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 Wairoa Quarter ending 31 December 1905 Registrar Robert Archibald Bayliffe

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

20 October 1905

Alfred Penkerton
Mabel Harriett Poyger

Alfred Pemberton
Mabel Harriett Poyzer
💍 1905/3246

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic Duties

28
22

Wairoa
Wairoa

5 years
22 years

Church of England

05/5744

20 October 1905

Rev. D. Puddock, Wairoa

No	12
Date of Notice	20 October 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Penkerton	Mabel Harriett Poyger
BDM Match (91%)	Alfred Pemberton	Mabel Harriett Poyzer
	💍 1905/3246
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic Duties
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Wairoa	Wairoa
Length of Residence	5 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Church of England
Folio	05/5744
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 October 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. Puddock, Wairoa

30 October 1905

William Brown Adams
Alice Musson

William Brown Adamson
Alice Musson
💍 1905/3250

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer
Storekeeper

38
30

Waikaremoana
Terapatiki, Wairoa

4 years
2 years

Mr. Dinsons Dwelling House

05/5748

30 October 1905

Rev. W. Raeham, Wairoa

No	13
Date of Notice	30 October 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Brown Adams	Alice Musson
BDM Match (95%)	William Brown Adamson	Alice Musson
	💍 1905/3250
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer	Storekeeper
Age	38	30
Dwelling Place	Waikaremoana	Terapatiki, Wairoa
Length of Residence	4 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Mr. Dinsons Dwelling House
Folio	05/5748
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 October 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Raeham, Wairoa

22 November 1905

Ranji Winiata
Maiti Mete

Rangi Waimata
Maitu Mete
💍 1905/3248

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Nil

24
17

Wairoa
Ruataniwha, Wairoa

24 years
10 years

Registrar's Office

05/5746

Ern Mete, Father

22 November 1905

The Registrar, Wairoa

No	14
Date of Notice	22 November 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ranji Winiata	Maiti Mete
BDM Match (80%)	Rangi Waimata	Maitu Mete
	💍 1905/3248
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Nil
Age	24	17
Dwelling Place	Wairoa	Ruataniwha, Wairoa
Length of Residence	24 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	05/5746
Consent	Ern Mete, Father
Date of Certificate	22 November 1905
Officiating Minister	The Registrar, Wairoa

5 December 1905

William John Smith
Margaret Reid

William John Smith
Margaret Reid
💍 1905/3247

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist
Domestic Servant

24
24

Wairoa
Wairoa

4 months
6 months

Church of England

05/5745

5 December 1905

Rev. D. Puddock, Wairoa

No	15
Date of Notice	5 December 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Smith	Margaret Reid
	💍 1905/3247
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist	Domestic Servant
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Wairoa	Wairoa
Length of Residence	4 months	6 months
Marriage Place	Church of England
Folio	05/5745
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 December 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. Puddock, Wairoa

23 December 1905

Daniel Arthur Mays
Kate Dolores Atward

Daniel Arthur Mayo
Kate Dolores Atward
💍 1905/3251

Bachelor
Spinster

Saddler
Nil

31
26

Mohaka
Wairoa

4 years
Life

St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Wairoa

05/5749

23 December 1905

Rev. W. Raeham, Wairoa

No	16
Date of Notice	23 December 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel Arthur Mays	Kate Dolores Atward
BDM Match (97%)	Daniel Arthur Mayo	Kate Dolores Atward
	💍 1905/3251
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Saddler	Nil
Age	31	26
Dwelling Place	Mohaka	Wairoa
Length of Residence	4 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Wairoa
Folio	05/5749
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 December 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Raeham, Wairoa

23 December 1905

Maki Te Kuru
Tehirata Matuakore

Maki te Kuru
Tehirata Matuakore
💍 1905/3249

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer
Nil

32
35

Wairoa
Wairoa

Life
5 years

Registrar's Office

05/5747

23 December 1905

The Registrar, Wairoa

No	17
Date of Notice	23 December 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Maki Te Kuru	Tehirata Matuakore
BDM Match (96%)	Maki te Kuru	Tehirata Matuakore
	💍 1905/3249
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer	Nil
Age	32	35
Dwelling Place	Wairoa	Wairoa
Length of Residence	Life	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	05/5747
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 December 1905
Officiating Minister	The Registrar, Wairoa

27 December 1905

James William Stewart
Annie Mary Slack

James McMillan Stewart
Annie Mary Black
💍 1905/3259

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Nil

33
31

Napier
Wairoa

4 years
Life

St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Wairoa

05/5750

27 December 1905

Rev. W. Raeham, Wairoa

No	18
Date of Notice	27 December 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James William Stewart	Annie Mary Slack
BDM Match (86%)	James McMillan Stewart	Annie Mary Black
	💍 1905/3259
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Nil
Age	33	31
Dwelling Place	Napier	Wairoa
Length of Residence	4 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Wairoa
Folio	05/5750
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 December 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Raeham, Wairoa

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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).