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).

Page 032

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

133

14 February 1908

Alick George Saunders
May Catherine Jagger

Alick George Saunders
May Catherine Jagger
💍 1908/116

Bachelor
Widow

Ironmonger

29
28

Auckland
Auckland

29 years
28 years

St Mary's Cathedral, Parnell

08/76

14 February 1908

Rev. M. H. Sutton, Church of England

No	133
Date of Notice	14 February 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alick George Saunders	May Catherine Jagger
	💍 1908/116
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Ironmonger
Age	29	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	29 years	28 years
Marriage Place	St Mary's Cathedral, Parnell
Folio	08/76
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. H. Sutton, Church of England

134

15 February 1908

Arthur Smith
Isabella Stuart

Arthur Smith
Isabella Stuart
💍 1908/220

Widower
Spinster

Bush Manager

41
42

Auckland
Auckland

41 years
6 months

St Andrew's Church, Auckland

08/169

15 February 1908

Rev. A. A. Murray, Presbyterian

No	134
Date of Notice	15 February 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Smith	Isabella Stuart
	💍 1908/220
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Bush Manager
Age	41	42
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	41 years	6 months
Marriage Place	St Andrew's Church, Auckland
Folio	08/169
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. A. Murray, Presbyterian

135

15 February 1908

Charles Williams Buttle
Beatrice Newman

Charles Williams Buttle
Beatrice Newman
💍 1908/62

Bachelor
Spinster

Bookseller

25
26

Auckland
Auckland

8 months
8 months

Registrar's Office, Auckland

08/21

15 February 1908

Y. H. Bulpan, Deputy Registrar

No	135
Date of Notice	15 February 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Williams Buttle	Beatrice Newman
	💍 1908/62
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bookseller
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 months	8 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	08/21
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1908
Officiating Minister	Y. H. Bulpan, Deputy Registrar

136

15 February 1908

Percy Dennett Wright
Dora Constance Jackson

Percy Dennett Wright
Dora Constance Jackson
💍 1908/281

Bachelor
Spinster

Printer

25
24

Auckland
Ponsonby

20 years
24 years

Baptist Church, Ponsonby

08/258

15 February 1908

Rev. A. North, Baptist

No	136
Date of Notice	15 February 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Dennett Wright	Dora Constance Jackson
	💍 1908/281
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Printer
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	20 years	24 years
Marriage Place	Baptist Church, Ponsonby
Folio	08/258
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. North, Baptist

137

15 February 1908

William John Hutchison Lloyd
Rizpah Fanny Kelsey

William J H Loyd
Rizpah Fanny Kelsey
💍 1908/234

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

34
30

Auckland
Howick

1 day
10 years

Presbyterian Church, Papakura

08/189

15 February 1908

Rev. A. Doull, Presbyterian

No	137
Date of Notice	15 February 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Hutchison Lloyd	Rizpah Fanny Kelsey
BDM Match (79%)	William J H Loyd	Rizpah Fanny Kelsey
	💍 1908/234
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	34	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Howick
Length of Residence	1 day	10 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Papakura
Folio	08/189
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Doull, Presbyterian

138

17 February 1908

Frederic George Blatt
Lily Burns

Frederic George Blott
Lily Burns
💍 1908/274

Bachelor
Spinster

Chemist

24
25

Auckland
Mt. Eden

27 years
25 years

Congregational Church, Mt. Eden

08/251

17 February 1908

Rev. W. Day, Congregational Independent

No	138
Date of Notice	17 February 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederic George Blatt	Lily Burns
BDM Match (98%)	Frederic George Blott	Lily Burns
	💍 1908/274
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chemist
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Mt. Eden
Length of Residence	27 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Mt. Eden
Folio	08/251
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 February 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Day, Congregational Independent

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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).