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 058

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

297

20 April 1906

Herbert Thomas Granville McElroy
Frances Catherine Hampton

Herbert Thomas Granville McElroy
Frances Catherine Hampton
💍 1906/2876

Bachelor
Spinster

Grain Merchant

24
26

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
26 years

St Paul's Church, Auckland

06/2644

20 April 1906

Rev. G. M. Nelson, Church of England

No	297
Date of Notice	20 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Thomas Granville McElroy	Frances Catherine Hampton
	💍 1906/2876
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grain Merchant
Age	24	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	26 years
Marriage Place	St Paul's Church, Auckland
Folio	06/2644
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. M. Nelson, Church of England

298

20 April 1906

Francis Duke Clayton
Esther Emily Bassett

Francis Duke Clayton
Esther Emily Bassett
💍 1906/322

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

35
34

Auckland
Onehunga

3 days
30 years

St Peter's Church, Onehunga

06/1624

20 April 1906

Rev. J. Haselden, Church of England

No	298
Date of Notice	20 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Duke Clayton	Esther Emily Bassett
	💍 1906/322
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	35	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Onehunga
Length of Residence	3 days	30 years
Marriage Place	St Peter's Church, Onehunga
Folio	06/1624
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Haselden, Church of England

299

20 April 1906

Arthur James Mueller
Elfreda Jeanette Helander

Arthur James Mueller
Elfreda Jeanette Helander
💍 1906/316

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

24
23

Auckland
Parnell

5 years
23 years

Knox Church, Parnell

06/1642

20 April 1906

Rev. J. B. Russell, Presbyterian

No	299
Date of Notice	20 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur James Mueller	Elfreda Jeanette Helander
	💍 1906/316
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Parnell
Length of Residence	5 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Knox Church, Parnell
Folio	06/1642
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Russell, Presbyterian

300

21 April 1906

William Fletcher Wallis
Ann Elizabeth Crawford

William Fletcher Wallis
Ann Elizabeth Crawford
💍 1906/350

Bachelor
Spinster

Valuer

31
32

Auckland
Auckland

8 months
6 months

St David's Church, Khyber Pass

06/1669

21 April 1906

Rev. W. G. Dixon, Presbyterian

No	300
Date of Notice	21 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Fletcher Wallis	Ann Elizabeth Crawford
	💍 1906/350
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Valuer
Age	31	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 months	6 months
Marriage Place	St David's Church, Khyber Pass
Folio	06/1669
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. G. Dixon, Presbyterian

301

21 April 1906

James Albert Kennedy
Minnie Violet Pepper

James Albert Kennedy
Minnie Violet Pepper
💍 1906/449

Bachelor
Spinster

Mechanic

23
23

Auckland
Drake St.

23 years
18 months

Helping Hand Mission Hall, Drake St.

06/1752

21 April 1906

Rev. B. F. Rothwell, Methodist

No	301
Date of Notice	21 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Albert Kennedy	Minnie Violet Pepper
	💍 1906/449
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mechanic
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Drake St.
Length of Residence	23 years	18 months
Marriage Place	Helping Hand Mission Hall, Drake St.
Folio	06/1752
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. F. Rothwell, Methodist

302

21 April 1906

George Andrew
Elizabeth Carroll

George Andrew
Elizabeth Carroll
💍 1906/341

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

30
24

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
24 years

House of Mr H. Bentley, Hepburn St.

06/1667

21 April 1906

Rev. G. B. Monro, Presbyterian

No	302
Date of Notice	21 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Andrew	Elizabeth Carroll
	💍 1906/341
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	24 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr H. Bentley, Hepburn St.
Folio	06/1667
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. B. Monro, Presbyterian

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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).