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

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

163

8 March 1906

Leonard Bray
Jane Read Laing Sharp

Leonard Bray
Jane Reid Laing Sharp
💍 1906/1507

Bachelor
Spinster

Carrier

25
22

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
22 years

House of father of Bride, Wachumete

06/95

8 March 1906

Rev. A. McLean, Presbyterian

No	163
Date of Notice	8 March 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Bray	Jane Read Laing Sharp
BDM Match (98%)	Leonard Bray	Jane Reid Laing Sharp
	💍 1906/1507
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carrier
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	22 years
Marriage Place	House of father of Bride, Wachumete
Folio	06/95
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 March 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. McLean, Presbyterian

164

8 March 1906

William Frank Hartnoll
Florence Jane Keep

William Frank Hartnoll
Florence Jane Keep
💍 1906/100

Bachelor
Spinster

Platelayer

28
32

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
20 years

St Alban's Church, Mt Roskill

06/50

8 March 1906

Rev. H. B. Wingfield, Church of England

No	164
Date of Notice	8 March 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Frank Hartnoll	Florence Jane Keep
	💍 1906/100
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Platelayer
Age	28	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	20 years
Marriage Place	St Alban's Church, Mt Roskill
Folio	06/50
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 March 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. B. Wingfield, Church of England

165

9 March 1906

Vincent Kinkela
Mary Tereza Keti Ferri

Vincent Kinkela
Mary Tereza Keti Ferri
💍 1906/81

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

47
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
1 year

Registrar's Office, Auckland

06/39

9 March 1906

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	165
Date of Notice	9 March 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Vincent Kinkela	Mary Tereza Keti Ferri
	💍 1906/81
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	47	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	1 year
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	06/39
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 March 1906
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

166

9 March 1906

Aubrey Francis Fitzgerald
Frances Patterson

Aubrey Francis Fitzgerald
Frances Patterson
💍 1906/82

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

23
23

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
23 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

06/40

9 March 1906

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	166
Date of Notice	9 March 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Aubrey Francis Fitzgerald	Frances Patterson
	💍 1906/82
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	06/40
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 March 1906
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

167

9 March 1906

Kenneth John Rennie
Marguerita Rawson

Kenneth John Rennie
Marguerite Rawson
💍 1906/1491

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

23
18

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 years

House of mother of bride, Surrey St, Grey Lynn

06/106

Mary Rawson, Mother

9 March 1906

Rev. J. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

No	167
Date of Notice	9 March 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Kenneth John Rennie	Marguerita Rawson
BDM Match (97%)	Kenneth John Rennie	Marguerite Rawson
	💍 1906/1491
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	House of mother of bride, Surrey St, Grey Lynn
Folio	06/106
Consent	Mary Rawson, Mother
Date of Certificate	9 March 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

168

10 March 1906

Thomas Quelch
Eva Jane Finey

Thomas Quelch
Eva Jane Finey
💍 1906/1500

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

27
20

Auckland
Auckland

27 years
20 years

Knox Church, Parnell

06/89

Solomon Finey, Father

10 March 1906

Rev. J. B. Russell, Presbyterian

No	168
Date of Notice	10 March 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Quelch	Eva Jane Finey
	💍 1906/1500
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	27	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	27 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Knox Church, Parnell
Folio	06/89
Consent	Solomon Finey, Father
Date of Certificate	10 March 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Russell, Presbyterian

169

12 March 1906

William Dilworth Richard Hall
Annie Elizabeth Pegler

William Dilworth Richard Hall
Annie Elizabeth Pegler
💍 1906/102

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

31
24

Auckland
Auckland

31 years
24 years

Church of England, Mangere

06/60

12 March 1906

Rev. M. Kirkbride, Church of England

No	169
Date of Notice	12 March 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Dilworth Richard Hall	Annie Elizabeth Pegler
	💍 1906/102
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	31 years	24 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Mangere
Folio	06/60
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 March 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Kirkbride, 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).