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 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

28 January 1908

John James Alexander Edgar
Mary Christina McLennan

John James Alexander Edgar
Mary Christina McLennan
💍 1908/177

Bachelor
Spinster

Storekeeper

38
32

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
3 days

St. David's Church, Khyber Pass

08/144

28 January 1908

Rev. W. G. Graham, Presbyterian

No	85
Date of Notice	28 January 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John James Alexander Edgar	Mary Christina McLennan
	💍 1908/177
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper
Age	38	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	3 days
Marriage Place	St. David's Church, Khyber Pass
Folio	08/144
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. G. Graham, Presbyterian

28 January 1908

Samuel Irwin
Lauretta Bertha Lovell

Samuel Irwin
Lauretta Bertha Dovell
💍 1908/102

Bachelor
Spinster

Tyre Manager

36
23

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
12 years

Church of England, Parmure

08/63

28 January 1908

Rev. H. Magon, Church of England

No	86
Date of Notice	28 January 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Irwin	Lauretta Bertha Lovell
BDM Match (98%)	Samuel Irwin	Lauretta Bertha Dovell
	💍 1908/102
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tyre Manager
Age	36	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	12 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Parmure
Folio	08/63
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Magon, Church of England

30 January 1908

Edward Percy Forrester
Alice Mary Hutchinson

Edward Percy Forrester
Alice Mary Hutchinson
💍 1908/279

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

33
29

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
3 years

House of Rev. J. B. Sneyd, 8 Edenvale Road, Mt. Eden

08/256

30 January 1908

Rev. J. B. Sneyd, Baptist

No	87
Date of Notice	30 January 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Percy Forrester	Alice Mary Hutchinson
	💍 1908/279
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	33	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	3 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. J. B. Sneyd, 8 Edenvale Road, Mt. Eden
Folio	08/256
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Sneyd, Baptist

30 January 1908

Charles William Parsons
Mabel Ethel Barter

Charles William Parsons
Mabel Ethel Carter
💍 1908/290

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

20
21

Auckland
Auckland

9 months
4 years

House of father of bride, Eden Terrace

08/267

Charles Wheeler, father

30 January 1908

Rev. W. O. Potter, Primitive Methodist

No	88
Date of Notice	30 January 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles William Parsons	Mabel Ethel Barter
BDM Match (97%)	Charles William Parsons	Mabel Ethel Carter
	💍 1908/290
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	20	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 months	4 years
Marriage Place	House of father of bride, Eden Terrace
Folio	08/267
Consent	Charles Wheeler, father
Date of Certificate	30 January 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. O. Potter, Primitive Methodist

30 January 1908

Salam Jainey Nimsare
Ada Maxwell

Salam Tainly Nimare
Ada Maxwell
💍 1908/245

Bachelor
Spinster

Fitter

24
24

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
24 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

08/194

30 January 1908

Rev. W. J. Murphy, Roman Catholic

No	89
Date of Notice	30 January 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Salam Jainey Nimsare	Ada Maxwell
BDM Match (93%)	Salam Tainly Nimare	Ada Maxwell
	💍 1908/245
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fitter
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	24 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	08/194
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Murphy, Roman Catholic

31 January 1908

Harry Archie Menzies
Selina Kate Nealis

Harry Archie Menzies
Selina Kate Nealis
💍 1908/634

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

28
28

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
20 years

St. Paul's Church, Auckland

08/637

31 January 1908

Rev. C. M. Nelson, Church of England

No	90
Date of Notice	31 January 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Archie Menzies	Selina Kate Nealis
	💍 1908/634
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	28	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church, Auckland
Folio	08/637
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. M. 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).