Intentions to Marry, 1906 Auckland, Taranaki, Hawke's Bay

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840430, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1906 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki, Hawke's Bay (1906a), Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1906b), and Canterbury, Otago, Chatham Islands (1906c).

Page 016

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 January 1906

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

16 January 1906

Tom Langton
Minnie N. Reeve

Tom Langton
Minnie Neeve
💍 1906/1587

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener

26
24

Auckland

18 years
24 years

House of N. J. Reeve, Onehunga

06/151

16 January 1906

Rev. J. W. Stoops, Congregational

No	40
Date of Notice	16 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Tom Langton	Minnie N. Reeve
BDM Match (90%)	Tom Langton	Minnie Neeve
	💍 1906/1587
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 years	24 years
Marriage Place	House of N. J. Reeve, Onehunga
Folio	06/151
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. W. Stoops, Congregational

17 January 1906

Ernest John Ryan
Winefred Bell Rowe

Ernest John Ryan
Winifred Bell Rowe
💍 1906/1588

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman

25
24

Auckland

4 years
24 years

Congregational Church, Edinburgh Street

06/152

17 January 1906

Rev. J. W. Stoops, Congregational

No	41
Date of Notice	17 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest John Ryan	Winefred Bell Rowe
BDM Match (97%)	Ernest John Ryan	Winifred Bell Rowe
	💍 1906/1588
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	24 years
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Edinburgh Street
Folio	06/152
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. W. Stoops, Congregational

18 January 1906

James Douglas Neill
Ethel Wilkinson Hearbron

James Douglas Will
Ethel Wilkinson Harbourn
💍 1906/2132

Bachelor
Spinster

Secretary, Y.M.C.A.

26
24

Auckland
Wellington

1 year
3 days

Baptist Church, Wellington

06/180

18 January 1906

Rev. A. North, Baptist

No	42
Date of Notice	18 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Douglas Neill	Ethel Wilkinson Hearbron
BDM Match (86%)	James Douglas Will	Ethel Wilkinson Harbourn
	💍 1906/2132
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Secretary, Y.M.C.A.
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Wellington
Length of Residence	1 year	3 days
Marriage Place	Baptist Church, Wellington
Folio	06/180
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. North, Baptist

19 January 1906

Francis Hammond Majoran
Frederica Hannah Barratt

Francis Hammond Moran
Frederica Hannah Barratt
💍 1906/54

Bachelor
Spinster

Trainer

28
23

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
23 years

Registrar's Office

06/112

19 January 1906

E. St. Lyons, Registrar

No	43
Date of Notice	19 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Hammond Majoran	Frederica Hannah Barratt
BDM Match (96%)	Francis Hammond Moran	Frederica Hannah Barratt
	💍 1906/54
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Trainer
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	06/112
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1906
Officiating Minister	E. St. Lyons, Registrar

19 January 1906

Maurice Bardsley
Mary Selena Henry

Maurice Bardsley
May Selena Henry
💍 1906/53

Bachelor
Spinster

Canvasser

25
26

Auckland
Auckland

2 weeks
1 year

Registrar's Office

06/111

19 January 1906

E. St. Lyons, Registrar

No	44
Date of Notice	19 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Maurice Bardsley	Mary Selena Henry
BDM Match (97%)	Maurice Bardsley	May Selena Henry
	💍 1906/53
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Canvasser
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 weeks	1 year
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	06/111
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1906
Officiating Minister	E. St. Lyons, Registrar

20 January 1906

George Hawthorn Shaw
Amelia Jane Shaw

George Howthorn
Amelia Jane Shaw
💍 1906/1513

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

25
22

Auckland

3 days
1 week

House of M. J. Wynn, Anglesea Street

06/178

20 January 1906

Rev. R. H. Catherwood, Presbyterian

No	45
Date of Notice	20 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Hawthorn Shaw	Amelia Jane Shaw
BDM Match (85%)	George Howthorn	Amelia Jane Shaw
	💍 1906/1513
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	1 week
Marriage Place	House of M. J. Wynn, Anglesea Street
Folio	06/178
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. H. Catherwood, Presbyterian

20 January 1906

Herbert James Bush
Rosalina Burton

Hubert James Bush
Rosalina Burton
💍 1906/1448

Bachelor
Spinster

Tram Conductor

26
24

Auckland

5 years
4 years

House of father of Bride, Ponsonby

06/134

20 January 1906

Rev. J. A. Luxford, Methodist

No	46
Date of Notice	20 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert James Bush	Rosalina Burton
BDM Match (94%)	Hubert James Bush	Rosalina Burton
	💍 1906/1448
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tram Conductor
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	4 years
Marriage Place	House of father of Bride, Ponsonby
Folio	06/134
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Luxford, Methodist

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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).