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 678

District of Kaponga Quarter ending 30 June 1906 Registrar C. Stuart

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

24 April 1906

Henry Rutter Barker
Mary Barton

Henry Ritter
Mary Barton
💍 1906/643

Neil McGregor Carter
Mary Barton
💍 1907/361

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

29
22

Retham
Kaponga

18 yrs

Residence of Amelia Lindgren, Lower Palmer Rd, Kaponga N.Z.

06/1975

24 April 1906

Rev. W. H. Philip

No	1
Date of Notice	24 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Rutter Barker	Mary Barton
BDM Match (79%)	Henry Ritter	Mary Barton
	💍 1906/643
BDM Match (70%)	Neil McGregor Carter	Mary Barton
	💍 1907/361
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Retham	Kaponga
Length of Residence		18 yrs
Marriage Place	Residence of Amelia Lindgren, Lower Palmer Rd, Kaponga N.Z.
Folio	06/1975
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. Philip

2 June 1906

Horace Raymond Blyth Nevitt
Ethel Fanny Hollard

Horace Raymond Blyth Newitt
Ethel Fanny Hollard
💍 1906/674

Bachelor
Spinster

Factory Manager
Domestic

30
19

Kaponga
Kaponga

8 years
11 years

Methodist Church of Australasia, Kaponga N.Z.

06/2006

Eli Hollard, Father

2 June 1906

Rev. J. W. Worboys

No	2
Date of Notice	2 June 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Horace Raymond Blyth Nevitt	Ethel Fanny Hollard
BDM Match (98%)	Horace Raymond Blyth Newitt	Ethel Fanny Hollard
	💍 1906/674
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Factory Manager	Domestic
Age	30	19
Dwelling Place	Kaponga	Kaponga
Length of Residence	8 years	11 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church of Australasia, Kaponga N.Z.
Folio	06/2006
Consent	Eli Hollard, Father
Date of Certificate	2 June 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. W. Worboys

6 June 1906

Albert Patrick Gargan
Winifred Annie Solley

Albert Patrick Gorgan
Winifred Annie Solley
💍 1906/5602

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

24
23

Riverlea
Riverlea

8 yrs
11 mths

Residence of Stephen Solley, Riverlea, Taranaki N.Z.

06/5388

6 June 1906

Rev. H. T. Rawnsley

No	3
Date of Notice	6 June 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Patrick Gargan	Winifred Annie Solley
BDM Match (98%)	Albert Patrick Gorgan	Winifred Annie Solley
	💍 1906/5602
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Riverlea	Riverlea
Length of Residence	8 yrs	11 mths
Marriage Place	Residence of Stephen Solley, Riverlea, Taranaki N.Z.
Folio	06/5388
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 June 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. T. Rawnsley

8 June 1906

Leon Bern Lindgren
Amelia Bertha Barton

Leon Hern Baigent
Amelia Bertha Barton
💍 1906/673

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Domestic

29
20

Kaponga
Kaponga

6 yrs
20 yrs

Residence of Amelia Lindgren, Kaponga N.Z.

06/2005

Amelia Lindgren, mother

8 June 1906

Rev. W. H. Philip

No	4
Date of Notice	8 June 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leon Bern Lindgren	Amelia Bertha Barton
BDM Match (81%)	Leon Hern Baigent	Amelia Bertha Barton
	💍 1906/673
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Domestic
Age	29	20
Dwelling Place	Kaponga	Kaponga
Length of Residence	6 yrs	20 yrs
Marriage Place	Residence of Amelia Lindgren, Kaponga N.Z.
Folio	06/2005
Consent	Amelia Lindgren, mother
Date of Certificate	8 June 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. Philip

13 June 1906

Robert John Findon
Ada Gertrude Tremain

Robert John Findon
Ada Gertrude Tremain
💍 1906/740

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Porter
Domestic

27
21

Auroa
Auroa

30 days
6 yrs

Public Hall, Auroa

06/2050

13 June 1906

Rev. H. T. Rawnsley

No	5
Date of Notice	13 June 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert John Findon	Ada Gertrude Tremain
	💍 1906/740
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Porter	Domestic
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Auroa	Auroa
Length of Residence	30 days	6 yrs
Marriage Place	Public Hall, Auroa
Folio	06/2050
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 June 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. T. Rawnsley

19 June 1906

James O'Neil
Catherine Mary Philomene Lonergan

James O'Neill
Catherine Mary Philomena Lonergan
💍 1906/3137

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

38
34

Kaponga
Kaponga

1 year
6 mths

Roman Catholic Church, Kaponga N.Z.

06/2667

19 June 1906

Rev. T. Haire

No	6
Date of Notice	19 June 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James O'Neil	Catherine Mary Philomene Lonergan
BDM Match (95%)	James O'Neill	Catherine Mary Philomena Lonergan
	💍 1906/3137
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	38	34
Dwelling Place	Kaponga	Kaponga
Length of Residence	1 year	6 mths
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Kaponga N.Z.
Folio	06/2667
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 June 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. Haire

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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).