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 Te Awamutu Quarter ending 30 June 1906 Registrar G. W. Bennett

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

553

2 April 1906

Herbert Hellier
Eliza Enetta Petersen

Herbert Hellier
Eliza Enetta Petersen
💍 1906/685

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer

27
20

Inglewood
Moa District

27 years
20 years

at the Residence of R. G. Petersen, Mountain Road, Moa District

06/1995

R. G. Petersen, father of Eliza Enetta Petersen

2 April 1906

Rev. J. Thomas

No	553
Date of Notice	2 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Hellier	Eliza Enetta Petersen
	💍 1906/685
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer
Age	27	20
Dwelling Place	Inglewood	Moa District
Length of Residence	27 years	20 years
Marriage Place	at the Residence of R. G. Petersen, Mountain Road, Moa District
Folio	06/1995
Consent	R. G. Petersen, father of Eliza Enetta Petersen
Date of Certificate	2 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Thomas

554

3 April 1906

John Henry Hopson
Annie Emily Morgan

John Henry Hopson
Annie Emily Morgan
💍 1906/667

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

35
25

Moa District
Moa District

15 years
12 years

at the Residence of S. J. Morgan, on the Karmata Road, Moa District

06/1991

3 April 1906

Rev. J. D. Webster

No	554
Date of Notice	3 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Henry Hopson	Annie Emily Morgan
	💍 1906/667
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	35	25
Dwelling Place	Moa District	Moa District
Length of Residence	15 years	12 years
Marriage Place	at the Residence of S. J. Morgan, on the Karmata Road, Moa District
Folio	06/1991
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. D. Webster

555

9 April 1906

William Vaughan Harkness
Ruth Emmeline Newland

William Vaughan Harkness
Ruth Emmeline Newland
💍 1906/672

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

27
27

Moa District
Moa District

14 years
15 years

at the Church of England at Inglewood

06/2004

9 April 1906

Rev. H. Reeve

No	555
Date of Notice	9 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Vaughan Harkness	Ruth Emmeline Newland
	💍 1906/672
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Moa District	Moa District
Length of Residence	14 years	15 years
Marriage Place	at the Church of England at Inglewood
Folio	06/2004
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Reeve

556

11 April 1906

Leslie Ayers
Florrie Moody

Leslie Ayers
Florrie Moody
💍 1906/683

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

25
22

Matapu
Matapu

2 years
13 years

at the Residence of Mr. Thomas Moody at Matapu, Taranaki

06/1998

11 April 1906

Rev. Thos. H. Roseveare

No	556
Date of Notice	11 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie Ayers	Florrie Moody
	💍 1906/683
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Matapu	Matapu
Length of Residence	2 years	13 years
Marriage Place	at the Residence of Mr. Thomas Moody at Matapu, Taranaki
Folio	06/1998
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thos. H. Roseveare

557

14 April 1906

Newark Featonby
Mary Margaret Loye Candish

Newark Featonley
Mary Margaret Loye Candish
💍 1906/686

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer

24
25

Inglewood
Inglewood

2 weeks
8 years

at the residence of Mr. S. Candish, Standish St., Inglewood

06/1996

14 April 1906

Rev. E. D. Patchett

No	557
Date of Notice	14 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Newark Featonby	Mary Margaret Loye Candish
BDM Match (94%)	Newark Featonley	Mary Margaret Loye Candish
	💍 1906/686
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Inglewood	Inglewood
Length of Residence	2 weeks	8 years
Marriage Place	at the residence of Mr. S. Candish, Standish St., Inglewood
Folio	06/1996
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. D. Patchett

558

23 April 1906

Frederick Clark
Alice Bevin

Frederick Clark
Alice Bevin
💍 1906/687

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

22
21

Moa District
Moa District

22 years
2 years

at the Primitive Methodist Church at Inglewood

06/1997

23 April 1906

Rev. N. White

No	558
Date of Notice	23 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Clark	Alice Bevin
	💍 1906/687
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Moa District	Moa District
Length of Residence	22 years	2 years
Marriage Place	at the Primitive Methodist Church at Inglewood
Folio	06/1997
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. N. White

559

23 April 1906

William Edward Fifield
Frances Lehrke

William Edward Tefield
Frances Lehrke
💍 1906/678

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmill Manager

34
32

Moa District
Moa District

5 days
12 months

at the Roman Catholic Church at Inglewood

06/1992

23 April 1906

Rev. Jas. M. Mannix

No	559
Date of Notice	23 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Edward Fifield	Frances Lehrke
BDM Match (95%)	William Edward Tefield	Frances Lehrke
	💍 1906/678
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmill Manager
Age	34	32
Dwelling Place	Moa District	Moa District
Length of Residence	5 days	12 months
Marriage Place	at the Roman Catholic Church at Inglewood
Folio	06/1992
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. Jas. M. Mannix

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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).