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 Edmund Humphrey 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

20 January 1906

John Booth
Hilda Jane McGarvey

John Booth
Hilda Jane McGarvey
💍 1906/379

Bachelor
Spinster

Joiner

25
25

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
4 weeks

Roman Catholic Church, Parnell

06/1706

20 January 1906

Rev. J. O'Connor, Roman Catholic

No	47
Date of Notice	20 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Booth	Hilda Jane McGarvey
	💍 1906/379
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Joiner
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	4 weeks
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Parnell
Folio	06/1706
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. O'Connor, Roman Catholic

22 January 1906

Karl Olsen
Lilian Hunter Blair

Karl Olsen
Lilian Hunter Blair
💍 1906/55

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Labourer

26
37

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
3 days

Registrar's Office

06/13

22 January 1906

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	48
Date of Notice	22 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Karl Olsen	Lilian Hunter Blair
	💍 1906/55
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Labourer
Age	26	37
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	06/13
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 January 1906
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

22 January 1906

Neilson Barnard Keane
Emma Blanche Browne

Milton Barnard Keane
Emma Blanche Browne
💍 1906/7664

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

19
19

Auckland
Auckland

19 years
8 years

House of W. B. Browne, Arch Hill

06/119

Elizabeth Sarah Jane Browne (Mother), Thomas Henry Browne (Father)

22 January 1906

Rev. J. Wilson, Methodist

No	49
Date of Notice	22 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Neilson Barnard Keane	Emma Blanche Browne
BDM Match (93%)	Milton Barnard Keane	Emma Blanche Browne
	💍 1906/7664
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	19	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	19 years	8 years
Marriage Place	House of W. B. Browne, Arch Hill
Folio	06/119
Consent	Elizabeth Sarah Jane Browne (Mother), Thomas Henry Browne (Father)
Date of Certificate	22 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilson, Methodist

22 January 1906

William Skene
Louisa Emily Annie Richards

William Skene
Louisa Emily Annie Fawcett
💍 1906/1485

Bachelor
Widow

Male Attendant

39
40

Auckland
Auckland

15 years
15 years

House of W. G. Fowles, Grey Street

06/122

22 January 1906

Rev. C. H. Garland, Methodist

No	50
Date of Notice	22 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Skene	Louisa Emily Annie Richards
BDM Match (85%)	William Skene	Louisa Emily Annie Fawcett
	💍 1906/1485
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Male Attendant
Age	39	40
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 years	15 years
Marriage Place	House of W. G. Fowles, Grey Street
Folio	06/122
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. H. Garland, Methodist

23 January 1906

Walter Greenslade
Margaret Annie Steel

Walter Greenslade
Margaret Annie Steel
💍 1906/1649

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

27
26

Auckland
Te Awamutu

15 years
5 years

Anglican Church, Te Awamutu

06/279

23 January 1906

Rev. F. W. Clarke, Church of England

No	51
Date of Notice	23 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Greenslade	Margaret Annie Steel
	💍 1906/1649
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Te Awamutu
Length of Residence	15 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Te Awamutu
Folio	06/279
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. W. Clarke, Church of England

23 January 1906

Harry Needham
Lucy Winfield Weston

Harry Needham
Lucy Winfield Weston
💍 1906/1592

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

36
27

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
2 months

House of Rev. F. Clark, Whitaker Lane

06/156

23 January 1906

Rev. F. Clark, Baptist

No	52
Date of Notice	23 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Needham	Lucy Winfield Weston
	💍 1906/1592
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	36	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	2 months
Marriage Place	House of Rev. F. Clark, Whitaker Lane
Folio	06/156
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. Clark, Baptist

23 January 1906

George Fowles
Alice Louisa Richards

George Towler
Alice Louisa Richards
💍 1906/1486

Bachelor
Widow

Asphalter

63
62

Auckland
Auckland

38 years

House of bridegroom, 30 Grey Street

06/123

23 January 1906

Rev. C. H. Garland, Methodist

No	53
Date of Notice	23 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Fowles	Alice Louisa Richards
BDM Match (92%)	George Towler	Alice Louisa Richards
	💍 1906/1486
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Asphalter
Age	63	62
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	38 years
Marriage Place	House of bridegroom, 30 Grey Street
Folio	06/123
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. H. Garland, Methodist

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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).