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 778

District of Hastings Quarter ending 30 June 1906 Registrar Robert Brathwaite

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

28 May 1906

Colin Livingstone
Annie Margaret England

Colin Livingstone
Annie Margaret England
💍 1906/752

Bachelor
Spinster

Stock agent
Domestic

37
33

Hastings
Hastings

4 years
4 years

at the house of Mr W. L. England, Hastings

06/2086

28 May 1906

Rev. William Tinsle

No	30
Date of Notice	28 May 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Colin Livingstone	Annie Margaret England
	💍 1906/752
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stock agent	Domestic
Age	37	33
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	at the house of Mr W. L. England, Hastings
Folio	06/2086
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 May 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. William Tinsle

28 May 1906

Maurice Cheer
Laura Kathleen Hamilton

Maurice Cheer
Laura Kathleen Hamilton
💍 1906/760

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman
Domestic

31
25

Hastings
Havelock N.

3 years
6 years

St. Luke's, Havelock N.

06/2093

28 May 1906

Rev. Allen Gardiner

No	31
Date of Notice	28 May 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Maurice Cheer	Laura Kathleen Hamilton
	💍 1906/760
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman	Domestic
Age	31	25
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Havelock N.
Length of Residence	3 years	6 years
Marriage Place	St. Luke's, Havelock N.
Folio	06/2093
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 May 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. Allen Gardiner

29 May 1906

Ernest Nelson
Margaret Brandon

Ernest Nelson
Margaret Brandon
💍 1906/4140

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheepfarmer
Domestic

33
26

Hastings
Hastings

4 days
15 years

at the house of Mr Brandon, Mahora

06/4149

29 May 1906

Rev. Walter O'Sullivan

No	32
Date of Notice	29 May 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Nelson	Margaret Brandon
	💍 1906/4140
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheepfarmer	Domestic
Age	33	26
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	4 days	15 years
Marriage Place	at the house of Mr Brandon, Mahora
Folio	06/4149
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 May 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. Walter O'Sullivan

31 May 1906

Alfred Walter Beach
Emily Annie Lowe

Alfred Walter Beach
Emily Annie Lowe
💍 1906/753

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic

23
24

Hastings
Hastings

3 days
6 years

Wesleyan Church, Hastings

06/2087

31 May 1906

Rev. J. G. Barr

No	33
Date of Notice	31 May 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Walter Beach	Emily Annie Lowe
	💍 1906/753
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	3 days	6 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church, Hastings
Folio	06/2087
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 May 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. G. Barr

2 June 1906

Hilston James Leon
Fanny Rose Lloyd Drewitt

Hilston James Lean
Fanny Rose Lloyd Drewitt
💍 1906/754

Bachelor
Spinster

Coach proprietor
Domestic

24
26

Havelock H. Bay
Havelock H. Bay

24 years
1 week

Presbyterian Church, Hastings

06/2088

2 June 1906

Rev. C. Connor

No	34
Date of Notice	2 June 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hilston James Leon	Fanny Rose Lloyd Drewitt
BDM Match (97%)	Hilston James Lean	Fanny Rose Lloyd Drewitt
	💍 1906/754
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coach proprietor	Domestic
Age	24	26
Dwelling Place	Havelock H. Bay	Havelock H. Bay
Length of Residence	24 years	1 week
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Hastings
Folio	06/2088
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. Connor

18 June 1906

Henry Crowhurst Cullen
Florence Gertrude Guthrie

Henry Crowhurst Cullen
Florence Gertrude Gutterie
💍 1906/751

Bachelor
Spinster

Storekeeper
Domestic duties

27
25

Hastings
Havelock H. Bay

3 days
25 years

St. Matthew's, Hastings

06/2085

18 June 1906

Rev. John Hobbs

No	35
Date of Notice	18 June 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Crowhurst Cullen	Florence Gertrude Guthrie
BDM Match (96%)	Henry Crowhurst Cullen	Florence Gertrude Gutterie
	💍 1906/751
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper	Domestic duties
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Havelock H. Bay
Length of Residence	3 days	25 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's, Hastings
Folio	06/2085
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 June 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Hobbs

18 June 1906

David Hunter
Elizabeth Mary Stanley

David Hunter
Elizabeth Mary Stanley
💍 1906/750

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener
Domestic

28
20

Hastings
Hastings

4 days
20 years

St. Matthew's, Hastings

06/2084

Father

18 June 1906

Rev. John Hobbs

No	36
Date of Notice	18 June 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Hunter	Elizabeth Mary Stanley
	💍 1906/750
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener	Domestic
Age	28	20
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	4 days	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's, Hastings
Folio	06/2084
Consent	Father
Date of Certificate	18 June 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Hobbs

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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).