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

435

1 June 1906

Edmund Augustus Farrington
Mary Ferguson Macnicol

Edmund Augustus Farrington
Mary Ferguson Macuicoh
💍 1906/335

Bachelor
Spinster

Civil Servant

43
32

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
32 years

House of father of Bride, Epsom

06/1662

1 June 1906

Rev. G. B. Monro, Presbyterian

No	435
Date of Notice	1 June 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edmund Augustus Farrington	Mary Ferguson Macnicol
BDM Match (95%)	Edmund Augustus Farrington	Mary Ferguson Macuicoh
	💍 1906/335
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Civil Servant
Age	43	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	32 years
Marriage Place	House of father of Bride, Epsom
Folio	06/1662
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 June 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. B. Monro, Presbyterian

436

2 June 1906

William Smith
Margaret Eliza Welch

William Smith
Margaret Eliza Welch
💍 1906/472

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman

23
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
20 years

Primitive Methodist Church, Mt Roskill

06/1778

2 June 1906

Rev. E. Warburton, Primitive Methodist

No	436
Date of Notice	2 June 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Smith	Margaret Eliza Welch
	💍 1906/472
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman
Age	23	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	20 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Mt Roskill
Folio	06/1778
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Warburton, Primitive Methodist

437

2 June 1906

Henry Laverty
Alice Florence Carter

Henry Laverty
Alice Florence Carter
💍 1906/402

Bachelor
Spinster

Stoker

32
20

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
2 years 6 months

St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

06/1729

Edward John Carter, Father

2 June 1906

Rev. H. F. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	437
Date of Notice	2 June 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Laverty	Alice Florence Carter
	💍 1906/402
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stoker
Age	32	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	2 years 6 months
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	06/1729
Consent	Edward John Carter, Father
Date of Certificate	2 June 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. F. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

438

2 June 1906

George Dick
Primrose Mary Murdoch

George Dick
Primrose Mary Murdoch
💍 1906/396

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

25
25

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
20 years

Presbyterian Church, Mount Roskill

06/1699

2 June 1906

Rev. J. M. Fraser, Presbyterian

No	438
Date of Notice	2 June 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Dick	Primrose Mary Murdoch
	💍 1906/396
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Mount Roskill
Folio	06/1699
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. M. Fraser, Presbyterian

439

5 June 1906

Michael Hogan
Kate Healey

Michael Hogan
Kate Healey
💍 1906/392

Bachelor
Spinster

Tramway Despatcher

30
26

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
26 years

St Benedict's Church, Auckland

06/1718

5 June 1906

Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

No	439
Date of Notice	5 June 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Michael Hogan	Kate Healey
	💍 1906/392
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tramway Despatcher
Age	30	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	26 years
Marriage Place	St Benedict's Church, Auckland
Folio	06/1718
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 June 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

440

5 June 1906

Philip Gaffney
Frances Healey

Philip Gaffney
Frances Healey
💍 1906/400

Bachelor
Spinster

Steward

29
23

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
23 years

St Benedict's Church, Auckland

06/1719

5 June 1906

Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

No	440
Date of Notice	5 June 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Philip Gaffney	Frances Healey
	💍 1906/400
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Steward
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	23 years
Marriage Place	St Benedict's Church, Auckland
Folio	06/1719
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 June 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).