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

129

23 February 1906

William James Caddell
Nellie Wishart

William James Caddell
Nellie Wishart
💍 1906/92

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

28
24

Auckland
Northcote

4 years
24 years

Church of England

06/149

23 February 1906

Rev. A. F. Smith, Church of England

No	129
Date of Notice	23 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William James Caddell	Nellie Wishart
	💍 1906/92
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Northcote
Length of Residence	4 years	24 years
Marriage Place	Church of England
Folio	06/149
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. F. Smith, Church of England

130

23 February 1906

Frederick Gerhold Parker
Eliza Jane Parker

Frederick Gerhold
Eliza Jane Parker
💍 1906/97

Bachelor
Widow

Miner

33
44

Auckland
Auckland

2 weeks
4 years

Registrar's Office

06/31

23 February 1906

J. Bulpan, Deputy Registrar

No	130
Date of Notice	23 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Gerhold Parker	Eliza Jane Parker
BDM Match (85%)	Frederick Gerhold	Eliza Jane Parker
	💍 1906/97
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Miner
Age	33	44
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 weeks	4 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	06/31
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 February 1906
Officiating Minister	J. Bulpan, Deputy Registrar

131

25 February 1906

Everard Allen Roberts
Annie Alice Cooper

Everard Allen Roberts
Annie Alice Cooper
💍 1906/98

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

24
28

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
28 years

Registrar's Office

06/32

25 February 1906

J. Bulpan, Deputy Registrar

No	131
Date of Notice	25 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Everard Allen Roberts	Annie Alice Cooper
	💍 1906/98
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	24	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	28 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	06/32
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 February 1906
Officiating Minister	J. Bulpan, Deputy Registrar

132

24 February 1906

John Thomas Watts
Kate Swann

John Thomas Watts
Kate Swann
💍 1906/1572

Bachelor
Widow

Fireman

35
32

Auckland

35 years
6 years

House of Rev. J. Clark Whitaker Lane

06/160

24 February 1906

Rev. J. Clark, Presbyterian

No	132
Date of Notice	24 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Thomas Watts	Kate Swann
	💍 1906/1572
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Fireman
Age	35	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland
Length of Residence	35 years	6 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. J. Clark Whitaker Lane
Folio	06/160
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Clark, Presbyterian

133

24 February 1906

Charles Paddy Glogoski
Miriam Glogoski

Bachelor
Spinster

Striker

25
23

Auckland
Remuera

2 years
7 years

St. Mark's Church

06/57

24 February 1906

Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

No	133
Date of Notice	24 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Paddy Glogoski	Miriam Glogoski
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Striker
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Remuera
Length of Residence	2 years	7 years
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church
Folio	06/57
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

134

24 February 1906

Mitchell Newman Downey
Charlotte Mary Wallis

Mitchell Newman Downey
Charlotte Mary Wallis
💍 1906/1504

Widower
Spinster

Farmer

56
42

Auckland
Auckland

2 weeks
6 months

St. David's Church, Khyber Pass

06/93

24 February 1906

Rev. W. G. Dixon, Presbyterian

No	134
Date of Notice	24 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Mitchell Newman Downey	Charlotte Mary Wallis
	💍 1906/1504
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	56	42
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 weeks	6 months
Marriage Place	St. David's Church, Khyber Pass
Folio	06/93
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. G. Dixon, Presbyterian

135

26 February 1906

William Wright Chambers
Maude Martha Williams

William Wright Chambers
Maude Martha Williams
💍 1906/1460

Bachelor
Spinster

Lawyer

34
26

Auckland
Sheridan St

4 years
6 days

House of father of Bridegroom

06/145

26 February 1906

Rev. W. S. Potter, Primitive Methodist Connection

No	135
Date of Notice	26 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Wright Chambers	Maude Martha Williams
	💍 1906/1460
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Lawyer
Age	34	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Sheridan St
Length of Residence	4 years	6 days
Marriage Place	House of father of Bridegroom
Folio	06/145
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. S. Potter, Primitive Methodist Connection

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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).