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 324

District of Te Aroha Quarter ending 30 September 1905 Registrar John George Beswick

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

5 July 1905

James Keeley, Junr.
Florence Epiphany Mason

James Keeley
Florence Epiphany Mason
💍 1905/1494

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Domestic

22
23

Cambridge West (at present Tearoha)
Te Aroha

3 days
4 Weeks

In the dwelling of William H. Windsor, Known as Bathgate Boarding House, Whitaker St, Tearoha

05/3908

5 July 1905

Rev. Joseph Blight, Wesleyan

No	14
Date of Notice	5 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Keeley, Junr.	Florence Epiphany Mason
BDM Match (82%)	James Keeley	Florence Epiphany Mason
	💍 1905/1494
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Domestic
Age	22	23
Dwelling Place	Cambridge West (at present Tearoha)	Te Aroha
Length of Residence	3 days	4 Weeks
Marriage Place	In the dwelling of William H. Windsor, Known as Bathgate Boarding House, Whitaker St, Tearoha
Folio	05/3908
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 July 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. Joseph Blight, Wesleyan

7 July 1905

Harry John Johnson
Mary McCarthy

Harry John Johnson
Mary McCarthy
💍 1905/1443

John Wills
Mary McCarthy
💍 1905/4465

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

27
22

Te Aroha
Te Aroha

13 years
12 years

In the dwelling of John McKee, Tearoha

05/3854

7 July 1905

Rev. James McGuinness, Roman Catholic

No	15
Date of Notice	7 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry John Johnson	Mary McCarthy
	💍 1905/1443
BDM Match (67%)	John Wills	Mary McCarthy
	💍 1905/4465
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Te Aroha	Te Aroha
Length of Residence	13 years	12 years
Marriage Place	In the dwelling of John McKee, Tearoha
Folio	05/3854
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 July 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. James McGuinness, Roman Catholic

31 July 1905

Niels Ernest Mikkelsen
Bertha Marion Bowning

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

32
18

Waitoa
Waihou

5 years
12 Months

In the dwelling of John Bowning at Waihou

05/4566

31 July 1905

Rev. E. W. Cowie, Anglican

No	16
Date of Notice	31 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Niels Ernest Mikkelsen	Bertha Marion Bowning
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	32	18
Dwelling Place	Waitoa	Waihou
Length of Residence	5 years	12 Months
Marriage Place	In the dwelling of John Bowning at Waihou
Folio	05/4566
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 July 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. W. Cowie, Anglican

31 July 1905

Alfred Ernest Wade
Annie Amelia Neeve

Alfred Ernest Wade
Annie Amelia Neeve
💍 1905/1416

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

26
20

Waitoki, Te Aroha
Te Aroha

4 years
4 years

In the office of the Registrar at Te Aroha

05/3850

William Neeve, Father

31 July 1905

The Registrar of Marriages, Te Aroha

No	17
Date of Notice	31 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Ernest Wade	Annie Amelia Neeve
	💍 1905/1416
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	26	20
Dwelling Place	Waitoki, Te Aroha	Te Aroha
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar at Te Aroha
Folio	05/3850
Consent	William Neeve, Father
Date of Certificate	31 July 1905
Officiating Minister	The Registrar of Marriages, Te Aroha

8 August 1905

Frank Llewelyn Bailey
Mary Zoe Brenan

Frank Llewellyn Bailey
Mary Zoe Brenan
💍 1905/1417

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

27
28

Te Aroha
Te Aroha

6 years
20 years

In the dwelling of Richard Brenan at Te Aroha

8 August 1905

Rev. Joseph Blight, Wesleyan

No	18
Date of Notice	8 August 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Llewelyn Bailey	Mary Zoe Brenan
BDM Match (98%)	Frank Llewellyn Bailey	Mary Zoe Brenan
	💍 1905/1417
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	27	28
Dwelling Place	Te Aroha	Te Aroha
Length of Residence	6 years	20 years
Marriage Place	In the dwelling of Richard Brenan at Te Aroha
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 August 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. Joseph Blight, Wesleyan

9 August 1905

Frank Llewelyn Bailey
Mary Zoe Brenan

Frank Llewellyn Bailey
Mary Zoe Brenan
💍 1905/1417

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

27
28

Te Aroha
Te Aroha

6 years
20 years

In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Te Aroha

05/3851

9 August 1905

The Registrar of Marriages, Te Aroha

No	19
Date of Notice	9 August 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Llewelyn Bailey	Mary Zoe Brenan
BDM Match (98%)	Frank Llewellyn Bailey	Mary Zoe Brenan
	💍 1905/1417
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	27	28
Dwelling Place	Te Aroha	Te Aroha
Length of Residence	6 years	20 years
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Te Aroha
Folio	05/3851
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 August 1905
Officiating Minister	The Registrar of Marriages, Te Aroha

12 August 1905

Dennis Bairstow
Margaret Kiley

Dennis Bairstow
Margaret Kiley
💍 1905/2116

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Domestic

30
25

Auckland (at present Tearoha)
Manawaru

3 days
3 Weeks

In the dwelling of Maurice Kiley at Manawaru

05/4567

12 August 1905

Rev. James McGuinness (Cowie), Roman Catholic

No	20
Date of Notice	12 August 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Dennis Bairstow	Margaret Kiley
	💍 1905/2116
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Domestic
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland (at present Tearoha)	Manawaru
Length of Residence	3 days	3 Weeks
Marriage Place	In the dwelling of Maurice Kiley at Manawaru
Folio	05/4567
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 August 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. James McGuinness (Cowie), Roman Catholic

15 August 1905

Samuel Herbert Leyland
Margaret Jane Torrens Taylor

Samuel Herbert Leyland
Margaret Jane Torrens Taylor
💍 1905/1495

Bachelor
Spinster

Timber Merchant

24
24

Auckland (at present Tearoha)
Waihou

3 days
6 years

In the building Known as "The Public Hall", Waihou

05/3909

15 August 1905

Rev. Joseph Blight, Wesleyan

No	21
Date of Notice	15 August 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Herbert Leyland	Margaret Jane Torrens Taylor
	💍 1905/1495
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Timber Merchant
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland (at present Tearoha)	Waihou
Length of Residence	3 days	6 years
Marriage Place	In the building Known as "The Public Hall", Waihou
Folio	05/3909
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 August 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. Joseph Blight, Wesleyan

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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).