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 Hamilton Quarter ending 30 June 1905 Registrar James Shiner Bond

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

7 April 1905

Henry Kissel
Bertha Maria Merrington

Henry Kissel
Bertha Maria Merrington
💍 1905/6654

Widower
Spinster

Civil servant
home duties

44
25

Mt Roskill Auckland
Hamilton

6 years
9 years

St Peters Anglican Church Hamilton

05/1870

7 April 1905

Norman E. W. Radcliffe, Anglican Clergyman

No	14
Date of Notice	7 April 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Kissel	Bertha Maria Merrington
	💍 1905/6654
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Civil servant	home duties
Age	44	25
Dwelling Place	Mt Roskill Auckland	Hamilton
Length of Residence	6 years	9 years
Marriage Place	St Peters Anglican Church Hamilton
Folio	05/1870
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 April 1905
Officiating Minister	Norman E. W. Radcliffe, Anglican Clergyman

18 April 1905

William Smith
Agnes Wilson Gilmour

William Smith
Agnes Gilmour Wilson
💍 1905/6672

Bachelor
Spinster

labourer
domestic duties

29
25

Karamu
Whatawhata

29 years
20 years

Presbyterian Church Hamilton

05/1864

18 April 1905

Rev. J. C. Adams, Presbyterian Minister

No	15
Date of Notice	18 April 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Smith	Agnes Wilson Gilmour
BDM Match (80%)	William Smith	Agnes Gilmour Wilson
	💍 1905/6672
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	labourer	domestic duties
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Karamu	Whatawhata
Length of Residence	29 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Hamilton
Folio	05/1864
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 April 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. C. Adams, Presbyterian Minister

22 April 1905

William James Coombes
Alice Greaves

William James Coombes
Alice Greaves
💍 1905/6655

Bachelor
Spinster

platelayer
home duties

28
26

Hamilton
Hamilton

7 days
7 days

Residence of Dr. Anne Coombes, Hamilton East

05/1871

22 April 1905

Rev. Norman W. Radcliffe

No	16
Date of Notice	22 April 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William James Coombes	Alice Greaves
	💍 1905/6655
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	platelayer	home duties
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	7 days	7 days
Marriage Place	Residence of Dr. Anne Coombes, Hamilton East
Folio	05/1871
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 April 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. Norman W. Radcliffe

22 April 1905

Herman Henry Moser Jessup
Minnie Reid Norton

Herman Henry Maser Jessop
Minnie Reid Morton
💍 1905/6673

Bachelor
Spinster

commercial Traveller
home duties

33
28

Hamilton
Hamilton

3 days
7 days

Residence of Rev. J. C. Browning, Hamilton East

05/1865

22 April 1905

Rev. J. C. Adams

No	17
Date of Notice	22 April 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herman Henry Moser Jessup	Minnie Reid Norton
BDM Match (93%)	Herman Henry Maser Jessop	Minnie Reid Morton
	💍 1905/6673
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	commercial Traveller	home duties
Age	33	28
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	3 days	7 days
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. J. C. Browning, Hamilton East
Folio	05/1865
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 April 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. C. Adams

1 May 1905

Edward Hall
Annie Constance Taylor

Edward Hall
Annie Constance Taylor
💍 1905/6606

Bachelor
Spinster

draper
home duties

41
30

Ponsonby, Auckland
Hamilton

8 months
8 months

Brides residence Auckland Sentinel Road Ponsonby, Auckland

05/1794

1 May 1905

Rev. John Wilkins

No	18
Date of Notice	1 May 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Hall	Annie Constance Taylor
	💍 1905/6606
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	draper	home duties
Age	41	30
Dwelling Place	Ponsonby, Auckland	Hamilton
Length of Residence	8 months	8 months
Marriage Place	Brides residence Auckland Sentinel Road Ponsonby, Auckland
Folio	05/1794
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 May 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Wilkins

6 May 1905

William Otto Zellman
Edith Mary Crowley

William Otto Lellman
Edith Mary Crowley
💍 1905/6661

Bachelor
Spinster

Factory assistant
domestic duties

22
17

Frankton
Ngaruawahia

4 years
6 weeks

Anglican Church Ngaruawahia

05/1876

Thomas William Crowley, Father

6 May 1905

Rev. Arthur Beck

No	19
Date of Notice	6 May 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Otto Zellman	Edith Mary Crowley
BDM Match (98%)	William Otto Lellman	Edith Mary Crowley
	💍 1905/6661
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Factory assistant	domestic duties
Age	22	17
Dwelling Place	Frankton	Ngaruawahia
Length of Residence	4 years	6 weeks
Marriage Place	Anglican Church Ngaruawahia
Folio	05/1876
Consent	Thomas William Crowley, Father
Date of Certificate	6 May 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. Arthur Beck

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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).