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 837

District of Waipawa Quarter ending 31 March 1906 Registrar Therese Johnson

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

737

13 January 1906

Harry Moss
Beatrix Gragnair

Bachelor
Spinster

Doctor of Medicine
Dom duties

30 years
26 years

Powrere
Powrere

Ten days
126 years

Church, Powrere

06/459

13 January 1906

Rev. G. G. Telling Simcox, Porangahau

No	737
Date of Notice	13 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Moss	Beatrix Gragnair
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Doctor of Medicine	Dom duties
Age	30 years	26 years
Dwelling Place	Powrere	Powrere
Length of Residence	Ten days	126 years
Marriage Place	Church, Powrere
Folio	06/459
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. G. Telling Simcox, Porangahau

738

22 January 1906

James Rose
Annie Letitia Downer

James Rose
Annie Letitia Downer
💍 1906/1771

Bachelor
Spinster

Stockman
Dom duties

20 years 7 months
18 years 9 months

Waipawa
Waipawa

at the residence of Mrs Anne Downer

06/440

George Rose, father of groom; Anne Downer, mother of bride

22 January 1906

Rev. H. P. Bowx, M.A., Waipawa

No	738
Date of Notice	22 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Rose	Annie Letitia Downer
	💍 1906/1771
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stockman	Dom duties
Age	20 years 7 months	18 years 9 months
Dwelling Place	Waipawa	Waipawa
Length of Residence
Marriage Place	at the residence of Mrs Anne Downer
Folio	06/440
Consent	George Rose, father of groom; Anne Downer, mother of bride
Date of Certificate	22 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. P. Bowx, M.A., Waipawa

739

6 February 1906

George Imedell
Margaret Wilson

George Mundell
Margaret Wilson
💍 1906/1772

Kenneth Macdonald
Margaret Wilson
💍 1907/1666

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Dom duties

26 years
20 years

Raihola North
Pukehou

3 years

Presbyterian Church, Raihola North

06/441

James Wilson, father

6 February 1906

Rev. G. R. Showell, Waipawa

No	739
Date of Notice	6 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Imedell	Margaret Wilson
BDM Match (89%)	George Mundell	Margaret Wilson
	💍 1906/1772
BDM Match (62%)	Kenneth Macdonald	Margaret Wilson
	💍 1907/1666
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Dom duties
Age	26 years	20 years
Dwelling Place	Raihola North	Pukehou
Length of Residence	3 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Raihola North
Folio	06/441
Consent	James Wilson, father
Date of Certificate	6 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. R. Showell, Waipawa

740

6 February 1906

Joseph Vaughan
Alice Cox

Joseph Vaughan
Alice Cox
💍 1906/802

Bachelor
Spinster

Shepherd
Dom duties

29 years
31 years

Waipawa
Pukehou

3 days
14 years

St Peters Church, Waipawa

06/2136

6 February 1906

Rev. H. P. Bowx, M.A., Waipawa

No	740
Date of Notice	6 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Vaughan	Alice Cox
	💍 1906/802
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd	Dom duties
Age	29 years	31 years
Dwelling Place	Waipawa	Pukehou
Length of Residence	3 days	14 years
Marriage Place	St Peters Church, Waipawa
Folio	06/2136
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. P. Bowx, M.A., Waipawa

741

5 March 1906

Thomas Charles Jarvis Boar
Emma Pederson

Thomas Charles Jarvis Doar
Emma Pedersen
💍 1906/1774

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Dom duties

24 years
18 years

Blackburn
Blackburn

18 years
one week

at the residence of Mrs Deal, Blackburn

06/443

Mrs Chrishen Pederson, mother

5 March 1906

Rev. G. B. Pedersen, Inwood

No	741
Date of Notice	5 March 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Charles Jarvis Boar	Emma Pederson
BDM Match (94%)	Thomas Charles Jarvis Doar	Emma Pedersen
	💍 1906/1774
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Dom duties
Age	24 years	18 years
Dwelling Place	Blackburn	Blackburn
Length of Residence	18 years	one week
Marriage Place	at the residence of Mrs Deal, Blackburn
Folio	06/443
Consent	Mrs Chrishen Pederson, mother
Date of Certificate	5 March 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. B. Pedersen, Inwood

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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).