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 581

District of Thames Quarter ending 31 December 1906 Registrar William Henry Potts

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

11 October 1906

Henry Duncan Goldsworthy
Alicia Maud Taylor

Henry Duncan Goldsworthy
Alicia Maud Taylor
💍 1906/6578

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Driver
Domestic duties

26
26

Thames
Thames

26 years
26 years

In the house of Mr Taylor, Irishtown, Thames

06/6546

11 October 1906

Rev. S. Henderson, Primitive Methodist

No	42
Date of Notice	11 October 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Duncan Goldsworthy	Alicia Maud Taylor
	💍 1906/6578
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver	Domestic duties
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	26 years	26 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr Taylor, Irishtown, Thames
Folio	06/6546
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 October 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. Henderson, Primitive Methodist

11 October 1906

William Burgess Teasdale
Amy Payne

William Burgess Teasdale
Amy Payne
💍 1906/5990

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist
Domestic duties

30
25

Thames
Thames

30 years
25 years

St Georges Church of England, Thames

06/5877

11 October 1906

Revd. T. O'Callaghan, Church of England

No	43
Date of Notice	11 October 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Burgess Teasdale	Amy Payne
	💍 1906/5990
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist	Domestic duties
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	30 years	25 years
Marriage Place	St Georges Church of England, Thames
Folio	06/5877
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 October 1906
Officiating Minister	Revd. T. O'Callaghan, Church of England

23 October 1906

James Clarendon Beale
Edith Mary Baker

James Clarendon Beale
Edith Mary Baker
💍 1906/5991

Bachelor
Spinster

Optician
Domestic duties

23
22

Thames
Thames

1 day
22 years

St Georges Church, Thames

06/5878

25 October 1906

Dr O'Callaghan, Church of England

No	44
Date of Notice	23 October 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Clarendon Beale	Edith Mary Baker
	💍 1906/5991
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Optician	Domestic duties
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	1 day	22 years
Marriage Place	St Georges Church, Thames
Folio	06/5878
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 October 1906
Officiating Minister	Dr O'Callaghan, Church of England

19 November 1906

Thomas Henry Clark
Jessie Hilda Holden

Thomas Henry Clark
Jessie Hilda Holden
💍 1906/5995

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

23
17

Thames
Thames

23 years
8 years

Registrar's Office, Thames

06/5882

George Holden, father of J. H. Holden

19 November 1906

William H. Potts, Registrar

No	45
Date of Notice	19 November 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Henry Clark	Jessie Hilda Holden
	💍 1906/5995
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	23	17
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	23 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Thames
Folio	06/5882
Consent	George Holden, father of J. H. Holden
Date of Certificate	19 November 1906
Officiating Minister	William H. Potts, Registrar

20 November 1906

William Bowden
Daisy Ellen Skeen

William Bowden
Daisy Ellen Skeen
💍 1906/6579

Bachelor
Spinster

Furnace man
Domestic duties

27
27

Thames
Thames

3 days
27 years

In the house of Mrs Skeen, Thames

06/6547

20 November 1906

Rev S. Henderson, Primitive Methodist

No	46
Date of Notice	20 November 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Bowden	Daisy Ellen Skeen
	💍 1906/6579
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Furnace man	Domestic duties
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	3 days	27 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs Skeen, Thames
Folio	06/6547
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 November 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev S. Henderson, Primitive Methodist

26 November 1906

Bertram Anderson
Kate Cook

Bertram Anderson
Kate Cooke
💍 1906/5992

Bachelor
Spinster

Mill hand
Domestic duties

26
21

Turua
Matatoki

26 years
21 years

Church of England, Thames

06/5879

26 November 1906

Rev G. O'Callaghan, Church of England

No	47
Date of Notice	26 November 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bertram Anderson	Kate Cook
BDM Match (95%)	Bertram Anderson	Kate Cooke
	💍 1906/5992
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mill hand	Domestic duties
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Turua	Matatoki
Length of Residence	26 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Thames
Folio	06/5879
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 November 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev G. O'Callaghan, Church of England

26 November 1906

Joseph Collins
Dorothy Mutton

Joseph Collins
Dorothy Mutton
💍 1906/6012

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Domestic duties

28
23

Parawai
Thames

24 years
23 years

In the residence of Mr Mutton, Thames

06/5876

26 November 1906

Rev E. H. Taylor, Church of Christ

No	48
Date of Notice	26 November 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Collins	Dorothy Mutton
	💍 1906/6012
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic duties
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Parawai	Thames
Length of Residence	24 years	23 years
Marriage Place	In the residence of Mr Mutton, Thames
Folio	06/5876
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 November 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev E. H. Taylor, Church of Christ

28 November 1906

Harry Phillips
Alice Elizabeth Franks

Harry Phillips
Alice Elizabeth Franks
💍 1906/6580

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

35
24

Thames
Thames

3 days
10 years

Primitive Methodist Church, Thames

06/6548

28 November 1906

Revd S. Henderson, Primitive Methodist

No	49
Date of Notice	28 November 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Phillips	Alice Elizabeth Franks
	💍 1906/6580
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	35	24
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	3 days	10 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Thames
Folio	06/6548
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 November 1906
Officiating Minister	Revd S. Henderson, Primitive Methodist

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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).