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

429

31 May 1906

Alexander Donald Wright
Harriet Keary

Alexander Wright Donald
Harriet Keary
💍 1906/287

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

30
29

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
15 years

St Sepulchre's Church, Auckland

06/1613

31 May 1906

Rev. W. E. Lush, Church of England

No	429
Date of Notice	31 May 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Donald Wright	Harriet Keary
BDM Match (74%)	Alexander Wright Donald	Harriet Keary
	💍 1906/287
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	30	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	15 years
Marriage Place	St Sepulchre's Church, Auckland
Folio	06/1613
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 May 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Lush, Church of England

430

31 May 1906

Charles Richard Dean
Minnie Fisher

Charles Richard Dean
Minnie Fisher
💍 1906/391

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

24
22

Auckland
Devonport

6 months
8 months

Roman Catholic Church

06/1717

31 May 1906

Rev. M. J. Furlong, Roman Catholic

No	430
Date of Notice	31 May 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Richard Dean	Minnie Fisher
	💍 1906/391
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Devonport
Length of Residence	6 months	8 months
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church
Folio	06/1717
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 May 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. J. Furlong, Roman Catholic

431

31 May 1906

William Cunliffe Cook Brookes
Emily Arabella Sykes

William Cunliffe Cook Brookes
Emily Arabella Sykes
💍 1906/266

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

31
21

Auckland
Auckland

32 years
15 years

St Matthew's Church, Auckland

06/1591

31 May 1906

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	431
Date of Notice	31 May 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Cunliffe Cook Brookes	Emily Arabella Sykes
	💍 1906/266
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	31	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	32 years	15 years
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	06/1591
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 May 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

432

31 May 1906

Julius Christopher Boldt
Marie Casey

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Driver

30
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

Registrar's Office, Auckland

Age postponed for 12 months

31 May 1906

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	432
Date of Notice	31 May 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Julius Christopher Boldt	Marie Casey
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver
Age	30	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio
Consent	Age postponed for 12 months
Date of Certificate	31 May 1906
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

433

31 May 1906

Joseph Maximus Baker
Vivina Gertrude Neill

Joseph Maximus Baker
Vivina Gertrude Neill
💍 1906/228

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman

34
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
2 weeks

Registrar's Office, Auckland

06/1550

31 May 1906

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	433
Date of Notice	31 May 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Maximus Baker	Vivina Gertrude Neill
	💍 1906/228
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman
Age	34	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	06/1550
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 May 1906
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

434

31 May 1906

David John Hobbs
Beatrice Matilde Agatha Jillings

David John Hobbs
Beatrice Matilda Agatha Jillings
💍 1906/401

Bachelor
Spinster

Shirt Cutter

30
22

Auckland
Onehunga

6 years
22 years

Roman Catholic Church

06/1728

31 May 1906

Rev. W. H. Mahoney, Roman Catholic

No	434
Date of Notice	31 May 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David John Hobbs	Beatrice Matilde Agatha Jillings
BDM Match (98%)	David John Hobbs	Beatrice Matilda Agatha Jillings
	💍 1906/401
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shirt Cutter
Age	30	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Onehunga
Length of Residence	6 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church
Folio	06/1728
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 May 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. Mahoney, Roman Catholic

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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).