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

140

12 March 1906

Maurice Maximillian Franklin
Violet Annie Willey

Maurice Maximillian Franklin
Violet Annie Willey
💍 1906/1506

Bachelor
Spinster

Sail-maker

34
24

Auckland
Auckland

8 years
24 years

St David's Church

06/94

12 March 1906

Rev. W. G. Dixon, Presbyterian

No	140
Date of Notice	12 March 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Maurice Maximillian Franklin	Violet Annie Willey
	💍 1906/1506
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sail-maker
Age	34	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 years	24 years
Marriage Place	St David's Church
Folio	06/94
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 March 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. G. Dixon, Presbyterian

171

12 March 1906

Philip Henry Mohr
Amy Agnes Cross

Philip Henry Mohr
Amy Agnes Cross
💍 1906/1492

Widower
Spinster

Book Keeper

38
40

Auckland
Auckland

16 months
5 months

St Benedict's Church

06/107

12 March 1906

Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

No	171
Date of Notice	12 March 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Philip Henry Mohr	Amy Agnes Cross
	💍 1906/1492
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Book Keeper
Age	38	40
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	16 months	5 months
Marriage Place	St Benedict's Church
Folio	06/107
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 March 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

172

12 March 1906

George Richard Forrest
Caroline Annie Dodson

George Richard Forrest
Caroline Annie Dodson
💍 1906/1451

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

26
26

Auckland
Franklin Rd.

11 months
1 year

Primitive Methodist Church

06/137

12 March 1906

Rev. G. Clement, Primitive Methodist

No	172
Date of Notice	12 March 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Richard Forrest	Caroline Annie Dodson
	💍 1906/1451
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Franklin Rd.
Length of Residence	11 months	1 year
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church
Folio	06/137
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 March 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Clement, Primitive Methodist

173

14 March 1906

Rothes McKain Meek
Ettie May Meek

Rothes McKain Meek
Ettie May Meek
💍 1906/1461

Bachelor
Widow

Fireman

28
24

Auckland
Wakefield St.

20 years
24 years

House of Rev. W. S. Potter

06/146

14 March 1906

Rev. E. Warburton, Primitive Methodist

No	173
Date of Notice	14 March 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Rothes McKain Meek	Ettie May Meek
	💍 1906/1461
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Fireman
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Wakefield St.
Length of Residence	20 years	24 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. W. S. Potter
Folio	06/146
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 March 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Warburton, Primitive Methodist

174

14 March 1906

Walter John Denyer
Eunice Mcbonkey

Walter John Denyer
Eunice McConkey
💍 1906/83

Bachelor
Spinster

Brickmaker

22
26

Auckland
Auckland

8 years
26 years

Registrar's Office

06/141

14 March 1906

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	174
Date of Notice	14 March 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter John Denyer	Eunice Mcbonkey
BDM Match (97%)	Walter John Denyer	Eunice McConkey
	💍 1906/83
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Brickmaker
Age	22	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 years	26 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	06/141
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 March 1906
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

175

14 March 1906

Ernest Clifford Bright
Hilda Beatrice McMillan

Ernest Clifford Bright
Hilda Beatrice McMillan
💍 1906/238

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

25
22

Auckland
Pakuranga

25 years
21 years

House of Mr. J. Granville

See letter

14 March 1906

Rev. N. D. Boyes, Church of England

No	175
Date of Notice	14 March 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Clifford Bright	Hilda Beatrice McMillan
	💍 1906/238
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Pakuranga
Length of Residence	25 years	21 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. J. Granville
Folio	See letter
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 March 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. N. D. Boyes, 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).