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).

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District of AUCKLAND Quarter ending 31 March 1906 Registrar Edmund Humphrey Lyons

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

6 February 1906

Walter Hubert Gumm
Josephine May Jylevat

Walter Hubert Gumm
Josephine May Tylcoat
💍 1906/59

Bachelor
Spinster

Cook

25
22

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
22 years

Registrar's Office

06/17

6 February 1906

I. Culpau, Deputy Registrar

No	89
Date of Notice	6 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Hubert Gumm	Josephine May Jylevat
BDM Match (93%)	Walter Hubert Gumm	Josephine May Tylcoat
	💍 1906/59
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cook
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	06/17
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 February 1906
Officiating Minister	I. Culpau, Deputy Registrar

7 February 1906

Charles Henry Keane
Christian Simpson

Charles Henry Keane
Christian Simpson
💍 1906/60

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

38
25

Auckland
Auckland

38 years
15 years

Registrar's Office

06/18

7 February 1906

I. Culpau, Deputy Registrar

No	90
Date of Notice	7 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Henry Keane	Christian Simpson
	💍 1906/60
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	38	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	38 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	06/18
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1906
Officiating Minister	I. Culpau, Deputy Registrar

7 February 1906

William Vitty Ford
Mary Williams

William Vitty Ford
Mary Williams
💍 1906/64

William Bird
Ann Williams
💍 1907/989

Bachelor
Widow

Chemist

65
66

Auckland
Auckland

12 years
12 years

Registrar's Office

06/21

7 February 1906

I. Culpau, Deputy Registrar

No	91
Date of Notice	7 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Vitty Ford	Mary Williams
	💍 1906/64
BDM Match (65%)	William Bird	Ann Williams
	💍 1907/989
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Chemist
Age	65	66
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	06/21
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1906
Officiating Minister	I. Culpau, Deputy Registrar

7 February 1906

William Humphrey Wickham
Euphemia Rannick

William Humphrey Wickham
Euphemia Rennick
💍 1906/2248

Bachelor
Spinster

Compositor

32
22

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
3 days

St. Matthew's Church

06/973

7 February 1906

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	92
Date of Notice	7 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Humphrey Wickham	Euphemia Rannick
BDM Match (97%)	William Humphrey Wickham	Euphemia Rennick
	💍 1906/2248
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Compositor
Age	32	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	06/973
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

7 February 1906

Herbert Stanley Wilding
Ethel Lavinia Brown

Herbert Stanley Wilding
Ethel Lavinia Brown
💍 1906/1464

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

30
29

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
1 year

House of mother of bride, Mr. Albert

06/126

7 February 1906

Rev. S. Griffith, Methodist

No	93
Date of Notice	7 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Stanley Wilding	Ethel Lavinia Brown
	💍 1906/1464
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	30	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	1 year
Marriage Place	House of mother of bride, Mr. Albert
Folio	06/126
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. Griffith, Methodist

7 February 1906

James Augustus Matthews
Louisa Alice Hetherington

James Augustus Matthews
Louisa Alice Hetherington
💍 1906/1585

Bachelor
Spinster

Mill-hand

25
25

Auckland
Mt. Eden

10 years
20 years

House of father of bride, Edenvale Road

06/172

7 February 1906

Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational

No	94
Date of Notice	7 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Augustus Matthews	Louisa Alice Hetherington
	💍 1906/1585
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mill-hand
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Mt. Eden
Length of Residence	10 years	20 years
Marriage Place	House of father of bride, Edenvale Road
Folio	06/172
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational

9 February 1906

George Whitelaw
Ellen Kendall Smith

George Whitelaw
Ellen Kendall Smith
💍 1906/245

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

33
36

Auckland
Ponsonby

25 years
36 years

All Saints Church

06/1568

9 February 1906

Ven. Arch. W. Calder, Church of England

No	95
Date of Notice	9 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Whitelaw	Ellen Kendall Smith
	💍 1906/245
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	33	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	25 years	36 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church
Folio	06/1568
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Ven. Arch. W. Calder, Church of England

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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).