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 Inglewood Quarter ending 31 March 1905 Registrar G. W. Bennett

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

515

26 January 1905

John James Brick
Bertha Catherine Frost

John James Urick
Bertha Catherine Frost
💍 1905/4891

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer

27
18

Moa District
Moa District

2 years
16 years

at the Roman Catholic Church at Inglewood

05/845

Richard Frost, father of Bertha Catherine Frost

26 January 1905

Rev. Jas. McKenna

No	515
Date of Notice	26 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John James Brick	Bertha Catherine Frost
BDM Match (97%)	John James Urick	Bertha Catherine Frost
	💍 1905/4891
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer
Age	27	18
Dwelling Place	Moa District	Moa District
Length of Residence	2 years	16 years
Marriage Place	at the Roman Catholic Church at Inglewood
Folio	05/845
Consent	Richard Frost, father of Bertha Catherine Frost
Date of Certificate	26 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. Jas. McKenna

516

30 January 1905

Thomas Henry Phillips
Lily Duffill

Thomas Henry Phillips
Lily Duffill
💍 1905/5671

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinetmaker

28
24

Inglewood
Inglewood

2 1/2 years
12 years

at the Church of England at Inglewood

05/360

31 January 1905

Rev. H. Rowe

No	516
Date of Notice	30 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Henry Phillips	Lily Duffill
	💍 1905/5671
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinetmaker
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Inglewood	Inglewood
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	12 years
Marriage Place	at the Church of England at Inglewood
Folio	05/360
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Rowe

517

1 February 1905

Edgar James Brittain
Vita Kate Crozier

Edgar James Brittain
Vita Kate Crozier
💍 1905/5670

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

28
28

Moa District
Moa District

4 years
15 years

at the residence of Mr. John Crozier, Surrey Road

05/359

1 February 1905

Rev. H. Rowe

No	517
Date of Notice	1 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edgar James Brittain	Vita Kate Crozier
	💍 1905/5670
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	28	28
Dwelling Place	Moa District	Moa District
Length of Residence	4 years	15 years
Marriage Place	at the residence of Mr. John Crozier, Surrey Road
Folio	05/359
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Rowe

518

10 February 1905

Frederick Ludemann
May Louisa Standing

Frederick Ludemann
May Louisa Standing
💍 1905/6489

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer

25
19

Inglewood
Inglewood

4 years
19 years

at the Wesleyan Church at Inglewood

05/1555

Frank Standing, father of May Louisa Standing

10 February 1905

Rev. J. J. Rendray

No	518
Date of Notice	10 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Ludemann	May Louisa Standing
	💍 1905/6489
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer
Age	25	19
Dwelling Place	Inglewood	Inglewood
Length of Residence	4 years	19 years
Marriage Place	at the Wesleyan Church at Inglewood
Folio	05/1555
Consent	Frank Standing, father of May Louisa Standing
Date of Certificate	10 February 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Rendray

519

17 March 1905

James Hume
Ellen Hepworth

James Hume
Ellen Hepworth
💍 1905/5667

Bachelor
Spinster

Stationmaster
School teacher

32
24

Tariki, Moa District
Tariki, Moa District

3 years
4 years

at St. Mary's Church at New Plymouth

05/879

17 March 1905

Rev. F. G. Evans

No	519
Date of Notice	17 March 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Hume	Ellen Hepworth
	💍 1905/5667
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stationmaster	School teacher
Age	32	24
Dwelling Place	Tariki, Moa District	Tariki, Moa District
Length of Residence	3 years	4 years
Marriage Place	at St. Mary's Church at New Plymouth
Folio	05/879
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 March 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. G. Evans

520

28 March 1905

Leslie Banks
Lizzie Christie

Leslie Banks
Lizzie Christie
💍 1905/5672

Bachelor
Spinster

Card board Manufacturer

26
21

Inglewood
Inglewood

5 days
5 days

at the Residence of Mr. G. Cook at Inglewood

05/361

28 March 1905

Rev. J. D. Webster

No	520
Date of Notice	28 March 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie Banks	Lizzie Christie
	💍 1905/5672
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Card board Manufacturer
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Inglewood	Inglewood
Length of Residence	5 days	5 days
Marriage Place	at the Residence of Mr. G. Cook at Inglewood
Folio	05/361
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 March 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. D. Webster

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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).