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).

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District of Gisborne Quarter ending 30 September 1905 Registrar George John Alexander Johnstone

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

1581

3 July 1905

Herbert Edward Royds
Florence McElive

Herbert Edward Royds
Florence McCleod
💍 1905/3646

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

30
21

Gisborne
Gisborne

6 years
all her life

Presbyterian Church, Bright St. Gisborne

05/6148

3 July 1905

Rev. Jas. Gillies Paterson, Presbyterian

No	1581
Date of Notice	3 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Edward Royds	Florence McElive
BDM Match (88%)	Herbert Edward Royds	Florence McCleod
	💍 1905/3646
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	30	21
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	6 years	all her life
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Bright St. Gisborne
Folio	05/6148
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 July 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. Jas. Gillies Paterson, Presbyterian

1582

7 July 1905

Henry John Mirvan McIntyre
Mary Elizabeth Tanton Ellis

Henry John Mirvan McIntyre
Mary Elizabeth Lanton Ellis
💍 1905/1357

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer

34
38

Gisborne
Gisborne

1 month
3 months

Office of Reg. of Marriages, Gisborne

05/3792

7 July 1905

Reg. Marriages, Gisborne

No	1582
Date of Notice	7 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry John Mirvan McIntyre	Mary Elizabeth Tanton Ellis
BDM Match (98%)	Henry John Mirvan McIntyre	Mary Elizabeth Lanton Ellis
	💍 1905/1357
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer
Age	34	38
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	1 month	3 months
Marriage Place	Office of Reg. of Marriages, Gisborne
Folio	05/3792
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 July 1905
Officiating Minister	Reg. Marriages, Gisborne

1583

10 July 1905

Joseph Eddy
Elizabeth Whittock

Joseph Eddy
Elizabeth Whitlock
💍 1905/1366

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Lady help

28
24

Waerengaahika, Poverty Bay
Waerengaahika, Poverty Bay

3 years
1 year

Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne

05/3800

10 July 1905

Rev. Leslie Dawson Thomas, Church of England

No	1583
Date of Notice	10 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Eddy	Elizabeth Whittock
BDM Match (97%)	Joseph Eddy	Elizabeth Whitlock
	💍 1905/1366
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Lady help
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Waerengaahika, Poverty Bay	Waerengaahika, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	3 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne
Folio	05/3800
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 July 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. Leslie Dawson Thomas, Church of England

1584

11 July 1905

Ewen Angus Turnbull Cameron
Eva Norrington commonly known as Eva Jones

Bachelor
Spinster

Shepherd

21
19

Bushmere, Poverty Bay
Matawhero, Poverty Bay

all life
all life

Res. Mr Wm Jones, Matawhero, Poverty Bay

05/6149

Wm Jones, Father

11 July 1905

Rev. Jas. Gillies Paterson, Presbyterian

No	1584
Date of Notice	11 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ewen Angus Turnbull Cameron	Eva Norrington commonly known as Eva Jones
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Bushmere, Poverty Bay	Matawhero, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	all life	all life
Marriage Place	Res. Mr Wm Jones, Matawhero, Poverty Bay
Folio	05/6149
Consent	Wm Jones, Father
Date of Certificate	11 July 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. Jas. Gillies Paterson, Presbyterian

1585

13 July 1905

William Jamieson Palmer
Melbrough Jenkins

William Jamieson Palmer
Melbrough Jenkins
💍 1905/1358

Bachelor
Spinster

Carriage builder
Domestic servant

24
23

Gisborne
Gisborne

2 weeks
4 days

Office of Reg. of Marriages, Gisborne

05/3793

13 July 1905

Regr. Marriages, Gisborne

No	1585
Date of Notice	13 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Jamieson Palmer	Melbrough Jenkins
	💍 1905/1358
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carriage builder	Domestic servant
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	2 weeks	4 days
Marriage Place	Office of Reg. of Marriages, Gisborne
Folio	05/3793
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 July 1905
Officiating Minister	Regr. Marriages, Gisborne

1586

14 July 1905

William Edmund Shaw
Annie Edith McLean

William Edmund Shaw
Annie Edith McLean
💍 1905/1365

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheepfarmer

37
30

Rakauroa, Poverty Bay
Rakauroa, Poverty Bay

35 years
15 years

Res. of Mr A. McLean, Rakauroa, Poverty Bay

05/3794

14 July 1905

Rev. Mat. W. Butterfield, Church of England

No	1586
Date of Notice	14 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Edmund Shaw	Annie Edith McLean
	💍 1905/1365
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheepfarmer
Age	37	30
Dwelling Place	Rakauroa, Poverty Bay	Rakauroa, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	35 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Res. of Mr A. McLean, Rakauroa, Poverty Bay
Folio	05/3794
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 July 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. Mat. W. Butterfield, Church of England

1587

16 July 1905

William Brendon Martyn
Margaret Agnes Fahey

William Branden Martyn
Margaret Agnes Fahey
💍 1905/1394

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

28
28

Te Karaka
Gisborne

3 years
3 years

St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Gisborne

05/3805

16 July 1905

Rev. Thos. Mulvihill, Roman Catholic

No	1587
Date of Notice	16 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Brendon Martyn	Margaret Agnes Fahey
BDM Match (95%)	William Branden Martyn	Margaret Agnes Fahey
	💍 1905/1394
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	28	28
Dwelling Place	Te Karaka	Gisborne
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Gisborne
Folio	05/3805
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 July 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thos. Mulvihill, Roman Catholic

1588

18 July 1905

Alexander Blair
Margaret Dunne

Alexander Blair
Margaret Dunne
💍 1905/1395

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer
Laundress Domestic servant

32
28

Gisborne
Gisborne

5 years
2 years

St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Gisborne

05/3806

18 July 1905

Rev. Michael J. Furlong, Roman Catholic

No	1588
Date of Notice	18 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Blair	Margaret Dunne
	💍 1905/1395
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer	Laundress Domestic servant
Age	32	28
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	5 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Gisborne
Folio	05/3806
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 July 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. Michael J. Furlong, 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).