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

9 February 1906

Donald Peter Ferguson
Ada Mary Collins

Donald Peter Ferguson
Ada Mary Collins
💍 1906/1467

Bachelor
Divorcée

Farmer

30
31

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
5 years

House of Mr. Surbott, Remuera

06/129

9 February 1906

Rev. W. W. Dillicar, Methodist

No	96
Date of Notice	9 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Donald Peter Ferguson	Ada Mary Collins
	💍 1906/1467
Condition	Bachelor	Divorcée
Profession	Farmer
Age	30	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	5 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. Surbott, Remuera
Folio	06/129
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. W. Dillicar, Methodist

10 February 1906

George Bertram Stillon
Margaret Elizabeth Adams

George Bertram Stilton
Margaret Elizabeth Adams
💍 1906/1471

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

20
19

Remuera
Auckland

20 years
19 years

House of father of bride

06/100

George Adams, Father; Fanny Stillon, Mother

10 February 1906

Rev. G. B. Monro, Presbyterian

No	97
Date of Notice	10 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Bertram Stillon	Margaret Elizabeth Adams
BDM Match (98%)	George Bertram Stilton	Margaret Elizabeth Adams
	💍 1906/1471
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	20	19
Dwelling Place	Remuera	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	19 years
Marriage Place	House of father of bride
Folio	06/100
Consent	George Adams, Father; Fanny Stillon, Mother
Date of Certificate	10 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. B. Monro, Presbyterian

10 February 1906

John Henry Jones
Annie Gillies

John Henry Jones
Annie Gillies
💍 1906/1446

Widower
Widow

Blacksmith

46
42

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
3 days

Methodist Church, Pitt Street

06/124

10 February 1906

Rev. H. Garland, Methodist

No	98
Date of Notice	10 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Henry Jones	Annie Gillies
	💍 1906/1446
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	46	42
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	3 days
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt Street
Folio	06/124
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Garland, Methodist

10 February 1906

William Lack Cardno
Violet Jane Gill Westbury

William Leask Cardno
Violet Jane Gill Westbury
💍 1906/1502

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

26
21

Auckland
Auckland

26 years
4 years

House of father of bride, Parnell

06/91

10 February 1906

Rev. J. B. Russell, Presbyterian

No	99
Date of Notice	10 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Lack Cardno	Violet Jane Gill Westbury
BDM Match (95%)	William Leask Cardno	Violet Jane Gill Westbury
	💍 1906/1502
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	26 years	4 years
Marriage Place	House of father of bride, Parnell
Folio	06/91
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Russell, Presbyterian

100

10 February 1906

Edward Albert Boldero
Johanna Moana Glennon

Edmund Albert Boldero
Johanna Glennon
💍 1906/2239

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

34
28

Auckland
Auckland

1.5 years
1 year

House of Mr. P. Miller, Clarence St., Ponsonby

06/814

10 February 1906

Very Rev. D. O. Egan, Roman Catholic

No	100
Date of Notice	10 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Albert Boldero	Johanna Moana Glennon
BDM Match (79%)	Edmund Albert Boldero	Johanna Glennon
	💍 1906/2239
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	34	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1.5 years	1 year
Marriage Place	House of Mr. P. Miller, Clarence St., Ponsonby
Folio	06/814
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. D. O. Egan, Roman Catholic

101

12 February 1906

Alfred Mills Keales
Agnes Nicholls

Alfred Mills Skeates
Agnes Nicholls
💍 1906/1573

Bachelor
Spinster

Jeweller

31
24

Auckland
Auckland

17 years
2 years

Church of Christ, West St., Auckland

06/161

12 February 1906

Mr. G. Aldridge, Church of Christ

No	101
Date of Notice	12 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Mills Keales	Agnes Nicholls
BDM Match (93%)	Alfred Mills Skeates	Agnes Nicholls
	💍 1906/1573
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Jeweller
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	17 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Church of Christ, West St., Auckland
Folio	06/161
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Mr. G. Aldridge, Church of Christ

102

12 February 1906

Walter James Mowbray
Florence Moana Carbines

Walter James Murray
Florence Maude Carbines
💍 1906/1571

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Man

26
22

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
22 years

House of father of bride, Karangahape Road

06/159

12 February 1906

Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

No	102
Date of Notice	12 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter James Mowbray	Florence Moana Carbines
BDM Match (84%)	Walter James Murray	Florence Maude Carbines
	💍 1906/1571
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Man
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	22 years
Marriage Place	House of father of bride, Karangahape Road
Folio	06/159
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

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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).