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

197

26 March 1906

Samuel David McPherson
Alice Jane Peterson

Samuel David McPherson
Alice Jane Peterson
💍 1906/2255

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

29
30

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
4 weeks

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

06/979

26 March 1906

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	197
Date of Notice	26 March 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel David McPherson	Alice Jane Peterson
	💍 1906/2255
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	29	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	4 weeks
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	06/979
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

198

26 March 1906

James Rose Bushell
Rose Campny

Bachelor
Spinster

Store-Keeper

45
33

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
33 years

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

06/980

26 March 1906

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	198
Date of Notice	26 March 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Rose Bushell	Rose Campny
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Store-Keeper
Age	45	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	33 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	06/980
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

199

26 March 1906

Walter Graham Owen
Elizabeth Frances Williams

Walter Graham Owen
Elizabeth Frances Williams
💍 1906/2242

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

31
25

Auckland
Auckland

31 years
5 years

St. John's College Chapel, Tamaki

06/817

26 March 1906

Rev. P. S. Smallfield, Church of England

No	199
Date of Notice	26 March 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Graham Owen	Elizabeth Frances Williams
	💍 1906/2242
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	31	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	31 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St. John's College Chapel, Tamaki
Folio	06/817
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. S. Smallfield, Church of England

200

26 March 1906

Albert William Jordan
Katherine de Sales Dougherty

Albert William Jordan
Katherine De Sales Dougherty
💍 1906/89

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

23
23

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
8 months

Registrar's Office, Auckland

06/46

26 March 1906

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	200
Date of Notice	26 March 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert William Jordan	Katherine de Sales Dougherty
BDM Match (98%)	Albert William Jordan	Katherine De Sales Dougherty
	💍 1906/89
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	8 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	06/46
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1906
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

201

26 March 1906

Robert Gordon Reed
Caroline Burke

Robert Gordon Reed
Caroline Burke
💍 1906/1493

Bachelor
Spinster

Mercantile Manager

28
28

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
28 years

St. Benedict's Church, Auckland

06/108

26 March 1906

Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

No	201
Date of Notice	26 March 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Gordon Reed	Caroline Burke
	💍 1906/1493
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mercantile Manager
Age	28	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	28 years
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church, Auckland
Folio	06/108
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

202

26 March 1906

Edward Tredgett (known as Turner)
Maud Mary Constable

Edward Turner
Maude Mary Constable
💍 1906/3173

Widower
Spinster

Settler

56
39

Auckland
Auckland

21 years
20 years

House of Rev. J. Clark, Whitaker Lane

06/2853

26 March 1906

Rev. J. Clark, Presbyterian

No	202
Date of Notice	26 March 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Tredgett (known as Turner)	Maud Mary Constable
BDM Match (67%)	Edward Turner	Maude Mary Constable
	💍 1906/3173
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Settler
Age	56	39
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	21 years	20 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. J. Clark, Whitaker Lane
Folio	06/2853
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Clark, Presbyterian

203

27 March 1906

John Glen Murphy
Henrietta Smythes

John Glen Murphy
Henrietta Smythe
💍 1906/190

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinet-Maker

31
27

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
4 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

06/1573

27 March 1906

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	203
Date of Notice	27 March 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Glen Murphy	Henrietta Smythes
BDM Match (97%)	John Glen Murphy	Henrietta Smythe
	💍 1906/190
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinet-Maker
Age	31	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	06/1573
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 March 1906
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

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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).