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 30 June 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

267

12 April 1906

John Dick
Eleanor Nelly Healey

John Dick
Eleanor Healey
💍 1906/295

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

28
22

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
20 years

St Sepulchre's Church, Auckland

06/1608

12 April 1906

Rev. G. A. Carver, Church of England

No	267
Date of Notice	12 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Dick	Eleanor Nelly Healey
BDM Match (85%)	John Dick	Eleanor Healey
	💍 1906/295
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	20 years
Marriage Place	St Sepulchre's Church, Auckland
Folio	06/1608
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. A. Carver, Church of England

268

12 April 1906

Charles Robert Gibb
Elizabeth Annie Aicken

Charles Robert Gibb
Elizabeth Annie Aicken
💍 1906/338

Bachelor
Spinster

Mill machinist

25
24

Auckland
Remuera

3 days
24 years

House of father of Bride

06/1664

12 April 1906

Rev. G. B. Monro, Presbyterian

No	268
Date of Notice	12 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Robert Gibb	Elizabeth Annie Aicken
	💍 1906/338
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mill machinist
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Remuera
Length of Residence	3 days	24 years
Marriage Place	House of father of Bride
Folio	06/1664
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. B. Monro, Presbyterian

269

12 April 1906

James John Donovan
Lillian Grace O'Gara

James John Donovan
Lilian Grace O'Gara
💍 1906/387

Bachelor
Spinster

Wood Turner

26
22

Auckland
Auckland

26 years
22 years

St Benedict's Church, Auckland

06/1713

12 April 1906

Rev. A. J. McMillan, Roman Catholic

No	269
Date of Notice	12 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James John Donovan	Lillian Grace O'Gara
BDM Match (98%)	James John Donovan	Lilian Grace O'Gara
	💍 1906/387
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Wood Turner
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	26 years	22 years
Marriage Place	St Benedict's Church, Auckland
Folio	06/1713
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. J. McMillan, Roman Catholic

270

12 April 1906

Arthur Leslie Ross
Eileen Gladys Hill

Arthur Leslie Ross
Eileen Gladys Hill
💍 1906/319

Bachelor
Spinster

Indent merchant

28
22

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
22 years

Epiphany Church, Auckland

06/1620

12 April 1906

Rev. W. E. Lush, Church of England

No	270
Date of Notice	12 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Leslie Ross	Eileen Gladys Hill
	💍 1906/319
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Indent merchant
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	22 years
Marriage Place	Epiphany Church, Auckland
Folio	06/1620
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Lush, Church of England

271

17 April 1906

Frederick Grant
Jessie Fraser

Frederick Grant
Jessie Fraser
💍 1906/407

Bachelor
Spinster

Mill hand

29
26

Auckland
Ponsonby

5 days
6 years

St John's Methodist Church, Ponsonby

06/1734

17 April 1906

Rev. J. A. Luxford, Methodist

No	271
Date of Notice	17 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Grant	Jessie Fraser
	💍 1906/407
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mill hand
Age	29	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	5 days	6 years
Marriage Place	St John's Methodist Church, Ponsonby
Folio	06/1734
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Luxford, Methodist

272

17 April 1906

Alfred Henry George Place
Mary Agnes Theresa Hickson

Alfred Henry George Place
Mary Agnes Theresa Hickson
💍 1906/376

Bachelor
Spinster

Station Manager

36
40

Auckland
Ponsonby

4 days
10 years

Sacred Heart Church, Ponsonby

06/1703

17 April 1906

Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

No	272
Date of Notice	17 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Henry George Place	Mary Agnes Theresa Hickson
	💍 1906/376
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Station Manager
Age	36	40
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	4 days	10 years
Marriage Place	Sacred Heart Church, Ponsonby
Folio	06/1703
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

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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).