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 Thames Quarter ending 31 March 1905 Registrar William P. Potts

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

4 January 1905

Charles Parkinson
Mary Cooper

Charles Parkinson
Mary Cooper
💍 1905/4782

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

34
34

Thames
Thames

4 days
21 days

Church of England, Thames

05/324

4 January 1905

Rev. D. C. Callaghan, Church of England

No	1
Date of Notice	4 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Parkinson	Mary Cooper
	💍 1905/4782
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	34	34
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	4 days	21 days
Marriage Place	Church of England, Thames
Folio	05/324
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. C. Callaghan, Church of England

21 January 1905

Howard Owen
Rose Hayward Harvey

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman
Domestic

21
19

Thames
Thames

8 years
17 years

at the house of Mrs. Hurley, Thames

05/316

James Harvey, father

21 January 1905

Rev. O. J. Thompson, Presbyterian

No	2
Date of Notice	21 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Howard Owen	Rose Hayward Harvey
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman	Domestic
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	8 years	17 years
Marriage Place	at the house of Mrs. Hurley, Thames
Folio	05/316
Consent	James Harvey, father
Date of Certificate	21 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. O. J. Thompson, Presbyterian

21 January 1905

Francis Wilson
Mary Christina Common

Francis Wilson Gibb
Mary Christina Connon
💍 1905/4783

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith
Dressmaker

27
23

Thames
Thames

27 years
23 years

Church of England, Thames

05/325

21 January 1905

Rev. D. C. Callaghan, Church of England

No	3
Date of Notice	21 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Wilson	Mary Christina Common
BDM Match (82%)	Francis Wilson Gibb	Mary Christina Connon
	💍 1905/4783
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith	Dressmaker
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	27 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Thames
Folio	05/325
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. C. Callaghan, Church of England

31 January 1905

Robert Darrah
Jane Olive Green

Robert Darrah
Jane Olive Green
💍 1905/4779

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

32
18

Omahu
Omahu

20 years
15 years

at the house of Mr. Green, Omahu

05/321

Arthur Green, father

31 January 1905

Rev. W. Chowie, Church of England

No	4
Date of Notice	31 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Darrah	Jane Olive Green
	💍 1905/4779
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	32	18
Dwelling Place	Omahu	Omahu
Length of Residence	20 years	15 years
Marriage Place	at the house of Mr. Green, Omahu
Folio	05/321
Consent	Arthur Green, father
Date of Certificate	31 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Chowie, Church of England

6 February 1905

Albert Stanley Newstead
Ellen Louisa Williams

Albert Stanley Newsted Thorburn
Ellen Louisa Williams
💍 1905/6262

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant
Domestic

23
25

Thames
Thames

23 years
25 years

at the house of J. Newman

05/1263

6 February 1905

Rev. J. Henderson, Primitive Methodist

No	5
Date of Notice	6 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Stanley Newstead	Ellen Louisa Williams
BDM Match (84%)	Albert Stanley Newsted Thorburn	Ellen Louisa Williams
	💍 1905/6262
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant	Domestic
Age	23	25
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	23 years	25 years
Marriage Place	at the house of J. Newman
Folio	05/1263
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 February 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Henderson, Primitive Methodist

7 February 1905

Owen Clarken
Annie Glasgow

Owen Clarken
Annie Glasgow
💍 1905/4780

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Domestic

22
19

Thames
Thames

22 years
19 years

at the house of Mr. Glasgow, Thames

05/322

James Glasgow, father

8 February 1905

Rev. T. S. Taylor, Church of Christ

No	6
Date of Notice	7 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Owen Clarken	Annie Glasgow
	💍 1905/4780
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Domestic
Age	22	19
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	22 years	19 years
Marriage Place	at the house of Mr. Glasgow, Thames
Folio	05/322
Consent	James Glasgow, father
Date of Certificate	8 February 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. S. Taylor, Church of Christ

13 February 1905

Ripi Maraia
Rahere

Widower
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

43
21

Thames
Thames

6 days
9 days

Church of Jesus Christ, Kirikiri

05/320

13 February 1905

Charles B. Bartell, Church of Jesus Christ

No	7
Date of Notice	13 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ripi Maraia	Rahere
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	43	21
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	6 days	9 days
Marriage Place	Church of Jesus Christ, Kirikiri
Folio	05/320
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1905
Officiating Minister	Charles B. Bartell, Church of Jesus Christ

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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).