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

122

20 February 1906

Frederick Waller
Ida Thorne George

Frederick Waller
Ida Thorne George
💍 1906/110

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

30
30

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
30 years

St Mary's Cathedral, Parnell

06/68

20 February 1906

Rev. G. MacMurray, Church of England

No	122
Date of Notice	20 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Waller	Ida Thorne George
	💍 1906/110
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	30	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	30 years
Marriage Place	St Mary's Cathedral, Parnell
Folio	06/68
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. MacMurray, Church of England

123

21 February 1906

William Stevenson
Mary Ann Higgins

William Stevenson
Mary Ann Higgins
💍 1906/95

Widower
Widow

Settler

73
67

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
9 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

06/129

21 February 1906

I. Bulpan, Deputy Registrar

No	123
Date of Notice	21 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Stevenson	Mary Ann Higgins
	💍 1906/95
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Settler
Age	73	67
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	06/129
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 February 1906
Officiating Minister	I. Bulpan, Deputy Registrar

124

21 February 1906

George Wreford Cunningham
Rosetta Smith

George Wreford Cunningham
Rosetta Smith
💍 1906/1589

Bachelor
Spinster

Millhand

21
19

Onehunga
Onehunga

21 years
2 years

House of Mother of Bridegroom, Onehunga

06/153

Frederick Smith, Father

21 February 1906

Rev. J. M. Stoops, Congregational Independent

No	124
Date of Notice	21 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Wreford Cunningham	Rosetta Smith
	💍 1906/1589
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Millhand
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Onehunga	Onehunga
Length of Residence	21 years	2 years
Marriage Place	House of Mother of Bridegroom, Onehunga
Folio	06/153
Consent	Frederick Smith, Father
Date of Certificate	21 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. M. Stoops, Congregational Independent

125

21 February 1906

Harry Anthony Harris
Helen Krogmann

Harry Anthony Harris
Helen Krogmann
💍 1906/1449

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

24
24

Auckland
Auckland

2 weeks
2 weeks

Methodist Church, Ponsonby

06/135

21 February 1906

Rev. J. A. Luxford, Methodist

No	125
Date of Notice	21 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Anthony Harris	Helen Krogmann
	💍 1906/1449
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 weeks	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Ponsonby
Folio	06/135
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Luxford, Methodist

126

22 February 1906

Alan Walsingham Hamilton
Ruby Winifred Angove

Allan Walshingham Turner Hamilton
Ruby Winifred Angove
💍 1906/290

Bachelor
Spinster

Indent Agent

28
23

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
23 years

St Sepulchre's Church, Auckland

06/166

22 February 1906

Rev. J. A. Carver, Church of England

No	126
Date of Notice	22 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alan Walsingham Hamilton	Ruby Winifred Angove
BDM Match (86%)	Allan Walshingham Turner Hamilton	Ruby Winifred Angove
	💍 1906/290
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Indent Agent
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	23 years
Marriage Place	St Sepulchre's Church, Auckland
Folio	06/166
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Carver, Church of England

127

23 February 1906

Frederick James Chandler
Elizabeth Paten

Frederick James Chandler
Elizabeth Paten
💍 1906/96

Bachelor
not heard of husband for 7 years

Draper

35
41

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
17 days

Registrar's Office, Auckland

06/30

23 February 1906

I. Bulpan, Deputy Registrar

No	127
Date of Notice	23 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick James Chandler	Elizabeth Paten
	💍 1906/96
Condition	Bachelor	not heard of husband for 7 years
Profession	Draper
Age	35	41
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	17 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	06/30
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 February 1906
Officiating Minister	I. Bulpan, Deputy Registrar

128

23 February 1906

Arthur Graham Stow
Jane Eleanor Stow

Arthur Graham
Jane Eleanor Stow
💍 1906/1574

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

25
24

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
24 years

Church of Christ, West St.

06/162

23 February 1906

Mr. G. Aldridge, Church of Christ

No	128
Date of Notice	23 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Graham Stow	Jane Eleanor Stow
BDM Match (86%)	Arthur Graham	Jane Eleanor Stow
	💍 1906/1574
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	24 years
Marriage Place	Church of Christ, West St.
Folio	06/162
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Mr. G. Aldridge, Church of Christ

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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).