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

3 February 1908

Charles William Eady
Mary Elizabeth Wilson Power

Charles William Eaddy
Mary Elizabeth Wilson Power
💍 1908/268

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

34
24

Auckland
Auckland

1 week
24 years

House of Mr. Alex Wilson, Wallace St., Ponsonby

08/217

3 February 1908

Rev. G. Bond, Methodist

No	94
Date of Notice	3 February 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles William Eady	Mary Elizabeth Wilson Power
BDM Match (98%)	Charles William Eaddy	Mary Elizabeth Wilson Power
	💍 1908/268
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	34	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 week	24 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. Alex Wilson, Wallace St., Ponsonby
Folio	08/217
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Bond, Methodist

3 February 1908

Henry Anderson
Alice Heald

Henry Anderson
Alice Heald
💍 1908/139

Bachelor
Spinster

Constable

20
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
24 years

St. Matthew's Church, Hobson St.

08/103

3 February 1908

Rev. W. R. Gillam, Church of England

No	98
Date of Notice	3 February 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Anderson	Alice Heald
	💍 1908/139
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Constable
Age	20	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	24 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Hobson St.
Folio	08/103
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. R. Gillam, Church of England

3 February 1908

Edmund Harold Griffiths
Olive Mary Parker

Edmund Harold Griffiths
Olive Mary Parker
💍 1908/138

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

23
19

Auckland
Auckland

8 years
19 years

St. Matthew's Church

08/102

Janet Parker, Mother

3 February 1908

Rev. W. R. Gillam, Church of England

No	99
Date of Notice	3 February 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edmund Harold Griffiths	Olive Mary Parker
	💍 1908/138
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 years	19 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	08/102
Consent	Janet Parker, Mother
Date of Certificate	3 February 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. R. Gillam, Church of England

100

3 February 1908

Mark William Parrish
Hannah Amy Junn

Mark William Parish
Hannah Amy Dunn
💍 1908/217

Bachelor
Spinster

Gentleman

29
19

Auckland
Northcote

26 years
19 years

House of father of bride

08/165

George Alexander Junn, father

3 February 1908

Rev. G. J. Roby, Presbyterian

No	100
Date of Notice	3 February 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Mark William Parrish	Hannah Amy Junn
BDM Match (94%)	Mark William Parish	Hannah Amy Dunn
	💍 1908/217
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gentleman
Age	29	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Northcote
Length of Residence	26 years	19 years
Marriage Place	House of father of bride
Folio	08/165
Consent	George Alexander Junn, father
Date of Certificate	3 February 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. J. Roby, Presbyterian

101

4 February 1908

John Arms
Happy Gleeson

John Arns
Fanny Gleeson
💍 1908/246

Bachelor
Widow

Battery Hand

30
24

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

08/195

4 February 1908

Rev. A. Farthing, Roman Catholic

No	101
Date of Notice	4 February 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Arms	Happy Gleeson
BDM Match (83%)	John Arns	Fanny Gleeson
	💍 1908/246
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Battery Hand
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	08/195
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Farthing, Roman Catholic

102

4 February 1908

Roy Organ
Florence McKeown

Roy Organ
Florence McKeown
💍 1908/298

Bachelor
Spinster

Sugar Refiner

24
23

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
23 years

House of Mr. W. Y. Anderson, Exmouth Street

08/268

4 February 1908

Rev. W. S. Potter, Primitive Methodist

No	102
Date of Notice	4 February 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Roy Organ	Florence McKeown
	💍 1908/298
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sugar Refiner
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	23 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. W. Y. Anderson, Exmouth Street
Folio	08/268
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. S. Potter, Primitive Methodist

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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).