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 031

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

136

26 February 1906

Alfred Martin Bartley
Minnie Warren

Alfred Martin Bartley
Marianne Houghton Sophia Warren
💍 1906/1601

Bachelor
Spinster

Architect

42
23

Auckland
Stratford

42 years
23 years

Church of England, Stratford

06/365

26 February 1906

Rev. C. A. B. Watson, Church of England

No	136
Date of Notice	26 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Martin Bartley	Minnie Warren
BDM Match (69%)	Alfred Martin Bartley	Marianne Houghton Sophia Warren
	💍 1906/1601
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Architect
Age	42	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Stratford
Length of Residence	42 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Stratford
Folio	06/365
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. A. B. Watson, Church of England

137

24 February 1906

Thomas James Baker
Frances Sophia Bryers

Thomas James Baker
Frances Sophia Bryers
💍 1906/2250

Bachelor
Spinster

Native Interpreter

40
29

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
1 week

St Matthew's Church, Auckland

06/975

24 February 1906

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	137
Date of Notice	24 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas James Baker	Frances Sophia Bryers
	💍 1906/2250
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Native Interpreter
Age	40	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	1 week
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	06/975
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

138

24 February 1906

Alfred Henry Lawrence
Clarine Leola Elizabeth Stone

Alfred Henry Lawrence
Clarine Leola Elizabeth Stone
💍 1906/1499

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

25
24

Auckland
Parnell

4 days

House of Rev. J. B. Russell, Parnell

06/88

24 February 1906

Rev. J. B. Russell, Presbyterian

No	138
Date of Notice	24 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Henry Lawrence	Clarine Leola Elizabeth Stone
	💍 1906/1499
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Parnell
Length of Residence	4 days
Marriage Place	House of Rev. J. B. Russell, Parnell
Folio	06/88
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Russell, Presbyterian

139

28 February 1906

Joseph Price Begg
Mary Begg

Joseph Price
Mary Begg
💍 1906/1509

Bachelor
Widow

Blacksmith

30
47

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

House of Miss M. Paterson, Mt Roskill

06/97

28 February 1906

Rev. Thomas Scott, Presbyterian

No	139
Date of Notice	28 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Price Begg	Mary Begg
BDM Match (85%)	Joseph Price	Mary Begg
	💍 1906/1509
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	30	47
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	House of Miss M. Paterson, Mt Roskill
Folio	06/97
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas Scott, Presbyterian

140

28 February 1906

James Henry Ryan
Sarah McKeown

James Henry Ryan
Sarah McKeoun
💍 1906/1478

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

25
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
25 years

St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

06/115

28 February 1906

Rev. H. F. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	140
Date of Notice	28 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Henry Ryan	Sarah McKeown
BDM Match (96%)	James Henry Ryan	Sarah McKeoun
	💍 1906/1478
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	25 years
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	06/115
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. F. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

141

1 March 1906

Charles Edward Graham
Ethel McIvor

Charles Edward Graham
Ethel McIvor
💍 1906/2251

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

30
31

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
2 weeks

St Matthew's Church, Auckland

06/976

1 March 1906

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	141
Date of Notice	1 March 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Edward Graham	Ethel McIvor
	💍 1906/2251
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	30	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	2 weeks
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	06/976
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 March 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

142

1 March 1906

Thomas Arthur Hopkins
Ethel Fanny Rushbrook

Thomas Arthur Hopkins
Ethel Fanny Rushbrook
💍 1906/1510

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

28
29

Auckland
Northcote

4 days
22 years

House of father of Bride, Northcote

06/98

1 March 1906

Rev. C. Worboys, Presbyterian

No	142
Date of Notice	1 March 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Arthur Hopkins	Ethel Fanny Rushbrook
	💍 1906/1510
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	28	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Northcote
Length of Residence	4 days	22 years
Marriage Place	House of father of Bride, Northcote
Folio	06/98
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 March 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. Worboys, 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).