presbyterian

578

11 July 1905

Herbert Cecil Whyman
Everline Harriet Syllies

Herbert Cecil Whyman
Everline Henrietta Gyllies
💍 1905/1178

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

22
20

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
21 years

Registrar Office, Auckland

05/3611

11 July 1905

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	578
Date of Notice	11 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Cecil Whyman	Everline Harriet Syllies
BDM Match (90%)	Herbert Cecil Whyman	Everline Henrietta Gyllies
	💍 1905/1178
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Registrar Office, Auckland
Folio	05/3611
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 July 1905
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

579

11 July 1905

Martin Henry Ryan
Margaret Cronin

Martin Henry Ryan
Margaret Cronin
💍 1905/1263

Bachelor
Spinster

Battery Hand

24
24

Auckland
Auckland

8 days
2 months

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

05/3696

11 July 1905

Rev. H. J. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	579
Date of Notice	11 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Martin Henry Ryan	Margaret Cronin
	💍 1905/1263
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Battery Hand
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 days	2 months
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	05/3696
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 July 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. J. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

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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).