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).

Page 615

District of Buller Quarter ending 30 September 1906 Registrar Herbert Logie

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

5 July 1906

Edward Upham
Jane Keil

Edward Upham
Jane Keil
💍 1906/5102

Bachelor
Spinster

Coal Healer

35
24

Westport
Granity

16 years
4 days

In the Registrars office at Granity

06/4768

5 July 1906

Registrar Granity

No	26
Date of Notice	5 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Upham	Jane Keil
	💍 1906/5102
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coal Healer
Age	35	24
Dwelling Place	Westport	Granity
Length of Residence	16 years	4 days
Marriage Place	In the Registrars office at Granity
Folio	06/4768
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Registrar Granity

4 September 1906

William Michael Curran
Mary Anne Ryan

William Michael Curran
Mary Ann Ryan
💍 1906/5012

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker
Barmaid

26
22

Westport
Westport

8 years
4 years

In the Roman Catholic Church

06/4675

4 September 1906

Rev. I. Walshe, Roman Catholic

No	27
Date of Notice	4 September 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Michael Curran	Mary Anne Ryan
BDM Match (96%)	William Michael Curran	Mary Ann Ryan
	💍 1906/5012
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker	Barmaid
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Westport	Westport
Length of Residence	8 years	4 years
Marriage Place	In the Roman Catholic Church
Folio	06/4675
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 September 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. I. Walshe, Roman Catholic

5 September 1906

Frederick Edward Cook
Hannah McGee

Frederick Edward Cook
Hannah Magee
💍 1906/5013

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman

34
24

Westport
Westport

3 days
8 months

In the Roman Catholic Church

06/4676

15 September 1906

Rev. I. Walshe, Roman Catholic

No	28
Date of Notice	5 September 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Edward Cook	Hannah McGee
BDM Match (92%)	Frederick Edward Cook	Hannah Magee
	💍 1906/5013
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman
Age	34	24
Dwelling Place	Westport	Westport
Length of Residence	3 days	8 months
Marriage Place	In the Roman Catholic Church
Folio	06/4676
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 September 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. I. Walshe, Roman Catholic

12 September 1906

William Taylor
Eva Wheatley

William Taylor
Eva Wheatley
💍 1906/5015

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

24
21

Westport
Westport

2 years
2 years

In the Wesleyan Church

06/4678

12 September 1906

Rev. M. A. R. Pratt, Wesleyan

No	29
Date of Notice	12 September 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Taylor	Eva Wheatley
	💍 1906/5015
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Westport	Westport
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	In the Wesleyan Church
Folio	06/4678
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 September 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. A. R. Pratt, Wesleyan

20 September 1906

George Murray Munro
Margarette Christina Folkner

George Murray Munro
Margarette Christina Folkner
💍 1906/5014

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman

30
23

Cape Foulwind
Cape Line near Westport

9 years
20 years

In the residence of Mr. Henry Carter

06/4677

20 September 1906

Rev. J. R. Dart, Church of England

No	30
Date of Notice	20 September 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Murray Munro	Margarette Christina Folkner
	💍 1906/5014
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Cape Foulwind	Cape Line near Westport
Length of Residence	9 years	20 years
Marriage Place	In the residence of Mr. Henry Carter
Folio	06/4677
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 September 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. R. Dart, Church of England

22 September 1906

Frederick William Rosenberg
Maud Matilda Carne

Frederick William Rosenberg
Maud Matilda Came
💍 1906/6613

Bachelor
Spinster

Musician

28
25

Cape Foulwind
Westport

14 years
18 months

In the residence of Mr. Nicholas Carne, Cape Foulwind

06/6607

22 September 1906

Rev. J. R. Dart, Church of England

No	31
Date of Notice	22 September 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick William Rosenberg	Maud Matilda Carne
BDM Match (94%)	Frederick William Rosenberg	Maud Matilda Came
	💍 1906/6613
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Musician
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Cape Foulwind	Westport
Length of Residence	14 years	18 months
Marriage Place	In the residence of Mr. Nicholas Carne, Cape Foulwind
Folio	06/6607
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 September 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. R. Dart, Church of England

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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).