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 101

District of Hastings H.Bay Quarter ending 31 December 1905 Registrar Robert Mathwaite

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

9 October 1905

Alfred Leonard Deans
Emma Therza White

Alfred Leonard Deans
Emma Therza White
💍 1905/3701

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman
Domestic

24
22

Hastings H.Bay
Hastings H.Bay

3 days
22 years

St Matthew's Hastings

05/6181

9 October 1905

Rev M A Cockerill

No	39
Date of Notice	9 October 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Leonard Deans	Emma Therza White
	💍 1905/3701
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman	Domestic
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Hastings H.Bay	Hastings H.Bay
Length of Residence	3 days	22 years
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Hastings
Folio	05/6181
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 October 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev M A Cockerill

19 October 1905

William Arthur Lambert
Annie Gell

William Arthur Lambert
Annie Gell
💍 1905/175

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

27
21

Hastings
Hastings

20 years
14 years

Presbyterian Church Hastings

05/5698

19 October 1905

Rev. W. J. Comrie

No	40
Date of Notice	19 October 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Arthur Lambert	Annie Gell
	💍 1905/175
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	20 years	14 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Hastings
Folio	05/5698
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 October 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Comrie

20 October 1905

William Kelly
Emma Ann Davis

William Kelly
Emma Ann Davies
💍 1905/174

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

30
25

Hastings
Hastings

9 years
4 years

Hastings

05/5697

20 October 1905

Rev. W. J. Comrie

No	41
Date of Notice	20 October 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Kelly	Emma Ann Davis
BDM Match (97%)	William Kelly	Emma Ann Davies
	💍 1905/174
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	9 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Hastings
Folio	05/5697
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 October 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Comrie

16 November 1905

Thos Harold Thornton
Eva Davidson

Thomas Harold Thornton
Eva Davidson
💍 1905/176

Bachelor
Spinster

Shopmanager
Dressmaker

23
25

Clive H.Bay
Clive H.Bay

23 years
25 years

Clive H.Bay

05/5699

16 November 1905

Rev. W. J. Comrie

No	42
Date of Notice	16 November 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thos Harold Thornton	Eva Davidson
BDM Match (95%)	Thomas Harold Thornton	Eva Davidson
	💍 1905/176
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shopmanager	Dressmaker
Age	23	25
Dwelling Place	Clive H.Bay	Clive H.Bay
Length of Residence	23 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Clive H.Bay
Folio	05/5699
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 November 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Comrie

20 November 1905

William Parsons Thompson
Margaret Ann Isabell Rowe

William Parsons Thompson
Margaret Ann Isabell Rowe
💍 1905/3209

Bachelor
Spinster

Shepherd
Dressmaker

30
30

Hastings H.Bay
Hastings H.Bay

14 days
5 years

Hastings H.Bay

05/5700

20 November 1905

Rev. W. J. Comrie

No	43
Date of Notice	20 November 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Parsons Thompson	Margaret Ann Isabell Rowe
	💍 1905/3209
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd	Dressmaker
Age	30	30
Dwelling Place	Hastings H.Bay	Hastings H.Bay
Length of Residence	14 days	5 years
Marriage Place	Hastings H.Bay
Folio	05/5700
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 November 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Comrie

22 November 1905

Bertram Sydow
Rose Anna Zwirnmann Brausch

Bertram Sydow
Rose Annie Zwirmama Bransch
💍 1905/3702

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic

21
20

Hastings
Hastings

1 year
20 years

Church England Hastings

05/6182

Charles Zwirnmann Brausch, Father

22 November 1905

Rev. M A Cockerill

No	44
Date of Notice	22 November 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bertram Sydow	Rose Anna Zwirnmann Brausch
BDM Match (89%)	Bertram Sydow	Rose Annie Zwirmama Bransch
	💍 1905/3702
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic
Age	21	20
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	1 year	20 years
Marriage Place	Church England Hastings
Folio	05/6182
Consent	Charles Zwirnmann Brausch, Father
Date of Certificate	22 November 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. M A Cockerill

25 November 1905

Francis Lawrence Schdroski
Florence Anderson

Francis Lawrence Schdroski
Florence Anderson
💍 1905/3220

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

20
18

Hastings
Hastings

6 days
1 year

Residence of Rev. W. J. Comrie

05/5701

William Henry Anderson, Father

25 November 1905

Rev. W. J. Comrie

No	45
Date of Notice	25 November 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Lawrence Schdroski	Florence Anderson
	💍 1905/3220
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	20	18
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	6 days	1 year
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. W. J. Comrie
Folio	05/5701
Consent	William Henry Anderson, Father
Date of Certificate	25 November 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Comrie

25 November 1905

William Francis Cook
Hilda Emma Douglass

William Francis Cook
Hilda Emma Douglass
💍 1905/3228

Bachelor
Spinster

Shepherd
Domestic

23
22

Te Mahanga H.Bay
Havelock H.Bay

5 months
20 years

Registrar's Office Hastings

05/5703

25 November 1905

R M Brathwaite Deputy Registrar

No	46
Date of Notice	25 November 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Francis Cook	Hilda Emma Douglass
	💍 1905/3228
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd	Domestic
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Te Mahanga H.Bay	Havelock H.Bay
Length of Residence	5 months	20 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Hastings
Folio	05/5703
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 November 1905
Officiating Minister	R M Brathwaite Deputy Registrar

21 December 1905

Herbert Christian
Nellie Emmielyne Dearlove

Herbert Christian
Nellie Emmelyne Dearlove
💍 1905/3227

Bachelor
Spinster

Cycle Engineer
Domestic

32
21

Hastings
Hastings

11 months
21 years

At the Residence of J. W. Dearlove

05/5702

21 December 1905

Rev. W. J. Comrie

No	47
Date of Notice	21 December 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Christian	Nellie Emmielyne Dearlove
BDM Match (98%)	Herbert Christian	Nellie Emmelyne Dearlove
	💍 1905/3227
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cycle Engineer	Domestic
Age	32	21
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	11 months	21 years
Marriage Place	At the Residence of J. W. Dearlove
Folio	05/5702
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 December 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Comrie

28 December 1905

Robert Griffiths
Elizabeth Cock

Robert Griffiths
Elizabeth Cock
💍 1906/1706

Bachelor
Spinster

Shepherd
Domestic

28
29

Hastings
Hastings

28 years
29 years

Wesleyan Church Hastings

06/401

28 December 1905

Rev. J. G. Carr

No	48
Date of Notice	28 December 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Griffiths	Elizabeth Cock
	💍 1906/1706
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd	Domestic
Age	28	29
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	28 years	29 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church Hastings
Folio	06/401
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 December 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. G. Carr

These records have been automatically transcribed and must be verified using the page image (below)

100% Contrast

100% Brightness

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).