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

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

751

21 May 1906

Walter Edward Simmons
Jessie Dora Knapp

Walter Edward Simmons
Jessie Dora Knapp
💍 1906/803

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

29
25

Hampden
Hampden

5 days
25 years

At the residence of Mr. J. E. Knapp, Hampden

06/2137

21 May 1906

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

No	751
Date of Notice	21 May 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Edward Simmons	Jessie Dora Knapp
	💍 1906/803
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Hampden	Hampden
Length of Residence	5 days	25 years
Marriage Place	At the residence of Mr. J. E. Knapp, Hampden
Folio	06/2137
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 May 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. P. Bowes, M. A., Waipawa

752

1 June 1906

Ian Wentworth Campbell
Helena Huckfold Gilmour

Ian Wentworth Campbell
Helena Whiteford Gilmour
💍 1906/800

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheep farmer
Domestic duties

28
22

Argyll
Waipawa

2 years
18 years

At the residence of Mr. W. Gilmour, Waipawa

06/2134

1 June 1906

Rev. G. Grosh, Waipawa

No	752
Date of Notice	1 June 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ian Wentworth Campbell	Helena Huckfold Gilmour
BDM Match (88%)	Ian Wentworth Campbell	Helena Whiteford Gilmour
	💍 1906/800
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheep farmer	Domestic duties
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Argyll	Waipawa
Length of Residence	2 years	18 years
Marriage Place	At the residence of Mr. W. Gilmour, Waipawa
Folio	06/2134
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 June 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Grosh, Waipawa

753

2 June 1906

Eulogius Matthies McGregor
Catherine Amelia Moroney

Eulogius Matthias McGreevy
Catherine Amelda Moroney
💍 1906/809

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor
Domestic duties

29
26

Waipawa
Waipawa

29 years
26 years

At St. Patrick's Church, Waipawa

06/2142

2 June 1906

Rev. W. Johnston, Waipawa

No	753
Date of Notice	2 June 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Eulogius Matthies McGregor	Catherine Amelia Moroney
BDM Match (90%)	Eulogius Matthias McGreevy	Catherine Amelda Moroney
	💍 1906/809
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor	Domestic duties
Age	29	26
Dwelling Place	Waipawa	Waipawa
Length of Residence	29 years	26 years
Marriage Place	At St. Patrick's Church, Waipawa
Folio	06/2142
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Johnston, Waipawa

754

11 June 1906

John William Morrison
Mary Harkness MacKelvie

John William Morrison
Mary Harkness MacKelvie
💍 1906/807

Bachelor
Spinster

Shepherd
Domestic duties

25
27

Kaihola North
Kaihola North

3 days
3 days

At the residence of Mr. J. Swan, Kaihola North

06/2140

11 June 1906

Rev. G. K. Scoull, Waipawa

No	754
Date of Notice	11 June 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John William Morrison	Mary Harkness MacKelvie
	💍 1906/807
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd	Domestic duties
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Kaihola North	Kaihola North
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	At the residence of Mr. J. Swan, Kaihola North
Folio	06/2140
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 June 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. K. Scoull, Waipawa

755

26 June 1906

William John Phair
Mary Ann Morocock

William John Phair
Mary Ann Moorcock
💍 1906/804

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Domestic duties

24
20

Hampden
Hampden

2 years
18 months

At the residence of Mr. John Morocock, Hampden

06/2138

John Morocock, father

26 June 1906

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

No	755
Date of Notice	26 June 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Phair	Mary Ann Morocock
BDM Match (94%)	William John Phair	Mary Ann Moorcock
	💍 1906/804
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Domestic duties
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Hampden	Hampden
Length of Residence	2 years	18 months
Marriage Place	At the residence of Mr. John Morocock, Hampden
Folio	06/2138
Consent	John Morocock, father
Date of Certificate	26 June 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. P. Bowes, M. A., Waipawa

756

30 June 1906

Samuel Hull
Annie Fletcher

Samuel Hull
Annie Fletcher
💍 1906/4064

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer
Domestic duties

26
21

Hakarara
Hakarara

20 years
20 years

In the residence of Mr. S. Fletcher, Hakarara

06/2191

30 June 1906

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

No	756
Date of Notice	30 June 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Hull	Annie Fletcher
	💍 1906/4064
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer	Domestic duties
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Hakarara	Hakarara
Length of Residence	20 years	20 years
Marriage Place	In the residence of Mr. S. Fletcher, Hakarara
Folio	06/2191
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 June 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. P. Bowes, M. A., Waipawa

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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).