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 060

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 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

809

24 April 1906

Edward Murdoch
Florence Harriet Saunders

Edward Murdoch Caddigan
Florence Harriet Saimders
💍 1906/398

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

25
29

Auckland
Otahuhu

25 years
29 years

Methodist Church, Otahuhu

06/1701

24 April 1906

Rev. E. O. Perry, Presbyterian

No	809
Date of Notice	24 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Murdoch	Florence Harriet Saunders
BDM Match (76%)	Edward Murdoch Caddigan	Florence Harriet Saimders
	💍 1906/398
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	25	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Otahuhu
Length of Residence	25 years	29 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Otahuhu
Folio	06/1701
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. O. Perry, Presbyterian

810

24 April 1906

Leslie Foster Thompson
Caroline Maud Walker

Leslie Foster Thompson
Caroline Maud Walker
💍 1906/461

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

28
27

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
27 years

House of Rev. W. S. Potter, Wakefield St

06/1770

24 April 1906

Rev. W. S. Potter, Primitive Methodist

No	810
Date of Notice	24 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie Foster Thompson	Caroline Maud Walker
	💍 1906/461
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	27 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. W. S. Potter, Wakefield St
Folio	06/1770
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. S. Potter, Primitive Methodist

811

24 April 1906

Christian Morris Thrana
Lucy Edith Seymour

Christian Morris Thrana
Lucy Edith Seymour
💍 1906/452

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

23
29

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
2 1/2 years

Baptist Church, Mt Eden

06/1780

24 April 1906

Rev. J. B. Sneyd, Baptist

No	811
Date of Notice	24 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Christian Morris Thrana	Lucy Edith Seymour
	💍 1906/452
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	23	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	2 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Baptist Church, Mt Eden
Folio	06/1780
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Sneyd, Baptist

812

24 April 1906

Ernest Edward Muir
Kathleen Taylor

Ernest Edward Muir
Kathleen Taylor
💍 1906/317

Bachelor
Spinster

Journalist

23
26

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
2 years

Knox Church, Parnell

06/1643

24 April 1906

Rev. J. B. Russell, Presbyterian

No	812
Date of Notice	24 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Edward Muir	Kathleen Taylor
	💍 1906/317
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Journalist
Age	23	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Knox Church, Parnell
Folio	06/1643
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Russell, Presbyterian

813

24 April 1906

Leslie Garland Pike
Margaret Blyth

Leslie Garland Pike
Margaret Blyth
💍 1906/299

Bachelor
Spinster

Insurance agent

23
23

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
10 months

St Sepulchre's Church, Auckland

06/1612

24 April 1906

Rev. G. A. Barver, Church of England

No	813
Date of Notice	24 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie Garland Pike	Margaret Blyth
	💍 1906/299
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Insurance agent
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	10 months
Marriage Place	St Sepulchre's Church, Auckland
Folio	06/1612
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. A. Barver, Church of England

814

24 April 1906

Andrew Notton
Agnes Adelaide Foley

Andrew Notton
Agnes Adelaide Foley
💍 1906/285

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

23
18

Auckland
Auckland

18 years
18 years

St Matthews Church, Auckland

06/1586

Patrick Foley, father

24 April 1906

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	814
Date of Notice	24 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Notton	Agnes Adelaide Foley
	💍 1906/285
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 years	18 years
Marriage Place	St Matthews Church, Auckland
Folio	06/1586
Consent	Patrick Foley, father
Date of Certificate	24 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, 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).