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 Waipawa Quarter ending 30 June 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

745

2 April 1906

John Robert Hercock
Beatrice Mayarch Lowe

John Robert Hercock
Bertrice Margaret Lowe
💍 1906/801

Bachelor
Spinster

Jockey
Domestic duties

24
21

Waipawa
Waipawa

Eleven months
21 years

At the Residence of Mrs F. C. Lowe

06/2135

2 April 1906

Rev. H. P. Cowx M.A. Waipawa

No	745
Date of Notice	2 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Robert Hercock	Beatrice Mayarch Lowe
BDM Match (89%)	John Robert Hercock	Bertrice Margaret Lowe
	💍 1906/801
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Jockey	Domestic duties
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Waipawa	Waipawa
Length of Residence	Eleven months	21 years
Marriage Place	At the Residence of Mrs F. C. Lowe
Folio	06/2135
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. P. Cowx M.A. Waipawa

746

7 April 1906

Robert George Lonsdale Glenny
Margaret Dearness

Robert George Lonsdale Glenny
Margarite Dearness
💍 1906/810

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

25
27

Onga Onga
Waipawa

25 years
4 years

At the residence of Mr T. S. Glenny Onga Onga

06/2143

7 April 1906

Rev. J. Pattison Waipukurau

No	746
Date of Notice	7 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert George Lonsdale Glenny	Margaret Dearness
BDM Match (94%)	Robert George Lonsdale Glenny	Margarite Dearness
	💍 1906/810
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Onga Onga	Waipawa
Length of Residence	25 years	4 years
Marriage Place	At the residence of Mr T. S. Glenny Onga Onga
Folio	06/2143
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Pattison Waipukurau

747

11 April 1906

John Charles Bryant
Margaret Isabel Sheldon

John Charles Bryant
Margaret Isabel Sheddon
💍 1906/808

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer
Domestic duties

31
30

Waipawa
Waipawa

2 years
2 years

At St Patrick's Church Waipawa

06/2141

11 April 1906

Rev. W. Johnston Waipawa

No	747
Date of Notice	11 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Charles Bryant	Margaret Isabel Sheldon
BDM Match (98%)	John Charles Bryant	Margaret Isabel Sheddon
	💍 1906/808
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer	Domestic duties
Age	31	30
Dwelling Place	Waipawa	Waipawa
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	At St Patrick's Church Waipawa
Folio	06/2141
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Johnston Waipawa

748

12 April 1906

Albert Frank Glemp
Alice Coles

Albert Frank Glenny
Alice Coles
💍 1906/2913

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

23
24

Onga Onga
Onga Onga

23 years
24 years

In the Church Onga Onga

06/2686

12 April 1906

Rev. F. W. Martin Waipukurau

No	748
Date of Notice	12 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Frank Glemp	Alice Coles
BDM Match (92%)	Albert Frank Glenny	Alice Coles
	💍 1906/2913
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Onga Onga	Onga Onga
Length of Residence	23 years	24 years
Marriage Place	In the Church Onga Onga
Folio	06/2686
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. W. Martin Waipukurau

749

14 April 1906

Thomas Russell Coles
Martha Emma Coles

Thomas Russell
Martha Emma Coles
💍 1906/2912

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

41
31

Onga Onga
Onga Onga

4 days
20 years

In the Church Onga Onga

06/2685

14 April 1906

Rev F. W. Martin Waipukurau

No	749
Date of Notice	14 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Russell Coles	Martha Emma Coles
BDM Match (85%)	Thomas Russell	Martha Emma Coles
	💍 1906/2912
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	41	31
Dwelling Place	Onga Onga	Onga Onga
Length of Residence	4 days	20 years
Marriage Place	In the Church Onga Onga
Folio	06/2685
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev F. W. Martin Waipukurau

750

16 April 1906

James Edward Ferguson
Lilian Jane Lawrenson

James Edward Ferguson
Lilian Jane Laurenson
💍 1906/2914

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer
Domestic duties

23
24

Pukehou
Pukehou

4 days
15 years

By license in the Church at Pukehou (or pe ante) See letter

06/2687

16 April 1906

Rev. A L Williams Pukehou

No	750
Date of Notice	16 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Edward Ferguson	Lilian Jane Lawrenson
BDM Match (98%)	James Edward Ferguson	Lilian Jane Laurenson
	💍 1906/2914
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer	Domestic duties
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Pukehou	Pukehou
Length of Residence	4 days	15 years
Marriage Place	By license in the Church at Pukehou (or pe ante) See letter
Folio	06/2687
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. A L Williams Pukehou

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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).