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 Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1906 Registrar E. H. Lyons

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

453

4 June 1906

Robert Sidney Cocks
May Shaw

Robert Sidney Cocks
May Shaw
💍 1906/413

Bachelor
Spinster

Water color Artist

39
39

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
1 month

Methodist Church, Pitt Street

06/1739

4 June 1906

Rev. J. A. Luxford, Methodist

No	453
Date of Notice	4 June 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Sidney Cocks	May Shaw
	💍 1906/413
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Water color Artist
Age	39	39
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	1 month
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt Street
Folio	06/1739
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 June 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Luxford, Methodist

454

4 June 1906

Frederick Spencer Wellsman
Florence Ann Bagnall

Frederick Spencer Wellsman
Florence Ann Bagnall
💍 1906/236

Divorced
Divorced

Settler

48
49

Auckland
Auckland

2 months
2 months

Registrar's Office, Auckland

06/1551

4 June 1906

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	454
Date of Notice	4 June 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Spencer Wellsman	Florence Ann Bagnall
	💍 1906/236
Condition	Divorced	Divorced
Profession	Settler
Age	48	49
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 months	2 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	06/1551
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 June 1906
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

455

8 June 1906

John Craig
Minnie De Balmer

John Craig
Minnie De Calmer
💍 1906/328

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

25
22

Auckland
Auckland

3 weeks
1 year

House of Bridegroom, Newton Road

06/1655

8 June 1906

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	455
Date of Notice	8 June 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Craig	Minnie De Balmer
BDM Match (97%)	John Craig	Minnie De Calmer
	💍 1906/328
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 weeks	1 year
Marriage Place	House of Bridegroom, Newton Road
Folio	06/1655
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 June 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

456

8 June 1906

Henry Pearson Davison
Louisa Golley

Henry Pearson Davison
Louisa Golley
💍 1906/469

Bachelor
Spinster

Stove-maker

25
21

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
21 years

Primitive Methodist Church, Pitt Street

06/1774

8 June 1906

Rev. W. S. Potter, Primitive Methodist

No	456
Date of Notice	8 June 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Pearson Davison	Louisa Golley
	💍 1906/469
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stove-maker
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Pitt Street
Folio	06/1774
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 June 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. S. Potter, Primitive Methodist

457

8 June 1906

Frederick Thomson Going
Edith Alice Vinson

Frederic Thomson Going
Edith Alice Vinson
💍 1906/458

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

24
17

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
17 years

Congregational Church, Beresford Street

06/1786

John James Vinson, Father

8 June 1906

Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational Independent

No	457
Date of Notice	8 June 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Thomson Going	Edith Alice Vinson
BDM Match (98%)	Frederic Thomson Going	Edith Alice Vinson
	💍 1906/458
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	24	17
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	17 years
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Beresford Street
Folio	06/1786
Consent	John James Vinson, Father
Date of Certificate	8 June 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational Independent

458

8 June 1906

Frank Vivian Parkinson
Ethel Maud Amelia Swan

Frank Vivian Parkinson
Ethel Maud Amelia Swan
💍 1906/2892

Bachelor
Spinster

Butter merchant

26
25

Auckland
Auckland

13 years
25 days

House of Mr S. G. Smith, Mt Roskill

06/2636

8 June 1906

Rev. A. J. Seamer, Methodist

No	458
Date of Notice	8 June 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Vivian Parkinson	Ethel Maud Amelia Swan
	💍 1906/2892
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butter merchant
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	13 years	25 days
Marriage Place	House of Mr S. G. Smith, Mt Roskill
Folio	06/2636
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 June 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. J. Seamer, 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).