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 Horsewood Quarter ending 30 September 1905 Registrar Ole Ericksen

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

14/2

12 July 1905

Francis Samuel Arthur Love
Millie Margarette Sauder

Francis Samuel Atkins Lane
Millie Margarette Sander
💍 1905/1828

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

22
20

Kimbolton
Horsewood

4 Days
20 years

At the house of F. C. Sauder, Horsewood

05/4032

P. C. Sauder, Father

Rev. B. Petersen, Horsewood

No	14/2
Date of Notice	12 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Samuel Arthur Love	Millie Margarette Sauder
BDM Match (84%)	Francis Samuel Atkins Lane	Millie Margarette Sander
	💍 1905/1828
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Kimbolton	Horsewood
Length of Residence	4 Days	20 years
Marriage Place	At the house of F. C. Sauder, Horsewood
Folio	05/4032
Consent	P. C. Sauder, Father
Date of Certificate
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. Petersen, Horsewood

14/3

19 July 1905

James Peter Meldrum
Alma Signa Magnussen

James Peter Meldrum Humphrey
Alma Signa Magnussen
💍 1905/1826

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman
Domestic

28
23

Dannevirke
Horsewood

3 Days
23 years

At the house of F. Magnussen, Horsewood

05/4080

Rev. J. King, Horsewood

No	14/3
Date of Notice	19 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Peter Meldrum	Alma Signa Magnussen
BDM Match (84%)	James Peter Meldrum Humphrey	Alma Signa Magnussen
	💍 1905/1826
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman	Domestic
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Horsewood
Length of Residence	3 Days	23 years
Marriage Place	At the house of F. Magnussen, Horsewood
Folio	05/4080
Consent
Date of Certificate
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. King, Horsewood

14/4

21 August 1905

Johan Martin Andersen
Mary Ann Laves Ellena Blackburn

John Martin Anderson
Mary Ann Lane Eleanor Blackburn
💍 1905/1830

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Dressmaker

29
25

Horsewood
Horsewood

29 years
25 years

At the house of J. J. Blackburn, Horsewood

05/4034

Rev. J. Oliver, Horsewood

No	14/4
Date of Notice	21 August 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Johan Martin Andersen	Mary Ann Laves Ellena Blackburn
BDM Match (86%)	John Martin Anderson	Mary Ann Lane Eleanor Blackburn
	💍 1905/1830
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Dressmaker
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Horsewood	Horsewood
Length of Residence	29 years	25 years
Marriage Place	At the house of J. J. Blackburn, Horsewood
Folio	05/4034
Consent
Date of Certificate
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Oliver, Horsewood

14/5

4 September 1905

Christian Jensen
Annette Mathilde Sauder

Christian Jensen
Annette Matilda Sander
💍 1905/1829

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

39
23

Horsewood
Horsewood

39 years
23 years

At the residence of F. C. Sauder, Horsewood

05/4033

Rev. B. Petersen, Horsewood

No	14/5
Date of Notice	4 September 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Christian Jensen	Annette Mathilde Sauder
BDM Match (94%)	Christian Jensen	Annette Matilda Sander
	💍 1905/1829
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	39	23
Dwelling Place	Horsewood	Horsewood
Length of Residence	39 years	23 years
Marriage Place	At the residence of F. C. Sauder, Horsewood
Folio	05/4033
Consent
Date of Certificate
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. Petersen, Horsewood

14/6

8 September 1905

Harry Philpott
Ellen Wilmena Margaret Bell

Harry Philpott
Enies Wilmena Margaret Bell
💍 1905/1827

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmill Hand
Domestic

24
17

Matawai
Matawai

2 1/2 years
8 years

At the Public Hall, Matawai

05/4031

Robert Bell, Father

Rev. A. Fraer, Dannevirke

No	14/6
Date of Notice	8 September 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Philpott	Ellen Wilmena Margaret Bell
BDM Match (94%)	Harry Philpott	Enies Wilmena Margaret Bell
	💍 1905/1827
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmill Hand	Domestic
Age	24	17
Dwelling Place	Matawai	Matawai
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	8 years
Marriage Place	At the Public Hall, Matawai
Folio	05/4031
Consent	Robert Bell, Father
Date of Certificate
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Fraer, Dannevirke

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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).