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 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

805

24 October 1906

Richard Rogers
Ethel Laura Mawer

Richard Rogers
Ethel Laura Mawer
💍 1906/7509

Richard Peckham
Ethel Mary Gower
💍 1906/4171

Bachelor
Spinster

Photographer

24
25

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
2 years

Unitarian Church, Ponsonby Road

06/7621

27 October 1906

Rev. W. Jellie, Unitarian

No	805
Date of Notice	24 October 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Rogers	Ethel Laura Mawer
	💍 1906/7509
BDM Match (62%)	Richard Peckham	Ethel Mary Gower
	💍 1906/4171
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Photographer
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Unitarian Church, Ponsonby Road
Folio	06/7621
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 October 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Jellie, Unitarian

806

24 October 1906

George Albert Elley
Mary Cecilia Perkinson

George Albert Elley
Mary Cecilia Perkinson
💍 1906/6027

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman

23
20

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
20 years

House of Rev. H. F. Holbrook, Hobson Street

06/5918

H. H. Holbrook, Legal Guardian

27 October 1906

Rev. H. H. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	806
Date of Notice	24 October 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Albert Elley	Mary Cecilia Perkinson
	💍 1906/6027
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	20 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. H. F. Holbrook, Hobson Street
Folio	06/5918
Consent	H. H. Holbrook, Legal Guardian
Date of Certificate	27 October 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. H. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

807

24 October 1906

Percy Clifton Firth
Sylvia Elizabeth Angove

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

27
22

Auckland
Auckland

27 years
10 years

St. Sepulchre's Church, Auckland

06/5610

27 October 1906

Rev. G. A. Carver, Church of England

No	807
Date of Notice	24 October 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Clifton Firth	Sylvia Elizabeth Angove
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	27 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Sepulchre's Church, Auckland
Folio	06/5610
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 October 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. A. Carver, Church of England

808

29 October 1906

William Smith
Susan Wesley Hare

William Smith
Susan Wesley Hare
💍 1906/5831

Widower
Spinster

Engineer

38
28

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
2 weeks

House of Mrs. J. Skinner, Hepburn Street

06/5696

29 October 1906

Rev. J. A. Lusford, Methodist

No	808
Date of Notice	29 October 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Smith	Susan Wesley Hare
	💍 1906/5831
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	38	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	2 weeks
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. J. Skinner, Hepburn Street
Folio	06/5696
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 October 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Lusford, Methodist

809

29 October 1906

John Hugh Hughes
Winifred Maud Robinson

John Hugh Hughes
Winnifred Maud Robinson
💍 1906/4741

Widower
Spinster

Storekeeper

47
38

Auckland
Grey Lynn

3 days
25 years

House of Mr. A. C. Robinson, Arnold Street

06/5720

29 October 1906

Rev. A. North, Baptist

No	809
Date of Notice	29 October 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Hugh Hughes	Winifred Maud Robinson
BDM Match (98%)	John Hugh Hughes	Winnifred Maud Robinson
	💍 1906/4741
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper
Age	47	38
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Grey Lynn
Length of Residence	3 days	25 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. A. C. Robinson, Arnold Street
Folio	06/5720
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 October 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. North, Baptist

810

29 October 1906

Edward George Richards
Hona Burrell

Edward George Richards
Hana Burrell
💍 1906/5855

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Driver

34
33

Auckland
Eden Terrace

21 years
33 years

House of Mr. R. Williams, Eden Terrace

06/5742

29 October 1906

Mr. J. Mortimer, Church of Christ

No	810
Date of Notice	29 October 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward George Richards	Hona Burrell
BDM Match (96%)	Edward George Richards	Hana Burrell
	💍 1906/5855
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver
Age	34	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Eden Terrace
Length of Residence	21 years	33 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. R. Williams, Eden Terrace
Folio	06/5742
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 October 1906
Officiating Minister	Mr. J. Mortimer, Church of Christ

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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).