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 September 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

582

24 July 1906

Thomas William Albiston
Florence Emma Arnel

Thomas William Albiston
Florence Emma Arnel
💍 1906/7526

Bachelor
Spinster

Packer

22
24

Auckland
Auckland

8 years

House of Mr H. G. Hill, Eccles St, Auckland

06/7639

24 July 1906

Mr A. Black, Central Mission

No	582
Date of Notice	24 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas William Albiston	Florence Emma Arnel
	💍 1906/7526
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Packer
Age	22	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr H. G. Hill, Eccles St, Auckland
Folio	06/7639
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Mr A. Black, Central Mission

583

24 July 1906

Herbert Adolphus Ladbrook
Wavey Ann Lamb

Herbert Adolphus Ladbrooke
Wavey Ann Lamb
💍 1906/1354

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

24
23

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
23 years

Methodist Church, Pitt Street

06/3896

24 July 1906

Rev. B. F. Rothwell, Methodist

No	583
Date of Notice	24 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Adolphus Ladbrook	Wavey Ann Lamb
BDM Match (98%)	Herbert Adolphus Ladbrooke	Wavey Ann Lamb
	💍 1906/1354
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt Street
Folio	06/3896
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. F. Rothwell, Methodist

584

24 July 1906

Frank Allen
Emily Jane Cox

Frank Allen
Emily Jane Cox
💍 1906/4935

Widower
Spinster

Mariner

46
32

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
4 months

House of mother of Bride, Eden Terrace

06/4594

24 July 1906

Rev. G. W. Smailes, Primitive Methodist

No	584
Date of Notice	24 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Allen	Emily Jane Cox
	💍 1906/4935
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Mariner
Age	46	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	4 months
Marriage Place	House of mother of Bride, Eden Terrace
Folio	06/4594
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. W. Smailes, Primitive Methodist

585

28 July 1906

Henry James Cave
Florence Helena Skerrett

Henry James Cave
Florence Helen Skerrett
💍 1906/4034

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

20
24

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
24 years

House of Mother of Bridegroom, West Street, Auckland

06/3884

Emma Cave, Mother

28 July 1906

Rev. J. Wilson, Presbyterian

No	585
Date of Notice	28 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry James Cave	Florence Helena Skerrett
BDM Match (98%)	Henry James Cave	Florence Helen Skerrett
	💍 1906/4034
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	20	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	24 years
Marriage Place	House of Mother of Bridegroom, West Street, Auckland
Folio	06/3884
Consent	Emma Cave, Mother
Date of Certificate	28 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilson, Presbyterian

586

30 July 1906

Thomas Martin Sharkey
Mary Rogers

Thomas Martin Sharkey
Mary Rogers
💍 1906/4938

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

35
31

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

St Benedict's Church, Auckland

06/4597

30 July 1906

Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

No	586
Date of Notice	30 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Martin Sharkey	Mary Rogers
	💍 1906/4938
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	35	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St Benedict's Church, Auckland
Folio	06/4597
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

587

30 July 1906

Charles Arthur Migan
Alice Davies

Charles Arthur Migan
Alice Davies
💍 1906/1288

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer

28
30

Auckland
Auckland

28 years
9 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

06/3775

30 July 1906

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	587
Date of Notice	30 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Arthur Migan	Alice Davies
	💍 1906/1288
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer
Age	28	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	28 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	06/3775
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 July 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).