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).

Page 077

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

399

19 May 1906

Francis Wilson
Rosa Ellen Cox

Francis Wilson
Rosa Ellen Cox
💍 1906/390

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

28
27

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
6 months

St Benedict's Church, Auckland

06/1716

19 May 1906

Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

No	399
Date of Notice	19 May 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Wilson	Rosa Ellen Cox
	💍 1906/390
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	6 months
Marriage Place	St Benedict's Church, Auckland
Folio	06/1716
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 May 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

400

19 May 1906

Frederick Richard Mason
Annie Maria Lewis

Frederick Richard Mason
Annie Maria Lewis
💍 1906/327

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

25
21

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
20 years

House of father of Bride

06/1654

19 May 1906

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	400
Date of Notice	19 May 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Richard Mason	Annie Maria Lewis
	💍 1906/327
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	20 years
Marriage Place	House of father of Bride
Folio	06/1654
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 May 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

401

21 May 1906

Francis George Newlyn
Annie Turnwald

Francis George Newlyn
Annie Turnwald
💍 1906/423

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

21
26

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
7 years

St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

06/1726

21 May 1906

Rev. J. A. Molloy, Roman Catholic

No	401
Date of Notice	21 May 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis George Newlyn	Annie Turnwald
	💍 1906/423
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	21	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	7 years
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	06/1726
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 May 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Molloy, Roman Catholic

402

22 May 1906

Andrew Alexander McEwan
Gertrude Ann Stowell

Andrew Alexander McEwan
Gertrude Ann Stowell
💍 1906/417

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

24
24

Auckland
Auckland

27 years
24 years

Methodist Church, Grafton Road

06/1743

22 May 1906

Rev. G. W. J. Spence, Methodist

No	402
Date of Notice	22 May 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Alexander McEwan	Gertrude Ann Stowell
	💍 1906/417
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	27 years	24 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Grafton Road
Folio	06/1743
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 May 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. W. J. Spence, Methodist

403

22 May 1906

Stanley Ledyard Eville
Norah Murphy

Stanley Ledyard Eville
Norah Murphy
💍 1906/412

Bachelor
Spinster

Settler

35
29

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 months

Methodist Parsonage, Newton

06/1738

22 May 1906

Rev. J. A. Luxford, Methodist

No	403
Date of Notice	22 May 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stanley Ledyard Eville	Norah Murphy
	💍 1906/412
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Settler
Age	35	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 months
Marriage Place	Methodist Parsonage, Newton
Folio	06/1738
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 May 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Luxford, Methodist

404

22 May 1906

William Murphy
Winifred Hillman

William Murphy
Winifred Hillman
💍 1906/2870

Widower
Widow

Farmer

66
65

Otahuhu
East Tamaki

41 years
36 years

Roman Catholic Church, Otahuhu

06/2638

22 May 1906

Rev. J. O'Hara, Roman Catholic

No	404
Date of Notice	22 May 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Murphy	Winifred Hillman
	💍 1906/2870
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Farmer
Age	66	65
Dwelling Place	Otahuhu	East Tamaki
Length of Residence	41 years	36 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Otahuhu
Folio	06/2638
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 May 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. O'Hara, 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).