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 111

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

594

31 July 1906

William Lick
Mary Elizabeth Johnston

William Lisk
Mary Elizabeth Johnston
💍 1906/4045

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener

30
23

Auckland
Northcote

4 years

House of Mr Wm Johnston

06/3871

31 July 1906

Rev. G. Y. Roby, Presbyterian

No	594
Date of Notice	31 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Lick	Mary Elizabeth Johnston
BDM Match (96%)	William Lisk	Mary Elizabeth Johnston
	💍 1906/4045
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Northcote
Length of Residence	4 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr Wm Johnston
Folio	06/3871
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Y. Roby, Presbyterian

595

31 July 1906

Isaac Corbett
Laurina De Lucca

Isaac Corbett
Laurina De Lucca
💍 1906/3783

Bachelor
Spinster

Mariner

30
23

Auckland
Remuera

16 years

St. Mark's Church

06/3838

31 July 1906

Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

No	595
Date of Notice	31 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Isaac Corbett	Laurina De Lucca
	💍 1906/3783
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mariner
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Remuera
Length of Residence	16 years
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church
Folio	06/3838
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

596

31 July 1906

William James Prince
Mary Ann Gibbs

William James Prince
Mary Ann Gibbs
💍 1906/4937

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman

28
25

Auckland
Auckland

10 years

St. Benedict's Church

06/4596

31 July 1906

Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

No	596
Date of Notice	31 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William James Prince	Mary Ann Gibbs
	💍 1906/4937
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church
Folio	06/4596
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

597

1 August 1906

John Frederick Roberts
Myrtle Hardaker

John Frederick Roberts
Myrtle Hardaker
💍 1906/4926

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

21
22

Auckland
Ponsonby

21 years

St. John's Wesleyan Church

06/4585

1 August 1906

Rev. G. Bond, Methodist

No	597
Date of Notice	1 August 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Frederick Roberts	Myrtle Hardaker
	💍 1906/4926
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	21 years
Marriage Place	St. John's Wesleyan Church
Folio	06/4585
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 August 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Bond, Methodist

598

2 August 1906

Walter Robert Davison
Sarah Margaret Murphy

Walter Robert Davison
Sarah Margaret Murphy
💍 1906/4930

Bachelor
Spinster

Compositor

22
22

Auckland
Newton Place

22 years
15 years

House of father of Bride

06/4590

2 August 1906

Rev. J. W. Smith, Free Methodist

No	598
Date of Notice	2 August 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Robert Davison	Sarah Margaret Murphy
	💍 1906/4930
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Compositor
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Newton Place
Length of Residence	22 years	15 years
Marriage Place	House of father of Bride
Folio	06/4590
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 August 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. W. Smith, Free Methodist

599

3 August 1906

Rasmus Elias Jacobsen
Annie Maria Williams

Rasmus Elias Jacobsen
Annie Maria Williams
💍 1906/4035

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman

26
20

Auckland
Nelson Street

6 years
20 years

House of father of Bride

06/3885

William Williams, Father

3 August 1906

Rev. J. Wilson, Presbyterian

No	599
Date of Notice	3 August 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Rasmus Elias Jacobsen	Annie Maria Williams
	💍 1906/4035
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman
Age	26	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Nelson Street
Length of Residence	6 years	20 years
Marriage Place	House of father of Bride
Folio	06/3885
Consent	William Williams, Father
Date of Certificate	3 August 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilson, 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).