Intentions to Marry, 1905 Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840428, 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 Motueka Quarter ending 30 September 1905 Registrar H. A. Tarrant

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

4 July 1905

George Atkins
Mona Elfleda Farewell York

George Atkins
Mona Elfleda Farewell York
💍 1905/1994

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

29
25

Riwaka
Riwaka

12 years
25 years

Henry York's house, Riwaka

05/4492

4 July 1905

Rev. T. Johnston, Motueka

No	33
Date of Notice	4 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Atkins	Mona Elfleda Farewell York
	💍 1905/1994
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Riwaka	Riwaka
Length of Residence	12 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Henry York's house, Riwaka
Folio	05/4492
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 July 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. Johnston, Motueka

7 July 1905

Frank Emery Fry
Harriet Castle

Frank Emery Fry
Harriet Castle
💍 1905/1992

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Dressmaker

26
27

Riwaka
Karamea

26 years
15 months

Presbyterian Church, Riwaka

05/4490

7 July 1905

Rev. I. H. Mackenzie, Nelson

No	34
Date of Notice	7 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Emery Fry	Harriet Castle
	💍 1905/1992
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Dressmaker
Age	26	27
Dwelling Place	Riwaka	Karamea
Length of Residence	26 years	15 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Riwaka
Folio	05/4490
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 July 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. I. H. Mackenzie, Nelson

13 July 1905

Otto William Sixtus
Frederica Elizabeth Hannah Hudson

Otto William Sixtus
Frederica Elizabeth Hannah Hudson
💍 1905/1997

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

28
19

Ngatimoti
Ngatimoti

17 years
18 years

St. James Church, Ngatimoti

05/4495

Henry Hudson, father

13 July 1905

Rev. W. G. Baker, Brightwater

No	35
Date of Notice	13 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Otto William Sixtus	Frederica Elizabeth Hannah Hudson
	💍 1905/1997
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	28	19
Dwelling Place	Ngatimoti	Ngatimoti
Length of Residence	17 years	18 years
Marriage Place	St. James Church, Ngatimoti
Folio	05/4495
Consent	Henry Hudson, father
Date of Certificate	13 July 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. G. Baker, Brightwater

27 July 1905

John Stoddart Cassidy
Mabel Gross

John Stoddart Cassidy
Mabel Gross
💍 1905/1995

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

24
21

Motueka
Motueka

3 days
3 months

W. Gross' house, Motueka

05/4493

27 July 1905

Rev. T. Johnston, Motueka

No	36
Date of Notice	27 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Stoddart Cassidy	Mabel Gross
	💍 1905/1995
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Motueka	Motueka
Length of Residence	3 days	3 months
Marriage Place	W. Gross' house, Motueka
Folio	05/4493
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 July 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. Johnston, Motueka

18 August 1905

Edmond Samuel Senior
Amy Woodman

Edmund Samuel Senior
Amy Woodman
💍 1905/2002

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmiller
Domestic duties

27
24

Wakefield
Motueka

3 days
5 years

Registrar's Office, Waimea South

05/4499

18 August 1905

The Registrar, Waimea South

No	37
Date of Notice	18 August 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edmond Samuel Senior	Amy Woodman
BDM Match (98%)	Edmund Samuel Senior	Amy Woodman
	💍 1905/2002
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmiller	Domestic duties
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Wakefield	Motueka
Length of Residence	3 days	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Waimea South
Folio	05/4499
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 August 1905
Officiating Minister	The Registrar, Waimea South

21 August 1905

Joseph Carl George Heine
Johanna Maria Amelia Drogemuller

Joseph Carl George Heine
Johanna Maria Amelia Drogemuller
💍 1905/1998

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
House work

32
27

Upper Moutere
Upper Moutere

32 years
18 years

Lutheran Church, Upper Moutere

05/4496

21 August 1905

Rev. T. L. G. Thiel, Upper Moutere

No	38
Date of Notice	21 August 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Carl George Heine	Johanna Maria Amelia Drogemuller
	💍 1905/1998
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	House work
Age	32	27
Dwelling Place	Upper Moutere	Upper Moutere
Length of Residence	32 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Lutheran Church, Upper Moutere
Folio	05/4496
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 August 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. L. G. Thiel, Upper Moutere

4 September 1905

Charles James Deck
Mary Woodman

Charles James Deck
Mary Woodman
💍 1905/4682

Bachelor
Spinster

Dentist
Domestic duties

43
30

Motueka
Motueka

4 days
5 years

Registrar's Office, Motueka

05/5742

4 September 1905

The Registrar, Motueka

No	39
Date of Notice	4 September 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles James Deck	Mary Woodman
	💍 1905/4682
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dentist	Domestic duties
Age	43	30
Dwelling Place	Motueka	Motueka
Length of Residence	4 days	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Motueka
Folio	05/5742
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 September 1905
Officiating Minister	The Registrar, Motueka

4 September 1905

Thomas Tannant
Florence Bang

Thomas Tannant
Florence Bang
💍 1905/1996

Widower
Widow

Farmer
Housekeeper

57
30

Lower Moutere
Lower Moutere

50 years
1 month

T. Tannant's house, Lower Moutere

05/4494

4 September 1905

Rev. Thomas Johnston, Motueka

No	40
Date of Notice	4 September 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Tannant	Florence Bang
	💍 1905/1996
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Farmer	Housekeeper
Age	57	30
Dwelling Place	Lower Moutere	Lower Moutere
Length of Residence	50 years	1 month
Marriage Place	T. Tannant's house, Lower Moutere
Folio	05/4494
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 September 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas Johnston, Motueka

5 September 1905

Charles Edwin Thompson
Rose Ellen Susan Dane

Charles Edwin Thompson
Rose Ellen Susan Dane
💍 1905/2000

Bachelor
Spinster

Cook
Domestic duties

30
25

Lower Moutere
Lower Moutere

6 months
8 months

W. F. Dane's house, Lower Moutere

05/4497

5 September 1905

Rev. Amos Reader, Motueka

No	41
Date of Notice	5 September 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Edwin Thompson	Rose Ellen Susan Dane
	💍 1905/2000
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cook	Domestic duties
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Lower Moutere	Lower Moutere
Length of Residence	6 months	8 months
Marriage Place	W. F. Dane's house, Lower Moutere
Folio	05/4497
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 September 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. Amos Reader, Motueka

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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).