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 247

District of Gisborne Quarter ending 31 March 1906 Registrar George John Alexander Johnstone

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

1640

24 January 1906

Allan Dale
Mary Ann Houlihan

Allan Dale
Mary Ann Houlihan
💍 1906/1555

Bachelor
Spinster

Fellmonger
Cook

29
33

Kaiti Poverty Bay
Masterton

20 years
6 weeks

Res. of Mrs Gray, Rutene Road, Kaiti, Poverty Bay

06/200

24 January 1906

Rev. Thos Mulvihill, Roman Catholic

No	1640
Date of Notice	24 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Allan Dale	Mary Ann Houlihan
	💍 1906/1555
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fellmonger	Cook
Age	29	33
Dwelling Place	Kaiti Poverty Bay	Masterton
Length of Residence	20 years	6 weeks
Marriage Place	Res. of Mrs Gray, Rutene Road, Kaiti, Poverty Bay
Folio	06/200
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thos Mulvihill, Roman Catholic

1641

30 January 1906

Francis Charles Alfred Leffett
Agnes Marian Shaw

Francis Charles Alfred Leggett
Agnes Marian Shaw
💍 1906/1566

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheepfarmer

40
36

Wharekopae, Poverty Bay
Rakauroa

15 yrs
20

Res. of Mr Shaw, Rakauroa, Poverty Bay

06/205

30 January 1906

Rev. Ed. Jennings, Church of England

No	1641
Date of Notice	30 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Charles Alfred Leffett	Agnes Marian Shaw
BDM Match (97%)	Francis Charles Alfred Leggett	Agnes Marian Shaw
	💍 1906/1566
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheepfarmer
Age	40	36
Dwelling Place	Wharekopae, Poverty Bay	Rakauroa
Length of Residence	15 yrs	20
Marriage Place	Res. of Mr Shaw, Rakauroa, Poverty Bay
Folio	06/205
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. Ed. Jennings, Church of England

1642

10 February 1906

Wilfrid Reynolds Evans
Mary Ellen Batchelor

Wilfrid Reynolds Evans
Mary Ellen Batchelor
💍 1906/1562

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer

26
22

Te Karaka
Te Karaka

4
8

Res. of Mr Alfred Batchelor, Te Karaka, Poverty Bay

06/201

10 February 1906

Rev. Thos Lane, Roman Catholic

No	1642
Date of Notice	10 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wilfrid Reynolds Evans	Mary Ellen Batchelor
	💍 1906/1562
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Te Karaka	Te Karaka
Length of Residence	4	8
Marriage Place	Res. of Mr Alfred Batchelor, Te Karaka, Poverty Bay
Folio	06/201
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thos Lane, Roman Catholic

1643

12 February 1906

Walter Alexander Burnnand
Margaret Annie Curry

Walter Alexander Burnnand
Margaret Annie Curry
💍 1906/1564

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter
Housemaid

18
21

Kaiti
Kaiti

all life
9 months

The Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Kaiti, Poverty Bay

06/203

W. David Burnnand, father

12 February 1906

Rev. Geo. Hounsell, Wesleyan

No	1643
Date of Notice	12 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Alexander Burnnand	Margaret Annie Curry
	💍 1906/1564
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter	Housemaid
Age	18	21
Dwelling Place	Kaiti	Kaiti
Length of Residence	all life	9 months
Marriage Place	The Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Kaiti, Poverty Bay
Folio	06/203
Consent	W. David Burnnand, father
Date of Certificate	12 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. Geo. Hounsell, Wesleyan

1644

12 February 1906

George Isaac Burnnand
Henrietta Henwood

George Isaac Burnnand
Henrietta Henwood
💍 1906/1545

Bachelor
Spinster

Shepherd

20
21

Arowhana
Gisborne

all life
6 weeks

The Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

06/208

W. David Burnnand, father

12 February 1906

Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

No	1644
Date of Notice	12 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Isaac Burnnand	Henrietta Henwood
	💍 1906/1545
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd
Age	20	21
Dwelling Place	Arowhana	Gisborne
Length of Residence	all life	6 weeks
Marriage Place	The Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne
Folio	06/208
Consent	W. David Burnnand, father
Date of Certificate	12 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

1645

14 February 1906

George Gordon Holmes
Ruby Ralston Boylan

George Gordon Holmes
Ruby Ralston Boylan
💍 1906/1551

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Accountant

22
25

Pigeon Bay, Canterbury
Kaiti, Poverty Bay

22
all life

Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne

06/214

14 February 1906

Rev. Leslie Dawson Thomas, Church of England

No	1645
Date of Notice	14 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Gordon Holmes	Ruby Ralston Boylan
	💍 1906/1551
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Accountant
Age	22	25
Dwelling Place	Pigeon Bay, Canterbury	Kaiti, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	22	all life
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne
Folio	06/214
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. Leslie Dawson Thomas, Church of England

1646

16 February 1906

Charles Drummond
Louisa Rowley

Charles Drummond
Louisa Rowley
💍 1906/1552

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmiller
Tailoress

33
24

Te Karaka
Gisborne

2 years
all life

Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne

06/215

16 February 1906

R. D°

No	1646
Date of Notice	16 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Drummond	Louisa Rowley
	💍 1906/1552
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmiller	Tailoress
Age	33	24
Dwelling Place	Te Karaka	Gisborne
Length of Residence	2 years	all life
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne
Folio	06/215
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 February 1906
Officiating Minister	R. D°

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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).