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 742

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

540

25 July 1905

David Thomson
Cardonia Horina Hill

David Thomson
Sardonia Florence Hill
💍 1905/1259

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Employee

22
17

Auckland
Auckland

12 months
1 month

Presbyterian Church, Otahuhu

05/3693

Thomas Hill, father of minor

25 July 1905

Rev. S. Brown, Presbyterian

No	540
Date of Notice	25 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Thomson	Cardonia Horina Hill
BDM Match (86%)	David Thomson	Sardonia Florence Hill
	💍 1905/1259
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employee
Age	22	17
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 months	1 month
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Otahuhu
Folio	05/3693
Consent	Thomas Hill, father of minor
Date of Certificate	25 July 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. Brown, Presbyterian

541

25 July 1905

Frederick Charles Collecutt
Edith Blanche Chisholm

Frederick Charles Collecutt
Edith Blanche Chisholm
💍 1905/1308

Bachelor
Spinster

Porter

26
22

Auckland
Parnell

19 years
12 months

House of Mr C. Fritchley, Parnell

05/3742

25 July 1905

Rev. J. W. Stoops, Congregationalist/Independent

No	541
Date of Notice	25 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Charles Collecutt	Edith Blanche Chisholm
	💍 1905/1308
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Porter
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Parnell
Length of Residence	19 years	12 months
Marriage Place	House of Mr C. Fritchley, Parnell
Folio	05/3742
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 July 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. W. Stoops, Congregationalist/Independent

542

26 July 1905

Thomas James Malwig
Agnes Gertrude Cooke

Thomas James Maling
Agnes Gertrude Cooke
💍 1905/1230

Bachelor
Spinster

Stock Station Agent

37
27

Auckland
Remuera

2 years
2 years

St Marks Church, Remuera

05/3664

26 July 1905

Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

No	542
Date of Notice	26 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas James Malwig	Agnes Gertrude Cooke
BDM Match (95%)	Thomas James Maling	Agnes Gertrude Cooke
	💍 1905/1230
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stock Station Agent
Age	37	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Remuera
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St Marks Church, Remuera
Folio	05/3664
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 July 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

543

26 July 1905

Bryan Thomas Smithson
Eleonore Hester Smithson

Bryan Thomas Elsmore
Hester Smithson
💍 1905/1319

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

23
20

Auckland
Birkenhead

23 years
21 years

House of Mr C. Smithson, Birkenhead

05/3729

26 July 1905

Rev. S. S. Cook, Methodist

No	543
Date of Notice	26 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bryan Thomas Smithson	Eleonore Hester Smithson
BDM Match (62%)	Bryan Thomas Elsmore	Hester Smithson
	💍 1905/1319
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Birkenhead
Length of Residence	23 years	21 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr C. Smithson, Birkenhead
Folio	05/3729
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 July 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. S. Cook, Methodist

544

26 July 1905

George Frederick See
Dorothea Jordan

George Frederick Gee
Dorothea Jordan
💍 1905/1320

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

25
20

Auckland
Northcote

4 days
7 years

House of Father M. Jordan, Northcote

05/3730

26 July 1905

Rev. S. S. Cook, Methodist

No	544
Date of Notice	26 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Frederick See	Dorothea Jordan
BDM Match (98%)	George Frederick Gee	Dorothea Jordan
	💍 1905/1320
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Northcote
Length of Residence	4 days	7 years
Marriage Place	House of Father M. Jordan, Northcote
Folio	05/3730
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 July 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. S. Cook, Methodist

545

27 July 1905

Henry Clayton Bishop
Ethel Skellern

Henry Clayton Bishop
Ethel Skellern
💍 1905/1234

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman

26
22

Auckland
Ponsonby

2 years
3 days

All Saints Church, Ponsonby

05/3668

27 July 1905

Ven. Arch. W. Calder, Church of England

No	545
Date of Notice	27 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Clayton Bishop	Ethel Skellern
	💍 1905/1234
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	2 years	3 days
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Ponsonby
Folio	05/3668
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 July 1905
Officiating Minister	Ven. Arch. W. Calder, 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).