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

149

5 March 1906

William Burry
Kate Victoria White

William Black
Kate Victoria White
💍 1906/99

Bachelor
Not heard of husband for years

Gardener

65
40

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
10 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

06/33

5 March 1906

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	149
Date of Notice	5 March 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Burry	Kate Victoria White
BDM Match (85%)	William Black	Kate Victoria White
	💍 1906/99
Condition	Bachelor	Not heard of husband for years
Profession	Gardener
Age	65	40
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	10 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	06/33
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 March 1906
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

150

5 March 1906

James David Harris
Annie Baldwin Yates

James David Harris
Annie Baldwin Yates
💍 1906/76

Widower
Spinster

Diver

48
43

Auckland
Auckland

2 months
20 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

06/34

5 March 1906

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	150
Date of Notice	5 March 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James David Harris	Annie Baldwin Yates
	💍 1906/76
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Diver
Age	48	43
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 months	20 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	06/34
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 March 1906
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

151

5 March 1906

Arthur Jones
Mary Barnes

Arthur Jones
May Barnes
💍 1906/101

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

27
26

Auckland
Mt Albert

24 years
26 years

St Luke's Church

06/59

5 March 1906

Rev. W. H. Wilson, Church of England

No	151
Date of Notice	5 March 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Jones	Mary Barnes
BDM Match (95%)	Arthur Jones	May Barnes
	💍 1906/101
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Mt Albert
Length of Residence	24 years	26 years
Marriage Place	St Luke's Church
Folio	06/59
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 March 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. Wilson, Church of England

152

6 March 1906

Harry Peachey
Mary Kathleen Chlausen

Harry Peachey
Mary Kathleen Chlausen
💍 1906/78

Widower
Spinster

Carrier

28
20

Auckland
Auckland

28 years
18 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

06/36

Niels Christian Chlausen, Father

6 March 1906

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	152
Date of Notice	6 March 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Peachey	Mary Kathleen Chlausen
	💍 1906/78
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Carrier
Age	28	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	28 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	06/36
Consent	Niels Christian Chlausen, Father
Date of Certificate	6 March 1906
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

153

6 March 1906

Robert Henry Levien
Christine Davidson Wilson Gibb

Robert Henry Levien
Chrystine Davidson Wilson Gibb
💍 1906/77

Bachelor
Spinster

Dairyman

22
24

Auckland
Fiji

1 week
2 weeks

Registrar's Office, Auckland

06/35

6 March 1906

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	153
Date of Notice	6 March 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Henry Levien	Christine Davidson Wilson Gibb
BDM Match (98%)	Robert Henry Levien	Chrystine Davidson Wilson Gibb
	💍 1906/77
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dairyman
Age	22	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Fiji
Length of Residence	1 week	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	06/35
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 March 1906
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

154

6 March 1906

Frederick Blomfield
Sara Campbell

Frederick Blomfield
Sarah Campbell
💍 1906/1497

Bachelor
Spinster

Zinc Engraver

29
27

Auckland
Auckland

26 years
27 years

Presbyterian Church

06/86

6 March 1906

Rev. I. E. Bertram, Presbyterian

No	154
Date of Notice	6 March 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Blomfield	Sara Campbell
BDM Match (96%)	Frederick Blomfield	Sarah Campbell
	💍 1906/1497
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Zinc Engraver
Age	29	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	26 years	27 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church
Folio	06/86
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 March 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. I. E. Bertram, Presbyterian

155

6 March 1906

John Shearer
Grace Gilbertson

John Shearer
Grace Gilbertson
💍 1906/2227

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

36
36

Auckland
Ponsonby

36 years
5 years

St Peter's Church

06/826

6 March 1906

Rev. A. M. Caldwell, Presbyterian

No	155
Date of Notice	6 March 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Shearer	Grace Gilbertson
	💍 1906/2227
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	36	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	36 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St Peter's Church
Folio	06/826
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 March 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. M. Caldwell, 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).