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 Waipawa Quarter ending 31 March 1905 Registrar Samuel Johnson

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

704

5 January 1905

Samuel Walker
Jane Elizabeth Ireland

Samuel Walker
Jane Elizabeth Ireland
💍 1905/4802

Widower
Spinster

Ploughman
Domestic

32
18

Onga Onga
Blackburn

11 yrs
18 yrs

Residence of B. Ireland, Blackburn

05/452

B. Ireland, Father

5 January 1905

Rev. G. Frost

No	704
Date of Notice	5 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Walker	Jane Elizabeth Ireland
	💍 1905/4802
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Ploughman	Domestic
Age	32	18
Dwelling Place	Onga Onga	Blackburn
Length of Residence	11 yrs	18 yrs
Marriage Place	Residence of B. Ireland, Blackburn
Folio	05/452
Consent	B. Ireland, Father
Date of Certificate	5 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Frost

705

8 February 1905

Richard William Petherick
Maud Mabel Thoday

Rupert William Petherick
Maude Mabel Thodey
💍 1905/4806

Bachelor
Spinster

Road Grader
Domestic

24
24

Waipawa
Waipawa

2 years
3 days

St Peters Church, Waipawa

05/456

8 February 1905

Rev. H. P. Cowx, M.A.

No	705
Date of Notice	8 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard William Petherick	Maud Mabel Thoday
BDM Match (84%)	Rupert William Petherick	Maude Mabel Thodey
	💍 1905/4806
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Road Grader	Domestic
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Waipawa	Waipawa
Length of Residence	2 years	3 days
Marriage Place	St Peters Church, Waipawa
Folio	05/456
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 February 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. P. Cowx, M.A.

706

6 February 1905

Samuel Kenning Steak
Lily Howse

Samuel Kenning Steele Tipping
Lily Howse
💍 1905/4804

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

24
20

Kaikora
Kaikora

3 days
1 month

Residence Mr. T. Howse, Kaikora

05/454

Mr. T. Howse

8 February 1905

Rev. G. Frost

No	706
Date of Notice	6 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Kenning Steak	Lily Howse
BDM Match (81%)	Samuel Kenning Steele Tipping	Lily Howse
	💍 1905/4804
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Kaikora	Kaikora
Length of Residence	3 days	1 month
Marriage Place	Residence Mr. T. Howse, Kaikora
Folio	05/454
Consent	Mr. T. Howse
Date of Certificate	8 February 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Frost

707

6 February 1905

Arnold Howse
Jane Hannah Tipping

Arnold Howse
Jane Hannah Tipping
💍 1905/4803

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

25
20

Kaikora
Kaikora

3 days
3 days

Residence Mr. T. Howse, Kaikora

05/453

Mr. Jas. Tipping

8 February 1905

Rev. G. Frost

No	707
Date of Notice	6 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arnold Howse	Jane Hannah Tipping
	💍 1905/4803
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Kaikora	Kaikora
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Residence Mr. T. Howse, Kaikora
Folio	05/453
Consent	Mr. Jas. Tipping
Date of Certificate	8 February 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Frost

708

11 February 1905

James McPherson
Henrietta Mary Lunn

James McPherson
Hennrietta Mary Saurenson
💍 1905/4805

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

30
25

Pukehou
Pukehou

1 week
3 weeks

Anglican Church, Te Aute

05/455

11 February 1905

Rev. Arthur Williams

No	708
Date of Notice	11 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James McPherson	Henrietta Mary Lunn
BDM Match (86%)	James McPherson	Hennrietta Mary Saurenson
	💍 1905/4805
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Pukehou	Pukehou
Length of Residence	1 week	3 weeks
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Te Aute
Folio	05/455
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. Arthur Williams

709

22 February 1905

James Baird
Isabella McKenzie

James Baird
Isabella McKenzie
💍 1905/4807

Widower
Widow

Farmer
Farmer

47
49

Argyll, Hampden
Argyll, Hampden

17 years
11 years

Office of the Registrar

05/457

22 February 1905

Registrar, Saml. Johnson

No	709
Date of Notice	22 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Baird	Isabella McKenzie
	💍 1905/4807
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Farmer	Farmer
Age	47	49
Dwelling Place	Argyll, Hampden	Argyll, Hampden
Length of Residence	17 years	11 years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar
Folio	05/457
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 February 1905
Officiating Minister	Registrar, Saml. Johnson

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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).