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 147

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 December 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

469

12 October 1906

Thomas Millar Scott
Mabel Louise Barker

Thomas Millar Scott
Mabel Louise Barker
💍 1906/5709

Bachelor
Spinster

Wool merchant

27
22

Auckland
Auckland

10 days
3 months

St. Matthews Church, Auckland

06/5571

12 October 1906

Rev. W. R. Gillam, Church of England

No	469
Date of Notice	12 October 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Millar Scott	Mabel Louise Barker
	💍 1906/5709
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Wool merchant
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 days	3 months
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church, Auckland
Folio	06/5571
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 October 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. R. Gillam, Church of England

470

12 October 1906

James Basil Nicholls
Ethel Mary Aylett

James Basil Nicholls
Ethel Mary Aylett
💍 1906/5780

Bachelor
Spinster

Upholsterer

26
24

Auckland
Mount Eden

14 years
24 years

St. Barnabas Church, Mount Eden

06/5619

12 October 1906

Rev. E. J. McFarland, Church of England

No	470
Date of Notice	12 October 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Basil Nicholls	Ethel Mary Aylett
	💍 1906/5780
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Upholsterer
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Mount Eden
Length of Residence	14 years	24 years
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church, Mount Eden
Folio	06/5619
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 October 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. McFarland, Church of England

471

15 October 1906

Walter Langdon
Sarah Doherty

Walter Langdon
Sarah Doherty
💍 1906/4516

Widower
Spinster

Settler

55
50

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
20 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

06/5526

15 October 1906

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	471
Date of Notice	15 October 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Langdon	Sarah Doherty
	💍 1906/4516
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Settler
Age	55	50
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	06/5526
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 October 1906
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

472

15 October 1906

Thomas Henry Baylis
Mabel Ellen Meehan

Thomas Henry Baylis
Mabel Ellen Meehan
💍 1906/7718

Bachelor
Spinster

Mechanic

31
25

New Lynn
New Lynn

6 months
5 months

House of mother of Bridegroom, New Lynn

06/5684

15 October 1906

Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

No	472
Date of Notice	15 October 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Henry Baylis	Mabel Ellen Meehan
	💍 1906/7718
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mechanic
Age	31	25
Dwelling Place	New Lynn	New Lynn
Length of Residence	6 months	5 months
Marriage Place	House of mother of Bridegroom, New Lynn
Folio	06/5684
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 October 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

473

15 October 1906

John Hind
Alice Beatrice Evans

John Hind
Alice Beatrice Evans
💍 1906/5772

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

33
21

Auckland
Devonport

3 days
3 days

Church of England, Devonport

06/5635

15 October 1906

Rev. W. G. Evershed, Church of England

No	473
Date of Notice	15 October 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Hind	Alice Beatrice Evans
	💍 1906/5772
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	33	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Devonport
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Church of England, Devonport
Folio	06/5635
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 October 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. G. Evershed, Church of England

474

15 October 1906

Reginald Burling Ouston
Ella Marguerite Speakman

Reginald Curling Ouston
Ella Marguerite Speakeman
💍 1906/5813

Bachelor
Spinster

Fitter

24
21

Auckland
Remuera

1 week
2 years

House of Rev. J. B. Monro

06/5676

15 October 1906

Rev. G. B. Monro, Presbyterian

No	474
Date of Notice	15 October 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reginald Burling Ouston	Ella Marguerite Speakman
BDM Match (96%)	Reginald Curling Ouston	Ella Marguerite Speakeman
	💍 1906/5813
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fitter
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Remuera
Length of Residence	1 week	2 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. J. B. Monro
Folio	06/5676
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 October 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. B. Monro, 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).