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

327

26 April 1906

Vivian Malcolm Stewart
Sarah Jane Michaels

Vivian Malcolm Stewart
Sarah Jane Michaels
💍 1906/305

Bachelor
Spinster

Steward

25
18

Auckland
Auckland

8 months
8 years

St. Thomas Church, Auckland

06/1631

Ralph Thomas Michaels, adopted Father

26 April 1906

Rev. W. M. Du Rien, Church of England

No	327
Date of Notice	26 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Vivian Malcolm Stewart	Sarah Jane Michaels
	💍 1906/305
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Steward
Age	25	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 months	8 years
Marriage Place	St. Thomas Church, Auckland
Folio	06/1631
Consent	Ralph Thomas Michaels, adopted Father
Date of Certificate	26 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. M. Du Rien, Church of England

328

26 April 1906

Albert Valentine Cole
Emma Elizabeth Johnson

Albert Valentine Cole
Emma Elizabeth Johnson
💍 1906/264

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

21
18

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
18

St. Matthews Church, Auckland

06/1589

Charles Alfred Johnson, Father

26 April 1906

Rev. W. C. Gillam, Church of England

No	328
Date of Notice	26 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Valentine Cole	Emma Elizabeth Johnson
	💍 1906/264
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	18
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church, Auckland
Folio	06/1589
Consent	Charles Alfred Johnson, Father
Date of Certificate	26 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. C. Gillam, Church of England

329

26 April 1906

Albert Edward Fear
Elizabeth Ann Graves

Albert Edward Fear
Elizabeth Ann Graves
💍 1906/408

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

28
26

Auckland
Ponsonby

3 days
26 years

House of Mr. J. Bakewell

06/1735

26 April 1906

Rev. J. A. Luxford, Methodist

No	329
Date of Notice	26 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Edward Fear	Elizabeth Ann Graves
	💍 1906/408
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	3 days	26 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. J. Bakewell
Folio	06/1735
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Luxford, Methodist

330

26 April 1906

Henry Moss Kessing
Charlotte May Grove

Harry Moss Keesing
Charlotte May Grove
💍 1906/304

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

27
24

Auckland
Auckland

27 years
6

Epiphany Church, Auckland

06/1630

26 April 1906

Rev. W. E. Lush, Church of England

No	330
Date of Notice	26 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Moss Kessing	Charlotte May Grove
BDM Match (92%)	Harry Moss Keesing	Charlotte May Grove
	💍 1906/304
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	27 years	6
Marriage Place	Epiphany Church, Auckland
Folio	06/1630
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Lush, Church of England

331

27 April 1906

Michael Hogan
May Mildred Pelham

Michael Hogan
May Mildred Pelham
💍 1906/454

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

27
24

Auckland
Ponsonby

27 years
24

House of father of Bride

06/1782

27 April 1906

Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational Independent

No	331
Date of Notice	27 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Michael Hogan	May Mildred Pelham
	💍 1906/454
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	27 years	24
Marriage Place	House of father of Bride
Folio	06/1782
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational Independent

332

28 April 1906

John William Baildon
Agnes Bow

John William Baildon
Agnes Bow
💍 1906/361

Widower
Spinster

Grocers Assistant

33
27

Auckland
Glenmore

30 years
6

House of Mr. E. Kretschman, Aitken Terrace, Glenmore

06/1670

28 April 1906

Rev. W. G. Dixon, Presbyterian

No	332
Date of Notice	28 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John William Baildon	Agnes Bow
	💍 1906/361
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Grocers Assistant
Age	33	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Glenmore
Length of Residence	30 years	6
Marriage Place	House of Mr. E. Kretschman, Aitken Terrace, Glenmore
Folio	06/1670
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. G. Dixon, Presbyterian

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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).