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 Stratford Quarter ending 31 March 1906 Registrar S. J. James

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

15 February 1906

Joseph Maria Amrein
Katharina Lutz

Joseph Maria Amrein
Katherine Lutz
💍 1906/1603

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

36
32

Mahoe
Mahoe

6 months
8 weeks

Roman Catholic Church, Stratford

06/367

15 February 1906

Rev. P. Treacy, Roman Catholic

No	7
Date of Notice	15 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Maria Amrein	Katharina Lutz
BDM Match (93%)	Joseph Maria Amrein	Katherine Lutz
	💍 1906/1603
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	36	32
Dwelling Place	Mahoe	Mahoe
Length of Residence	6 months	8 weeks
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Stratford
Folio	06/367
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Treacy, Roman Catholic

22 February 1906

Arthur Hooper Richmond
Bertha Kate Maxwell

Arthur Hooper Richmond
Bertha Kate Maxwell
💍 1906/1600

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

38
23

Midhurst
Oko

7 years
15 years

The Anglican Church at Stratford

06/364

22 February 1906

Rev. G. A. B. Watson, Church of England

No	8
Date of Notice	22 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Hooper Richmond	Bertha Kate Maxwell
	💍 1906/1600
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	38	23
Dwelling Place	Midhurst	Oko
Length of Residence	7 years	15 years
Marriage Place	The Anglican Church at Stratford
Folio	06/364
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. A. B. Watson, Church of England

27 February 1906

Alfred Martin Bartley
Marianne Houghton Sophia Warren

Alfred Martin Bartley
Marianne Houghton Sophia Warren
💍 1906/1601

Bachelor
Spinster

Architect

42
23

Devonport, Auckland
Stratford

30 years
14 years

Holy Trinity Church, Stratford

06/365

27 February 1906

Rev. G. A. B. Watson, Church of England

No	9
Date of Notice	27 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Martin Bartley	Marianne Houghton Sophia Warren
	💍 1906/1601
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Architect
Age	42	23
Dwelling Place	Devonport, Auckland	Stratford
Length of Residence	30 years	14 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Stratford
Folio	06/365
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. A. B. Watson, Church of England

2 March 1906

John Montgomerie
Linna Ethel Sanders

John Montgomerie
Linna Ethel Sanders
💍 1906/1617

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

28
26

Heilbron, South Africa
Stratford

3 1/2 years
20 years

Residence of A. S. Sanders, Warwick Road, Stratford

06/357

2 March 1906

Rev. J. W. Hayward, Presbyterian

No	10
Date of Notice	2 March 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Montgomerie	Linna Ethel Sanders
	💍 1906/1617
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Heilbron, South Africa	Stratford
Length of Residence	3 1/2 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Residence of A. S. Sanders, Warwick Road, Stratford
Folio	06/357
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 March 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. W. Hayward, Presbyterian

2 March 1906

Thomas Richard Benjamin Woolloxall
Ella Mary Glover

Thomas Richard Benjamin Woolonall
Ella Mary Clover
💍 1906/1619

Bachelor
Spinster

Minister

32
21

Millerton, Westland
Stratford

11 months
5 years

Primitive Methodist Parsonage, Stratford

06/359

2 March 1906

Rev. J. Benning, Primitive Methodist

No	11
Date of Notice	2 March 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Richard Benjamin Woolloxall	Ella Mary Glover
BDM Match (94%)	Thomas Richard Benjamin Woolonall	Ella Mary Clover
	💍 1906/1619
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Minister
Age	32	21
Dwelling Place	Millerton, Westland	Stratford
Length of Residence	11 months	5 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Parsonage, Stratford
Folio	06/359
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 March 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Benning, Primitive Methodist

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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).