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 30 September 1905 Registrar William H. 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

1 July 1905

Samuel William Page
Elizabeth Maud Robinson

Samuel William Page
Elizabeth Maud Robinson
💍 1905/1434

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman
Domestic duties

29
26

Thames
Thames

4 years
26 years

In the house of Mr. W. H. Robinson, Thames

05/3869

1 July 1905

E. H. Taylor, Church of Christ

No	29
Date of Notice	1 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel William Page	Elizabeth Maud Robinson
	💍 1905/1434
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman	Domestic duties
Age	29	26
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	4 years	26 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. W. H. Robinson, Thames
Folio	05/3869
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 July 1905
Officiating Minister	E. H. Taylor, Church of Christ

3 July 1905

Thomas Dixon
Annie Trebilcock

Thomas Dixon
Annie Trebilcock
💍 1905/1927

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman
Domestic duties

30
25

Thames
Thames

3 years
20 years

In the house of Mr. F. Trebilcock, Thames

05/4397

3 July 1905

Rev. R. Taylor, Wesleyan Methodist

No	30
Date of Notice	3 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Dixon	Annie Trebilcock
	💍 1905/1927
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman	Domestic duties
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	3 years	20 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. F. Trebilcock, Thames
Folio	05/4397
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 July 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Taylor, Wesleyan Methodist

8 July 1905

Frederick Charles White
Winifred Caroline Jenkins

Frederick Charles White
Winifred Caroline Jenkins
💍 1905/1928

Bachelor
Spinster

Ironmonger
Domestic duties

25
25

Thames
Thames

1 day
25 years

In the house of Mr. Jenkins, Thames

05/4398

12 July 1905

Rev. R. Taylor, Wesleyan Methodist

No	31
Date of Notice	8 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Charles White	Winifred Caroline Jenkins
	💍 1905/1928
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ironmonger	Domestic duties
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	1 day	25 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. Jenkins, Thames
Folio	05/4398
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 July 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Taylor, Wesleyan Methodist

11 July 1905

William George Tudball Uffer
Janet Williams

William George Tudball Offer
Janet Williams
💍 1905/1929

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker
Domestic duties

27
24

Thames
Thames

2 days
24 years

In the house of Mr. J. P. Williams, Thames

05/4399

12 July 1905

Rev. R. Taylor, Wesleyan Methodist

No	32
Date of Notice	11 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William George Tudball Uffer	Janet Williams
BDM Match (98%)	William George Tudball Offer	Janet Williams
	💍 1905/1929
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker	Domestic duties
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	2 days	24 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. J. P. Williams, Thames
Folio	05/4399
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 July 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Taylor, Wesleyan Methodist

11 July 1905

Fred Billing
Laura Howe

Fred Billing
Laura Elizabeth Howe
💍 1905/1442

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer
Domestic duties

35
20

Thames
Thames

33 years
20 years

Primitive Methodist Church, Thames

05/3876

Alfred Howe, father of Laura Howe

11 July 1905

Rev. S. Henderson, Primitive Methodist

No	33
Date of Notice	11 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Fred Billing	Laura Howe
BDM Match (75%)	Fred Billing	Laura Elizabeth Howe
	💍 1905/1442
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer	Domestic duties
Age	35	20
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	33 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Thames
Folio	05/3876
Consent	Alfred Howe, father of Laura Howe
Date of Certificate	11 July 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. Henderson, Primitive Methodist

20 July 1905

Hugh Morrison
Mary Jane Innes

Hugh Morrison
Mary Jane Innes
💍 1905/1433

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

39
26

Heikutia
Wharepoa

16 years
20 years

In the house of Mr. Innes, Wharepoa

05/3868

20 July 1905

Rev. A. J. Thompson, Presbyterian

No	34
Date of Notice	20 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh Morrison	Mary Jane Innes
	💍 1905/1433
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	39	26
Dwelling Place	Heikutia	Wharepoa
Length of Residence	16 years	20 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. Innes, Wharepoa
Folio	05/3868
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 July 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. J. Thompson, Presbyterian

24 July 1905

Tom Oswald Peck
Isabella Gillan

Tom Oswald Peck
Isabella Gillan
💍 1905/1432

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

29
25

Puriri
Puriri

2 years
25 years

In the house of Mrs. Gillan, Puriri

05/3867

24 July 1905

Rev. A. J. Thompson, Presbyterian

No	35
Date of Notice	24 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Tom Oswald Peck	Isabella Gillan
	💍 1905/1432
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Puriri	Puriri
Length of Residence	2 years	25 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs. Gillan, Puriri
Folio	05/3867
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 July 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. J. Thompson, Presbyterian

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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).