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 715

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 December 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

709

2 October 1905

John James Taylor
Minnie Garnant

John James Taylor
Minnie Garnant
💍 1905/2985

Bachelor
Spinster

Motorman

28
22

Auckland
Auckland

17 years
15 years

House of Father of Bride, Vernon St

05/5434

2 October 1905

Rev. W. S. Potter, Primitive Methodist

No	709
Date of Notice	2 October 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John James Taylor	Minnie Garnant
	💍 1905/2985
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motorman
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	17 years	15 years
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride, Vernon St
Folio	05/5434
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 October 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. S. Potter, Primitive Methodist

710

2 October 1905

Charles Middleton Campbell
Anne Jeanette Divice

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

32
34

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
9 months

House of Mr. G. Watt, Ponsonby

05/5371

2 October 1905

Mr. G. Watt, Church of Christ

No	710
Date of Notice	2 October 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Middleton Campbell	Anne Jeanette Divice
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	32	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	9 months
Marriage Place	House of Mr. G. Watt, Ponsonby
Folio	05/5371
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 October 1905
Officiating Minister	Mr. G. Watt, Church of Christ

711

2 October 1905

James Charles Back
Florence Bertha Pearce

James Charles
Florence Bertha Pearce
💍 1905/2977

Bachelor
Spinster

Plasterer

27
24

Auckland
Auckland

5 months
24 years

House of Mr. Geo. Charles, Beresford St

05/5444

2 October 1905

Rev. J. Clement, Primitive Methodist

No	711
Date of Notice	2 October 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Charles Back	Florence Bertha Pearce
BDM Match (86%)	James Charles	Florence Bertha Pearce
	💍 1905/2977
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plasterer
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 months	24 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. Geo. Charles, Beresford St
Folio	05/5444
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 October 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Clement, Primitive Methodist

712

3 October 1905

John Thomas Williams
Ada Mary Patterson

John Thomas Williams
Ada Mary Patterson
💍 1905/2879

Widower
Spinster

Postmaster

33
27

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
27 years

St. Thomas Church, Auckland

05/5343

3 October 1905

Rev. W. M. Du Rieu, Anglican

No	712
Date of Notice	3 October 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Thomas Williams	Ada Mary Patterson
	💍 1905/2879
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Postmaster
Age	33	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	27 years
Marriage Place	St. Thomas Church, Auckland
Folio	05/5343
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 October 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. M. Du Rieu, Anglican

713

4 October 1905

Victor Albert McCarthy
Esther Elizabeth

Victor Albert Cliffe
Esther Elizabeth McCarthy
💍 1905/2810

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

33
21

Auckland
Auckland

33 years
2 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

05/5274

4 October 1905

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	713
Date of Notice	4 October 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Victor Albert McCarthy	Esther Elizabeth
BDM Match (66%)	Victor Albert Cliffe	Esther Elizabeth McCarthy
	💍 1905/2810
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	33	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	33 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	05/5274
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 October 1905
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

714

5 October 1905

Samuel Ferguson
Ada Evelyn Saunders

Samuel Ferguson
Ada Evelyn Saunders
💍 1905/2992

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

30
29

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
29 years

Primitive Methodist Church, Alexander St

05/5435

5 October 1905

Rev. W. S. Potter, Primitive Methodist

No	714
Date of Notice	5 October 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Ferguson	Ada Evelyn Saunders
	💍 1905/2992
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	30	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	29 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Alexander St
Folio	05/5435
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 October 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. S. Potter, Primitive Methodist

715

6 October 1905

Henry Philip Seager
Ethel Rose

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

31
26

Auckland
Auckland

3 1/2 years
4 1/2 years

St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell

05/5312

6 October 1905

Rev. J. Mac Murray, Anglican

No	715
Date of Notice	6 October 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Philip Seager	Ethel Rose
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	31	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 1/2 years	4 1/2 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell
Folio	05/5312
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 October 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Mac Murray, Anglican

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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).