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 034

District of Waipawa Quarter ending 31 December 1905 Registrar Therese 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

730

16 November 1905

Robert Kennedy
Isabella Hastings

Robert Kennedy
Isabella Hastings
💍 1905/3236

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer
Dom duties

35
22

Patangata
Waipawa

one month
5 years

Office of Deputy Registrar Waipawa

05/5735

16 November 1905

Therese Johnson Deputy Registrar Waipawa

No	730
Date of Notice	16 November 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Kennedy	Isabella Hastings
	💍 1905/3236
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer	Dom duties
Age	35	22
Dwelling Place	Patangata	Waipawa
Length of Residence	one month	5 years
Marriage Place	Office of Deputy Registrar Waipawa
Folio	05/5735
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 November 1905
Officiating Minister	Therese Johnson Deputy Registrar Waipawa

731

21 November 1905

Arthur Reginald Manson
Helen Worrle Green

Arthur Reginald Mausm
Helen Nevill Green
💍 1905/3239

Bachelor
Spinster

Mill-hand
Dom duties

22
20

Hampden
Hampden

6 years
15 years

St Peters Church Waipawa

05/5738

Sarah Green Mother

21 November 1905

Rev. H. P. Cowx M.A Waipawa

No	731
Date of Notice	21 November 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Reginald Manson	Helen Worrle Green
BDM Match (79%)	Arthur Reginald Mausm	Helen Nevill Green
	💍 1905/3239
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mill-hand	Dom duties
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Hampden	Hampden
Length of Residence	6 years	15 years
Marriage Place	St Peters Church Waipawa
Folio	05/5738
Consent	Sarah Green Mother
Date of Certificate	21 November 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. P. Cowx M.A Waipawa

732

28 November 1905

Henry George Cork
Olfrid Margareth Ohia

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Dom duties

21
22

Argyll East
Argyll East

3 days
3 years

Residence of W. J. Ohia Argyll East

05/5739

28 November 1905

Rev. H. P. Cowx M.A Waipawa

No	732
Date of Notice	28 November 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry George Cork	Olfrid Margareth Ohia
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Dom duties
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	Argyll East	Argyll East
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	Residence of W. J. Ohia Argyll East
Folio	05/5739
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 November 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. P. Cowx M.A Waipawa

733

7 December 1905

Albert Joseph Faulkner
Muriel Buchanan Williams

Albert Joseph Faulkner
Muriel Buchanan Williams
💍 1905/3238

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheepfarmer
Dom duties

25
22

Pukehou
Pukehou

3 days
22 years

Christ Church Te Aute

05/5787

7 December 1905

Archdeacon Williams Te Aute

No	733
Date of Notice	7 December 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Joseph Faulkner	Muriel Buchanan Williams
	💍 1905/3238
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheepfarmer	Dom duties
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Pukehou	Pukehou
Length of Residence	3 days	22 years
Marriage Place	Christ Church Te Aute
Folio	05/5787
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 December 1905
Officiating Minister	Archdeacon Williams Te Aute

734

7 December 1905

Fred Millin
Mabel Jane Manson

Fred Millin
Mabel Jane Manson
💍 1905/3241

Bachelor
Spinster

Manager Timber yard
Dom duties

26
24

Hampden
Hampden

4 1/2 years
6 years

Undenominational Church Hampden

05/5740

7 December 1905

Rev. H. P. Cowx M.A Waipawa

No	734
Date of Notice	7 December 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Fred Millin	Mabel Jane Manson
	💍 1905/3241
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Manager Timber yard	Dom duties
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Hampden	Hampden
Length of Residence	4 1/2 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Undenominational Church Hampden
Folio	05/5740
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 December 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. P. Cowx M.A Waipawa

735

19 December 1905

Fritz Albert Drager
Edith Martha Collins

Fritz Albert Drager
Edith Martha Collins
💍 1905/3237

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Manager
Dom duties

27
20

Kaikora North
Te Aute

4 days
10 years

Christ Church Te Aute

05/5786

Edward Collins Father

19 December 1905

Rev. A. F. Williams Te Aute

No	735
Date of Notice	19 December 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Fritz Albert Drager	Edith Martha Collins
	💍 1905/3237
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Manager	Dom duties
Age	27	20
Dwelling Place	Kaikora North	Te Aute
Length of Residence	4 days	10 years
Marriage Place	Christ Church Te Aute
Folio	05/5786
Consent	Edward Collins Father
Date of Certificate	19 December 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. F. Williams Te Aute

736

20 December 1905

Robert Samuel Harwick
Sarah Jane Pratley

Robert Samuel Warwick
Sarah Jane Protley
💍 1905/3242

Bachelor
Spinster

School teacher
Dom duties

23
22

Waipawa
Waipawa

3 days
20 years

Methodist Church Waipawa

05/5741

20 December 1905

Rev. G. Frost Waipawa

No	736
Date of Notice	20 December 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Samuel Harwick	Sarah Jane Pratley
BDM Match (95%)	Robert Samuel Warwick	Sarah Jane Protley
	💍 1905/3242
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	School teacher	Dom duties
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Waipawa	Waipawa
Length of Residence	3 days	20 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church Waipawa
Folio	05/5741
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 December 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Frost Waipawa

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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).