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 110

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

588

30 July 1906

Henry William Whitty
Grace Glavin

Henry William Whitty
Grace Glavin
💍 1906/4932

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

23
26

Auckland
Auckland

4 months
4 months

St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

06/4572

30 July 1906

Rev. H. Y. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	588
Date of Notice	30 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry William Whitty	Grace Glavin
	💍 1906/4932
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	23	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 months	4 months
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	06/4572
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Y. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

589

30 July 1906

Patrick Hayes
Laura Mary Smith

Patrick Hayes
Laura Mary Smith
💍 1906/1289

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman

22
20

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
4 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

06/3776

Bridget Smith, Mother

30 July 1906

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	589
Date of Notice	30 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Patrick Hayes	Laura Mary Smith
	💍 1906/1289
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	06/3776
Consent	Bridget Smith, Mother
Date of Certificate	30 July 1906
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

590

30 July 1906

James Ward
Evelyn Florence Hill

James Ward
Evelyn Florence Hill
💍 1906/3847

Bachelor
Spinster

Miller

34
24

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
24 years

House of Mr. John Ward, Newton St.

06/3866

30 July 1906

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	590
Date of Notice	30 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Ward	Evelyn Florence Hill
	💍 1906/3847
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miller
Age	34	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	24 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. John Ward, Newton St.
Folio	06/3866
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

591

30 July 1906

Francis Henry Gallagher
Eunice Annetta Fletcher

Francis Henry Gallagher
Eunice Annetta Fletcher
💍 1906/4030

Bachelor
Spinster

Timber Worker

36
20

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
3 years

Sacred Heart Church, Ponsonby

06/3880

S. Fletcher, Father

30 July 1906

Rev. M. Edge, Roman Catholic

No	591
Date of Notice	30 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Henry Gallagher	Eunice Annetta Fletcher
	💍 1906/4030
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Timber Worker
Age	36	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Sacred Heart Church, Ponsonby
Folio	06/3880
Consent	S. Fletcher, Father
Date of Certificate	30 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Edge, Roman Catholic

592

30 July 1906

Frederick Loftus Bolton
Margaret Amelia Clark

Frederick Loftus Bolton
Margaret Amelia Clarke
💍 1906/4027

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

52
53

Onehunga
Onehunga

2 weeks
1 year

Roman Catholic Church, Onehunga

06/3877

30 July 1906

Rev. W. H. Mahoney, Roman Catholic

No	592
Date of Notice	30 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Loftus Bolton	Margaret Amelia Clark
BDM Match (98%)	Frederick Loftus Bolton	Margaret Amelia Clarke
	💍 1906/4027
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	52	53
Dwelling Place	Onehunga	Onehunga
Length of Residence	2 weeks	1 year
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Onehunga
Folio	06/3877
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. Mahoney, Roman Catholic

593

30 July 1906

Walter Leo Elliott
Annie Hatley

Walter Leo Elliott
Annie Hatley
💍 1906/3772

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

26
24

Auckland
Auckland

26 years
24 years

St Sepulchre's Church, Auckland

06/3828

30 July 1906

Rev. G. A. Carver, Church of England

No	593
Date of Notice	30 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Leo Elliott	Annie Hatley
	💍 1906/3772
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	26 years	24 years
Marriage Place	St Sepulchre's Church, Auckland
Folio	06/3828
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. A. Carver, Church of England

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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).