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 130

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 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

695

11 September 1906

William Henry Wallis
Eliza Charlotte Wilson

William Henry Wallis
Eliza Charlotte Wilson
💍 1906/4042

Widower
Spinster

Licensed Interpreter

69
50

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
3 months

Methodist Church, Grafton Rd, Auckland

06/3893

11 September 1906

Rev. W. J. Watkin, Methodist

No	695
Date of Notice	11 September 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Wallis	Eliza Charlotte Wilson
	💍 1906/4042
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Licensed Interpreter
Age	69	50
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	3 months
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Grafton Rd, Auckland
Folio	06/3893
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 September 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Watkin, Methodist

696

11 September 1906

Walter Henry Kitson
Edith Mary Discombe

Walter Henry Kitson
Edith Mary Dincombe
💍 1906/5761

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

28
24

Otahuhu
Otahuhu

2 years
14 years

Church of England, Otahuhu

06/5624

11 September 1906

Rev. H. Mason, Church of England

No	696
Date of Notice	11 September 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Henry Kitson	Edith Mary Discombe
BDM Match (97%)	Walter Henry Kitson	Edith Mary Dincombe
	💍 1906/5761
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Otahuhu	Otahuhu
Length of Residence	2 years	14 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Otahuhu
Folio	06/5624
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 September 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Mason, Church of England

697

11 September 1906

Reginald Smyth Plumley
Eleanor Banting Bucksey

Reginald Smyth-Plumley
Eleanor Banting Cucksey
💍 1906/4931

Bachelor
Spinster

Gentleman

54
37

Auckland
Auckland

15 years
37 years

House of father of Bride, Mt Eden

06/4591

11 September 1906

Rev. J. W. Smith, Free Methodist

No	697
Date of Notice	11 September 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reginald Smyth Plumley	Eleanor Banting Bucksey
BDM Match (96%)	Reginald Smyth-Plumley	Eleanor Banting Cucksey
	💍 1906/4931
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gentleman
Age	54	37
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 years	37 years
Marriage Place	House of father of Bride, Mt Eden
Folio	06/4591
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 September 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. W. Smith, Free Methodist

698

12 September 1906

William Teach
Mary Donnelly

William Leach
Mary Donnelly
💍 1906/4923

Widower
Spinster

Carpenter

40
31

Auckland
Auckland

33 years
31 years

St. Patrick's Presbytery, Auckland

06/4582

12 September 1906

Rev. H. H. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	698
Date of Notice	12 September 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Teach	Mary Donnelly
BDM Match (96%)	William Leach	Mary Donnelly
	💍 1906/4923
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	40	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	33 years	31 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Presbytery, Auckland
Folio	06/4582
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 September 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. H. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

699

12 September 1906

Thomas Loyde Mills
Ivy Wilson

Thomas Loyd Mills
Ivy Wilson
💍 1906/1341

Bachelor
Divorcee

Railway Employee

30
23

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
23 years

Primitive Methodist Church, Franklin Road

06/3908

12 September 1906

Rev. J. Clement, Primitive Methodist

No	699
Date of Notice	12 September 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Loyde Mills	Ivy Wilson
BDM Match (97%)	Thomas Loyd Mills	Ivy Wilson
	💍 1906/1341
Condition	Bachelor	Divorcee
Profession	Railway Employee
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Franklin Road
Folio	06/3908
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 September 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Clement, Primitive Methodist

700

13 September 1906

Ernest Jovil
Sophia Jane Godwin

Ernest Ivil
Sophia Jane Godwin
💍 1906/1360

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser

24
22

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
22 years

Primitive Methodist Church, Alexandra St.

06/3903

13 September 1906

Rev. W. S. Potter, Primitive Methodist

No	700
Date of Notice	13 September 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Jovil	Sophia Jane Godwin
BDM Match (92%)	Ernest Ivil	Sophia Jane Godwin
	💍 1906/1360
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Alexandra St.
Folio	06/3903
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 September 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. S. Potter, 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).