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. Lyous

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

4 January 1906

William Henry Joyce
Sarah Parkes

William Henry Joyce
Sarah Parkes
💍 1906/1577

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

24
23

Auckland
Auckland

2 months
1 month

Congregational Church, Beresford Street

06/165

4 January 1906

Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational

No	7
Date of Notice	4 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Joyce	Sarah Parkes
	💍 1906/1577
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 months	1 month
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Beresford Street
Folio	06/165
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational

4 January 1906

William Alexander Hanson
Bertha Laura Hooker

William Alexander Hanson
Bertha Muriel Hooker
💍 1906/1576

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

28
23

Auckland
Auckland

26 years
10 months

Baptist Church, Mount Roskill

06/164

4 January 1906

Rev. E. A. Kirwood, Baptist

No	8
Date of Notice	4 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Alexander Hanson	Bertha Laura Hooker
BDM Match (88%)	William Alexander Hanson	Bertha Muriel Hooker
	💍 1906/1576
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	26 years	10 months
Marriage Place	Baptist Church, Mount Roskill
Folio	06/164
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. A. Kirwood, Baptist

4 January 1906

Edwin Charles Marton
Isabella Catherine Kirkpatrick

Edwin Charles Murton
Isabella Catherine Kirkpatrick
💍 1906/68

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

27
19

Auckland
Auckland

3 weeks
6 months

Registrar's Office, Auckland

06/153

Edith Kirkpatrick, mother

4 January 1906

E. H. Lyous, Registrar

No	9
Date of Notice	4 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin Charles Marton	Isabella Catherine Kirkpatrick
BDM Match (98%)	Edwin Charles Murton	Isabella Catherine Kirkpatrick
	💍 1906/68
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	27	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 weeks	6 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	06/153
Consent	Edith Kirkpatrick, mother
Date of Certificate	4 January 1906
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyous, Registrar

5 January 1906

Harold Edwin Light
Ethel Charlotte Duncan Crombie

Harold Edwin Light
Ethel Charlotte Duncan Crombie
💍 1906/1514

Bachelor
Spinster

Musician

24
22

Auckland
Auckland

15 hours
4 years

St. Andrew's Church, Auckland

06/79

5 January 1906

Rev. H. B. Fray, Presbyterian

No	10
Date of Notice	5 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Edwin Light	Ethel Charlotte Duncan Crombie
	💍 1906/1514
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Musician
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 hours	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church, Auckland
Folio	06/79
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. B. Fray, Presbyterian

5 January 1906

William James Brewer
Margaret Alice Malone

William James Brewer
Margaret Alice Malone
💍 1906/1484

Bachelor
Divorced

Labourer
Housewife

35
35

Auckland
Auckland

32 years
15 months

15 Richards Street

06/121

5 January 1906

Rev. C. H. Garland, Methodist

No	11
Date of Notice	5 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William James Brewer	Margaret Alice Malone
	💍 1906/1484
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced
Profession	Labourer	Housewife
Age	35	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	32 years	15 months
Marriage Place	15 Richards Street
Folio	06/121
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. H. Garland, Methodist

5 January 1906

Duncan Campbell Forbes Dawson
Miriam Jane Stanley

Duncan Campbell Forbes Dawson
Miriam Jane Stanley
💍 1906/70

Divorced
Widow

Telegraph Linesman

39
36

Auckland
Auckland

1/2 year
36

Registrar's Office, Auckland

06/15

5 January 1906

E. H. Lyous, Registrar

No	12
Date of Notice	5 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Duncan Campbell Forbes Dawson	Miriam Jane Stanley
	💍 1906/70
Condition	Divorced	Widow
Profession	Telegraph Linesman
Age	39	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1/2 year	36
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	06/15
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 January 1906
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyous, 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).