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 052

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

261

12 April 1906

Frederick Harding
Helen Crawley

Frederick Harding
Helen Crawley
💍 1906/385

Widower
Spinster

Carpenter

29
32

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
3 years

St Benedict's Church, Auckland

06/1712

12 April 1906

Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

No	261
Date of Notice	12 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Harding	Helen Crawley
	💍 1906/385
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	29	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St Benedict's Church, Auckland
Folio	06/1712
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

262

12 April 1906

George William Whale
Amy Mabel Blanche White

George William Whale
Amy Mabel Blanche White
💍 1906/306

Bachelor
Spinster

Tram Conductor

26
29

Auckland
Howick

4 years
4 years

Church of England, Howick

06/1632

12 April 1906

Rev. N. D. Boyes, Church of England

No	262
Date of Notice	12 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George William Whale	Amy Mabel Blanche White
	💍 1906/306
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tram Conductor
Age	26	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Howick
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Howick
Folio	06/1632
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. N. D. Boyes, Church of England

263

12 April 1906

Richard Taberner
Louisa Fuller

Richard Taberner
Louisa Fuller
💍 1906/460

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

28
25

Auckland
Remuera

5 years
1 month

House of Mr A Taylor, Remuera

06/1788

12 April 1906

Rev. G. Aldridge, Church of Christ

No	263
Date of Notice	12 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Taberner	Louisa Fuller
	💍 1906/460
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Remuera
Length of Residence	5 years	1 month
Marriage Place	House of Mr A Taylor, Remuera
Folio	06/1788
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Aldridge, Church of Christ

264

12 April 1906

Stephen Gabriel Conway
Lucy Ann Francis

Stephen Gabriel Conway
Lucy Ann Francis
💍 1906/422

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

26
22

Auckland
Auckland

21 years
21 years

St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

06/1725

12 April 1906

Rev. H. J. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	264
Date of Notice	12 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stephen Gabriel Conway	Lucy Ann Francis
	💍 1906/422
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	21 years	21 years
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	06/1725
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. J. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

265

12 April 1906

James Neil McCarroll
Sarah Jane Hueston

James Neil McCanoll
Sarah Jane Hinston
💍 1906/367

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

32
29

Auckland
Henderson

3 days
29 years

Presbyterian Church, Henderson

06/1693

12 April 1906

Rev. A. McLean, Presbyterian

No	265
Date of Notice	12 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Neil McCarroll	Sarah Jane Hueston
BDM Match (89%)	James Neil McCanoll	Sarah Jane Hinston
	💍 1906/367
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	32	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Henderson
Length of Residence	3 days	29 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Henderson
Folio	06/1693
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. McLean, Presbyterian

266

12 April 1906

Jesse Albert Sage
Johanna Charleston

Jesse Albert Sage
Johanna Charleston
💍 1906/188

Bachelor
Spinster

Platelayer

42
35

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
20 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

06/1511

12 April 1906

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	266
Date of Notice	12 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Jesse Albert Sage	Johanna Charleston
	💍 1906/188
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Platelayer
Age	42	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	06/1511
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 April 1906
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

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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).