Intentions to Marry, 1908 Auckland, Taranaki, Hawke's Bay

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840436, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1908 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki, Hawke's Bay (1908a), Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1908b), and Canterbury, Otago, Chatham Islands (1908c).

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District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1908

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 1908

James Scanlow
Annie Selina Houlihan

James Scarlon
Annie Selina Houlihan
💍 1908/1216

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

38
30

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
5 months

St. Beneauds Church, Auckland

08/1238

20 January 1908

Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

No	61
Date of Notice	20 January 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Scanlow	Annie Selina Houlihan
BDM Match (92%)	James Scarlon	Annie Selina Houlihan
	💍 1908/1216
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	38	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	5 months
Marriage Place	St. Beneauds Church, Auckland
Folio	08/1238
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

21 January 1908

William George Postlewaight
Rose Barnaby

William George Postleweight Mann
Rose Barnaby
💍 1908/267

Bachelor
Spinster

Mill Hand

26
24

Auckland
Auckland

26 years
24 years

House of W. McLaren, Hayden Street, Auckland

08/216

21 January 1908

Rev. J. A. Cuseford, Primitive Methodist

No	62
Date of Notice	21 January 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William George Postlewaight	Rose Barnaby
BDM Match (91%)	William George Postleweight Mann	Rose Barnaby
	💍 1908/267
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mill Hand
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	26 years	24 years
Marriage Place	House of W. McLaren, Hayden Street, Auckland
Folio	08/216
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Cuseford, Primitive Methodist

21 January 1908

William Wallace Bridgford
Angelina Lewis

William Wallace Bridgford
Angelina Lewis
💍 1908/3838

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

22
21

Auckland
Auckland

22 years
21 years

House of Rev. W. Walker, Wellington Street, Auckland

08/231

21 January 1908

Rev. W. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	63
Date of Notice	21 January 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Wallace Bridgford	Angelina Lewis
	💍 1908/3838
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	22 years	21 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. W. Walker, Wellington Street, Auckland
Folio	08/231
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Walker, Church of Our Father

21 January 1908

Frank William Graham Herdman
Annie Tate Morison

Frank William Graham Herdman
Annie Yate Morton
💍 1908/111

Bachelor
Widow

Stock & Station Agent

31
34

Auckland
Dunedin

8 weeks
6 years

St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell, Dunedin

08/71

21 January 1908

Rev. W. H. Luttow, Church of England

No	64
Date of Notice	21 January 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank William Graham Herdman	Annie Tate Morison
BDM Match (92%)	Frank William Graham Herdman	Annie Yate Morton
	💍 1908/111
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Stock & Station Agent
Age	31	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Dunedin
Length of Residence	8 weeks	6 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell, Dunedin
Folio	08/71
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. Luttow, Church of England

22 January 1908

Frederick James Burt
Annie Maria Kelly

Frederick James Burt
Annie Maria Kelly
💍 1908/6927

Frederick William Allen
Annie Louisa Kelly
💍 1908/6486

Bachelor
Spinster

Fitter

35
35

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

Church of England, Northcote

08/5524

22 January 1908

Rev. A. F. Smith, Church of England

No	65
Date of Notice	22 January 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick James Burt	Annie Maria Kelly
	💍 1908/6927
BDM Match (63%)	Frederick William Allen	Annie Louisa Kelly
	💍 1908/6486
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fitter
Age	35	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Church of England, Northcote
Folio	08/5524
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 January 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. F. Smith, Church of England

22 January 1908

Lionel Ernest Hinton
Isabella Josephine Realis

Lionel Ernest Hinton
Isabella Josephine Nealis
💍 1908/633

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

24
22

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
12 years

St. Pauls Church, Auckland

08/636

22 January 1908

Rev. C. W. Nelson, Church of England

No	66
Date of Notice	22 January 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lionel Ernest Hinton	Isabella Josephine Realis
BDM Match (98%)	Lionel Ernest Hinton	Isabella Josephine Nealis
	💍 1908/633
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	12 years
Marriage Place	St. Pauls Church, Auckland
Folio	08/636
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 January 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. W. Nelson, 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 1908. 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).