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

25 January 1906

Charles Carshott Phair
Elizabeth Sutton

Charles Oakshott Phair
Elizabeth Sutton
💍 1906/114

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

31
25

Auckland
Auckland

2 months
3 months

Church of England, Devonport

06/71

25 January 1906

Rev. G. J. Evershed, Church of England

No	61
Date of Notice	25 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Carshott Phair	Elizabeth Sutton
BDM Match (95%)	Charles Oakshott Phair	Elizabeth Sutton
	💍 1906/114
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	31	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 months	3 months
Marriage Place	Church of England, Devonport
Folio	06/71
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. J. Evershed, Church of England

26 January 1906

Samuel John Atkins
Emily Layne

Samuel John Atkins
Emily Layne
💍 1906/123

Widower
Spinster

Hotel Keeper

36
27

Auckland
Auckland

8 years
29 years

St. Luke's Church, Mt. Albert

06/57

26 January 1906

Rev. W. Wilson, Church of England

No	62
Date of Notice	26 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel John Atkins	Emily Layne
	💍 1906/123
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Hotel Keeper
Age	36	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 years	29 years
Marriage Place	St. Luke's Church, Mt. Albert
Folio	06/57
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Wilson, Church of England

26 January 1906

Thomas Fox
Ethel Mary Relliott

Thomas Fox
Ethel May Elliott
💍 1906/2890

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

24
22

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
22 years

House of father of Bride, Waikumete

06/2634

26 January 1906

Rev. W. Grigg, Methodist

No	63
Date of Notice	26 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Fox	Ethel Mary Relliott
BDM Match (92%)	Thomas Fox	Ethel May Elliott
	💍 1906/2890
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	22 years
Marriage Place	House of father of Bride, Waikumete
Folio	06/2634
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Grigg, Methodist

26 January 1906

Ernest Alfred Hawkes
Mary Ethel Hayes

Ernest Alfred Hawkes
Mary Ethel Hayes
💍 1906/1489

Bachelor
Spinster

Mill hand

24
21

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
21 years

St. Benedict's Church

06/104

26 January 1906

Rev. F. Buckley, Roman Catholic

No	64
Date of Notice	26 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Alfred Hawkes	Mary Ethel Hayes
	💍 1906/1489
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mill hand
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	21 years
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church
Folio	06/104
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. Buckley, Roman Catholic

26 January 1906

Richard John Cottingham
Claribel Maud Vaughan

Richard John Cottingham
Claribel Maud Vaughan
💍 1906/244

Bachelor
Spinster

Postal officer

25
20

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
19 years

All Saints Church, Ponsonby

06/1567

Mary Jane Street, Mother

26 January 1906

Rev. W. Calder, Church of England

No	65
Date of Notice	26 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard John Cottingham	Claribel Maud Vaughan
	💍 1906/244
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Postal officer
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	19 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Ponsonby
Folio	06/1567
Consent	Mary Jane Street, Mother
Date of Certificate	26 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Calder, Church of England

26 January 1906

Daniel Crawford
Elizabeth Such

Daniel Crawford
Elizabeth Such
💍 1906/1517

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman

34
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
15 years

House of father of bride, Newmarket

06/82

26 January 1906

Rev. B. C. Walker, Presbyterian

No	66
Date of Notice	26 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel Crawford	Elizabeth Such
	💍 1906/1517
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman
Age	34	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	15 years
Marriage Place	House of father of bride, Newmarket
Folio	06/82
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. C. Walker, Presbyterian

30 January 1906

Henry Edward Fitzgerald McMurdo
Henrietta Laura Elise McDonnell

Henry Edward Fitzgerald McMurdo
Henrietta Elise McDonnell
💍 1906/56

Widower
Widow

Farmer

54
54

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

Registrar's Office, Auckland

06/14

30 January 1906

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	67
Date of Notice	30 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Edward Fitzgerald McMurdo	Henrietta Laura Elise McDonnell
BDM Match (90%)	Henry Edward Fitzgerald McMurdo	Henrietta Elise McDonnell
	💍 1906/56
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Farmer
Age	54	54
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	06/14
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1906
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

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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).