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 703

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

474

3 November 1905

George Albert Parkes
Ellen Jane Graham

George Albert Parkes
Ellen Jane Graham
💍 1905/2882

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

28
26

Auckland
Remuera

24 years
20 years

St. Mark's Church

05/5346

3 November 1905

Rev. W. Beathy, Church of England

No	474
Date of Notice	3 November 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Albert Parkes	Ellen Jane Graham
	💍 1905/2882
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Remuera
Length of Residence	24 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church
Folio	05/5346
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 November 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beathy, Church of England

475

4 November 1905

Benjamin John Fuller
Elizabeth Mary Thomson

Benjamin John Fuller
Elizabeth Mary Thomson
💍 1905/3669

Widower
Spinster

Theatrical Proprietor

30
26

Auckland
Ponsonby

5 weeks
26 years

Sacred Heart Church

05/6172

4 November 1905

Rev. D. O. Egan, Roman Catholic

No	475
Date of Notice	4 November 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Benjamin John Fuller	Elizabeth Mary Thomson
	💍 1905/3669
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Theatrical Proprietor
Age	30	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	5 weeks	26 years
Marriage Place	Sacred Heart Church
Folio	05/6172
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 November 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. O. Egan, Roman Catholic

476

6 November 1905

Joshua Henry Jaggar
Coromandel Huron as Jaggar Smith Mary Eliza Kelly

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

30
26

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
26 years

St. Benedict's Church

05/5394

6 November 1905

Rev. J. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

No	476
Date of Notice	6 November 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joshua Henry Jaggar	Coromandel Huron as Jaggar Smith Mary Eliza Kelly
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	30	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	26 years
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church
Folio	05/5394
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 November 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

477

6 November 1905

Jack Lorraine Davis
Violet Hannah Hamilton

Jack Lorraine Davis
Violet Hannah Hamilton
💍 1905/537

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

35
20

Whitford
Auckland

1 year
20 years

Registrar's Office

05/5282

E. H. Lyons, father

6 November 1905

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	477
Date of Notice	6 November 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Jack Lorraine Davis	Violet Hannah Hamilton
	💍 1905/537
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	35	20
Dwelling Place	Whitford	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	20 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	05/5282
Consent	E. H. Lyons, father
Date of Certificate	6 November 1905
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

478

6 November 1905

John Vanise Tubberty
Mary Ann Tubberty

John Vause
Mary Ann Tubberty
💍 1905/2902

Widower
Widow

Gas Works Employee

58
45

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
20 years

St. Benedict's Church

05/5393

6 November 1905

Rev. J. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

No	478
Date of Notice	6 November 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Vanise Tubberty	Mary Ann Tubberty
BDM Match (73%)	John Vause	Mary Ann Tubberty
	💍 1905/2902
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Gas Works Employee
Age	58	45
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church
Folio	05/5393
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 November 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

479

6 November 1905

Henry Wilfred Slater
Ethel Amelia Marshall

Henry Wilfred Slator
Ethel Amelia Marshall
💍 1905/538

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

27
20

Auckland
Auckland

27 years
20 years

Registrar's Office

05/5286

Rebecca Wendelin, mother

6 November 1905

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	479
Date of Notice	6 November 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Wilfred Slater	Ethel Amelia Marshall
BDM Match (98%)	Henry Wilfred Slator	Ethel Amelia Marshall
	💍 1905/538
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	27	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	27 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	05/5286
Consent	Rebecca Wendelin, mother
Date of Certificate	6 November 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).