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 705

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

761

28 October 1905

Arthur Lockyer Andrew
Florence Emily Walker

Arthur Lockyer Andrews
Florence Emily Walker
💍 1905/2826

Bachelor
Spinster

Customs Agent

29
22

Auckland
Auckland

29 years
22 years

St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell

05/5315

28 October 1905

Rev. M. H. Sutton, Anglican

No	761
Date of Notice	28 October 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Lockyer Andrew	Florence Emily Walker
BDM Match (98%)	Arthur Lockyer Andrews	Florence Emily Walker
	💍 1905/2826
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Customs Agent
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	29 years	22 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell
Folio	05/5315
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 October 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. H. Sutton, Anglican

762

28 October 1905

Leonard Walter Graham
Rebecca Elizabeth Maud Preston

Leonard Walter Graham
Rebecca Elizabeth Maude Preston
💍 1905/2946

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

30
24

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
24 years

House of Featherston Street, Collingwood

05/5415

28 October 1905

Rev. L. H. Garland, Methodist

No	762
Date of Notice	28 October 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Walter Graham	Rebecca Elizabeth Maud Preston
BDM Match (98%)	Leonard Walter Graham	Rebecca Elizabeth Maude Preston
	💍 1905/2946
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	24 years
Marriage Place	House of Featherston Street, Collingwood
Folio	05/5415
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 October 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. L. H. Garland, Methodist

763

28 October 1905

Edward Frederick Borden
Margaret Ann Josephine Tobin

Edward Frederick Bowden
Margaret Ann Josephine Tobin
💍 1905/3638

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

21
19

Auckland
Auckland

21 years
19 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

05/6141

Michael Tobin, Father

28 October 1905

Rev. J. Cahill, Roman Catholic

No	763
Date of Notice	28 October 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Frederick Borden	Margaret Ann Josephine Tobin
BDM Match (98%)	Edward Frederick Bowden	Margaret Ann Josephine Tobin
	💍 1905/3638
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	21 years	19 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	05/6141
Consent	Michael Tobin, Father
Date of Certificate	28 October 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Cahill, Roman Catholic

764

30 October 1905

Charles Herbert Fairweather
Annie Adamson

Charles Herbert Fairweather
Annie Adamson
💍 1905/2917

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

36
33

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
8 years

House of J. G. Grigg, Vermont St.

05/5407

30 October 1905

Rev. J. A. Luxford, Methodist

No	764
Date of Notice	30 October 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Herbert Fairweather	Annie Adamson
	💍 1905/2917
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	36	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	8 years
Marriage Place	House of J. G. Grigg, Vermont St.
Folio	05/5407
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 October 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Luxford, Methodist

765

30 October 1905

Thomas Joseph Sutcliffe
Gertrude Emily Collins

Thomas Joseph Sutcliffe
Gertrude Emily Collins
💍 1905/536

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

27
17

Auckland
Auckland

27 years
1 year

Registrar's Office, Auckland

05/5284

Mary Collins, Mother of Bride

30 October 1905

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	765
Date of Notice	30 October 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Joseph Sutcliffe	Gertrude Emily Collins
	💍 1905/536
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	27	17
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	27 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	05/5284
Consent	Mary Collins, Mother of Bride
Date of Certificate	30 October 1905
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

766

30 October 1905

Sydney Lewis Williams
Frances Maude Maclean

Sydney Lewis Williams
Frances Maude Maclean
💍 1905/535

Bachelor
Spinster

Commission Agent

35
25

Auckland
Auckland

11 years
25 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

05/5283

30 October 1905

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	766
Date of Notice	30 October 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney Lewis Williams	Frances Maude Maclean
	💍 1905/535
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commission Agent
Age	35	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	05/5283
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 October 1905
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

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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).