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 599

District of Hamilton Quarter ending 31 March 1905

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

18 January 1905

William Henry Paul
Isabel Josephine Entrican

William Henry Paul
Isabel Josephine Eutrican
💍 1905/5574

Bachelor
Spinster

Stationer
Home Duties

26
Full Age

Hamilton
Auckland

4 years
9 years

At the residence of the bride's parents, Wood St. Ponsonby, Auckland

05/133

18 January 1905

Rev. I. Entrican

No	1
Date of Notice	18 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Paul	Isabel Josephine Entrican
BDM Match (98%)	William Henry Paul	Isabel Josephine Eutrican
	💍 1905/5574
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stationer	Home Duties
Age	26	Full Age
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	9 years
Marriage Place	At the residence of the bride's parents, Wood St. Ponsonby, Auckland
Folio	05/133
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. I. Entrican

23 January 1905

Charles Edward Phillips
Emma Pearson

Charles Ed Phillips
Emma Pearson
💍 1905/6651

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer's Assistant
School Teacher

27
23

Ngaruawahia
Ngaruawahia

7 months
6 days

Wesleyan Church, Ngaruawahia

05/1867

23 January 1905

Rev. Alex John Reed

No	2
Date of Notice	23 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Edward Phillips	Emma Pearson
BDM Match (91%)	Charles Ed Phillips	Emma Pearson
	💍 1905/6651
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer's Assistant	School Teacher
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Ngaruawahia	Ngaruawahia
Length of Residence	7 months	6 days
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church, Ngaruawahia
Folio	05/1867
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. Alex John Reed

28 January 1905

William Matthew Cann
Alice Mary Davies

William Matthew Cann
Alice Mary Davies
💍 1905/5696

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Home Duties

28
19

Kirikiriroa
Kirikiriroa

18 months
Since Birth

Presbyterian Church, Hamilton East

05/262

John Davies (father)

28 January 1905

Rev. Ernest Adams

No	3
Date of Notice	28 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Matthew Cann	Alice Mary Davies
	💍 1905/5696
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Home Duties
Age	28	19
Dwelling Place	Kirikiriroa	Kirikiriroa
Length of Residence	18 months	Since Birth
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Hamilton East
Folio	05/262
Consent	John Davies (father)
Date of Certificate	28 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. Ernest Adams

4 February 1905

Frederick Michael Syms
Agnes Fanny Wilson

Frederick Michael Syms
Agnes Fanny Wilson
💍 1905/5694

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist
Home Duties

27
22

Hamilton
Hamilton

3 days
Since Birth

St. Peter's Anglican Church, Hamilton

05/260

4 February 1905

Rev. N. R. W. Radcliffe

No	4
Date of Notice	4 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Michael Syms	Agnes Fanny Wilson
	💍 1905/5694
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist	Home Duties
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	3 days	Since Birth
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Anglican Church, Hamilton
Folio	05/260
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. N. R. W. Radcliffe

10 February 1905

James Joass
Rose Veronica McBride

James Joass
Rose Veronica McBride
💍 1905/4906

Bachelor
Spinster

Canvasser
Housemaid

35
28

Hamilton
Hamilton

9 months
14 days

St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Hamilton

05/838

10 February 1905

Rev. Father J. C. Darby

No	5
Date of Notice	10 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Joass	Rose Veronica McBride
	💍 1905/4906
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Canvasser	Housemaid
Age	35	28
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	9 months	14 days
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Hamilton
Folio	05/838
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father J. C. Darby

16 February 1905

John Hayden Mellars
Edith May O'Brien

John Hayden Mellars
Edith May O'Brien
💍 1905/4757

Bachelor
Spinster

Flax Miller
Home Duties

31
23

Taupiri
Ngaruawahia

15 years
4 years

Roman Catholic Church, Ngaruawahia

05/257

16 February 1905

Rev. Father Corcoran

No	6
Date of Notice	16 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Hayden Mellars	Edith May O'Brien
	💍 1905/4757
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Flax Miller	Home Duties
Age	31	23
Dwelling Place	Taupiri	Ngaruawahia
Length of Residence	15 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Ngaruawahia
Folio	05/257
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 February 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father Corcoran

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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).