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 31 March 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

190

22 March 1906

Frank Percy Higgins
Kate Gilbert

Frank Percy Higgins
Kate Gilbert
💍 1906/1494

Bachelor
Widow

Farmer

35
29

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
3 months

Church of England Epsom

06/75

22 March 1906

Rev. F. W. Walker, Church of England

No	190
Date of Notice	22 March 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Percy Higgins	Kate Gilbert
	💍 1906/1494
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Farmer
Age	35	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	3 months
Marriage Place	Church of England Epsom
Folio	06/75
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 March 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. W. Walker, Church of England

191

22 March 1906

Noel John Lochie
Millicent Davin

Noel John Lockie
Millicent Lavin
💍 1906/87

Bachelor
Widow

Clerk

24
30

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
5 years

Registrar's Office Auckland

06/44

22 March 1906

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	191
Date of Notice	22 March 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Noel John Lochie	Millicent Davin
BDM Match (94%)	Noel John Lockie	Millicent Lavin
	💍 1906/87
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Clerk
Age	24	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	06/44
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 March 1906
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

192

22 March 1906

William Thompson
Christina Somervell

William Thompson
Christina Somervell
💍 1906/1508

Bachelor
Spinster

Hair-dresser

38
24

Auckland
Auckland

12 years
24 years

House of father of Bride, Avondale

06/96

22 March 1906

Rev. A. Maclean, Presbyterian

No	192
Date of Notice	22 March 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Thompson	Christina Somervell
	💍 1906/1508
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hair-dresser
Age	38	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 years	24 years
Marriage Place	House of father of Bride, Avondale
Folio	06/96
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 March 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Maclean, Presbyterian

193

23 March 1906

Charles Henry Hinton
Janet Ellen Scott

Charles Henry Hinton
Janet Ellen Scott
💍 1906/308

Bachelor
Spinster

Warder

28
30

Auckland
Auckland

28 years
30 years

St Andrew's Church, Epsom

06/1634

23 March 1906

Rev. F. W. Walker, Church of England

No	193
Date of Notice	23 March 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Henry Hinton	Janet Ellen Scott
	💍 1906/308
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warder
Age	28	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	28 years	30 years
Marriage Place	St Andrew's Church, Epsom
Folio	06/1634
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 March 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. W. Walker, Church of England

194

23 March 1906

Gordon Strachan Miller
Violet Chamberlain

Gordon Strachan Miller
Violet Chamberlain
💍 1906/88

Bachelor
Spinster

Boat-Builder

24
21

Auckland
Auckland

15 years
20 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

06/45

23 March 1906

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	194
Date of Notice	23 March 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gordon Strachan Miller	Violet Chamberlain
	💍 1906/88
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Boat-Builder
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	06/45
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 March 1906
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

195

26 March 1906

Sam Wall Muncaster
Doris Hack

Sam Wall Muncaster
Doris Hack
💍 1906/1580

Bachelor
Spinster

Jeweller

28
20

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
20 years

Primitive Methodist Church, Alexandra St.

06/150

Henry Hack, Father

26 March 1906

Rev. W. S. Potter, Primitive Methodist

No	195
Date of Notice	26 March 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sam Wall Muncaster	Doris Hack
	💍 1906/1580
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Jeweller
Age	28	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Alexandra St.
Folio	06/150
Consent	Henry Hack, Father
Date of Certificate	26 March 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. S. Potter, Primitive Methodist

196

26 March 1906

Frank Hitchcock
Emily Prichard

Frank Hitchcock
Emily Prichard
💍 1906/1458

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

27
23

Auckland
Auckland

27 years
5 weeks

House of father of Bridegroom, Glasgow Terrace

06/143

26 March 1906

Rev. G. W. Smailes, Primitive Methodist Connexion

No	196
Date of Notice	26 March 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Hitchcock	Emily Prichard
	💍 1906/1458
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	27 years	5 weeks
Marriage Place	House of father of Bridegroom, Glasgow Terrace
Folio	06/143
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. W. Smailes, Primitive Methodist Connexion

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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).