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 051

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

229

6 March 1908

Albert Harold Armstrong
Florence Daisy Nicholson

Albert Harold Armstrong
Florence Daisy Nicholson
💍 1908/235

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

26
20

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
20 years

House of W. Alderton, Gibraltar Crescent, Parnell

08/207

Maria Nicholson, Mother

6 March 1908

Rev. G. W. Spence, Methodist

No	229
Date of Notice	6 March 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Harold Armstrong	Florence Daisy Nicholson
	💍 1908/235
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	26	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	20 years
Marriage Place	House of W. Alderton, Gibraltar Crescent, Parnell
Folio	08/207
Consent	Maria Nicholson, Mother
Date of Certificate	6 March 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. W. Spence, Methodist

230

6 March 1908

Burt Gould St. John
Clara Amelia Clarke

Burr Gould St John
Clara Amelia Clarke
💍 1908/1092

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine driver

34
27

Auckland
Auckland

15 years
2 years

House of bridegroom, 110 Elton Street

08/1108

Nellie St. John, Mother

6 March 1908

Rev. W. St. John, Unitarian

No	230
Date of Notice	6 March 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Burt Gould St. John	Clara Amelia Clarke
BDM Match (95%)	Burr Gould St John	Clara Amelia Clarke
	💍 1908/1092
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine driver
Age	34	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 years	2 years
Marriage Place	House of bridegroom, 110 Elton Street
Folio	08/1108
Consent	Nellie St. John, Mother
Date of Certificate	6 March 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. St. John, Unitarian

231

4 March 1908

Antonio Saini
Lizzie Mabel Bell

Antonio Saini
Lizzie Mabel Bell
💍 1908/322

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

30
27

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
27 years

House of bridegroom, Collingwood Street

08/277

4 March 1908

Rev. G. Clement, Primitive Methodist

No	231
Date of Notice	4 March 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Antonio Saini	Lizzie Mabel Bell
	💍 1908/322
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	30	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	27 years
Marriage Place	House of bridegroom, Collingwood Street
Folio	08/277
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 March 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Clement, Primitive Methodist

232

4 March 1908

Osborne Harnden
Ada Emily Brown

Osborne Harnden
Ada Emily Brown
💍 1908/94

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

21
21

Auckland
Auckland

21 years
21 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

08/30

4 March 1908

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	232
Date of Notice	4 March 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Osborne Harnden	Ada Emily Brown
	💍 1908/94
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	21 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	08/30
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 March 1908
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

233

4 March 1908

George Edwin Foarr
Edith Caundle

George Edwin Carr
Edith Caundle
💍 1908/222

Bachelor
Spinster

Receiving Agent

25
21

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
2 years

House of bridegroom, Greylinn

08/171

Father of bridegroom

4 March 1908

Rev. R. H. Catherwood, Presbyterian

No	233
Date of Notice	4 March 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Edwin Foarr	Edith Caundle
BDM Match (94%)	George Edwin Carr	Edith Caundle
	💍 1908/222
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Receiving Agent
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	2 years
Marriage Place	House of bridegroom, Greylinn
Folio	08/171
Consent	Father of bridegroom
Date of Certificate	4 March 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. H. Catherwood, Presbyterian

234

4 March 1908

Sidney Gubb
Jeannette Hedefitia Arnold

Sidney Gubb
Jeannette Letitia Arnold
💍 1908/312

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

23
23

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
23 years

Church of Christ, West Street

08/291

4 March 1908

Mr. G. Aldridge, Church of Christ

No	234
Date of Notice	4 March 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sidney Gubb	Jeannette Hedefitia Arnold
BDM Match (92%)	Sidney Gubb	Jeannette Letitia Arnold
	💍 1908/312
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	23 years
Marriage Place	Church of Christ, West Street
Folio	08/291
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 March 1908
Officiating Minister	Mr. G. Aldridge, Church of Christ

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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).