Intentions to Marry, 1906 Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840431, 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 Foxton Quarter ending 30 September 1906 Registrar A. D. Clemett

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 July 1906

John George Herbert Hankins
Olive Mary Huckson

John George Herbert Hawkins
Olive Mary Hickson
💍 1906/4161

Bachelor
Spinster

Auctioneer
Music Teacher

32
23

Levin
Foxton

5 years
2 years

Church of England, Foxton

06/4257

4 July 1906

Rev H. J. Wilson

No	75
Date of Notice	4 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John George Herbert Hankins	Olive Mary Huckson
BDM Match (95%)	John George Herbert Hawkins	Olive Mary Hickson
	💍 1906/4161
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Auctioneer	Music Teacher
Age	32	23
Dwelling Place	Levin	Foxton
Length of Residence	5 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Foxton
Folio	06/4257
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev H. J. Wilson

7 July 1906

William Cameron
Johannah Roe

William Cameron
Johannah Roe
💍 1906/4162

Divorced
Widow

Labourer
Domestic Duties

36
37

Foxton
Foxton

36 years
10 years

Private house of John Hannah, Foxton

06/4252

7 July 1906

Rev J. Southern

No	76
Date of Notice	7 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Cameron	Johannah Roe
	💍 1906/4162
Condition	Divorced	Widow
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	36	37
Dwelling Place	Foxton	Foxton
Length of Residence	36 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Private house of John Hannah, Foxton
Folio	06/4252
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev J. Southern

17 July 1906

Allan Findlay Mollison
Jessie Fairley

Allan Findlay Mollison
Jessie Fairley
💍 1906/4163

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper
Domestic Duties

27
21

Wanganui
Foxton

10 months
7 months

Mrs Bird's Private Residence, Johnston St, Foxton

06/4253

17 July 1906

Rev J. Southern

No	77
Date of Notice	17 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Allan Findlay Mollison	Jessie Fairley
	💍 1906/4163
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper	Domestic Duties
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Wanganui	Foxton
Length of Residence	10 months	7 months
Marriage Place	Mrs Bird's Private Residence, Johnston St, Foxton
Folio	06/4253
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev J. Southern

31 July 1906

Fredk Chas George Huse
Emma Maria Spring

Frederick Charles George Huse
Emma Maria Spring
💍 1906/4144

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Clerk
Domestic Duties

22
26

Longburn
Foxton

7 months

Methodist Church, Foxton

06/4254

31 July 1906

Rev J. Southern

No	78
Date of Notice	31 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Fredk Chas George Huse	Emma Maria Spring
BDM Match (88%)	Frederick Charles George Huse	Emma Maria Spring
	💍 1906/4144
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Clerk	Domestic Duties
Age	22	26
Dwelling Place	Longburn	Foxton
Length of Residence	7 months
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Foxton
Folio	06/4254
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev J. Southern

18 August 1906

Ernest Daniel Dunn
Annie Agnes Philomina Cassin

Ernest Daniel Dunn
Annie Agnes Philis Cassin
💍 1906/4984

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Driver
Domestic Servant

30
22

Foxton
Foxton

16 years

St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Foxton

06/4626

18 August 1906

Rev Father Schaefer

No	79
Date of Notice	18 August 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Daniel Dunn	Annie Agnes Philomina Cassin
BDM Match (93%)	Ernest Daniel Dunn	Annie Agnes Philis Cassin
	💍 1906/4984
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver	Domestic Servant
Age	30	22
Dwelling Place	Foxton	Foxton
Length of Residence	16 years
Marriage Place	St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Foxton
Folio	06/4626
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 August 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev Father Schaefer

28 August 1906

Harry Stephen Thynne
Margaret Harriet Dowd

Harry Stephen Thynne
Margaret Harriett Power Edwards
💍 1906/5356

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Hospital Nurse

32
30

Foxton
Mornington, Dunedin

32 years

Church of England, Mornington, Dunedin

06/5728

28 August 1906

Rev H. J. Edward

No	80
Date of Notice	28 August 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Stephen Thynne	Margaret Harriet Dowd
BDM Match (82%)	Harry Stephen Thynne	Margaret Harriett Power Edwards
	💍 1906/5356
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Hospital Nurse
Age	32	30
Dwelling Place	Foxton	Mornington, Dunedin
Length of Residence	32 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Mornington, Dunedin
Folio	06/5728
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 August 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev H. J. Edward

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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).