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

241

9 March 1908

Frederick John Brown
Eliza Emma Amanda Kerr

Frederick John Brown
Iza Emma Amanda Kerr
💍 1908/96

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

28
21

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
3 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

08/32

9 March 1908

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	241
Date of Notice	9 March 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick John Brown	Eliza Emma Amanda Kerr
BDM Match (93%)	Frederick John Brown	Iza Emma Amanda Kerr
	💍 1908/96
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	08/32
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 March 1908
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

242

9 March 1908

Francis Henry Morton
Ellen Clarine Gilmour

Francis Henry Morton
Floss Ellen Clarine Gilmuir
💍 1908/191

Bachelor
Spinster

Musician

27
21

Auckland
Auckland

27 years
6 years

St. Mark's Church, Remuera

08/134

9 March 1908

Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

No	242
Date of Notice	9 March 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Henry Morton	Ellen Clarine Gilmour
BDM Match (85%)	Francis Henry Morton	Floss Ellen Clarine Gilmuir
	💍 1908/191
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Musician
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	27 years	6 years
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church, Remuera
Folio	08/134
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 March 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

243

9 March 1908

Edmund Kenneth Bruce McIntyre
Maude Harman

Edmund Kenneth Bruce McIntyre
Maude Harman
💍 1908/141

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Storeman

25
26

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
21 years

St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell

08/179

9 March 1908

Rev. G. MacMurray, Church of England

No	243
Date of Notice	9 March 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edmund Kenneth Bruce McIntyre	Maude Harman
	💍 1908/141
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Storeman
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	21 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell
Folio	08/179
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 March 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. MacMurray, Church of England

244

9 March 1908

George Frederick Andrew
Mary Raynard

George Fredrick Andrew
Mary Raynard
💍 1908/97

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

24
18

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
4 days

Registrar's Office, Auckland

08/33

Ann Boulanger, Mother

9 March 1908

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	244
Date of Notice	9 March 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Frederick Andrew	Mary Raynard
BDM Match (98%)	George Fredrick Andrew	Mary Raynard
	💍 1908/97
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	24	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	08/33
Consent	Ann Boulanger, Mother
Date of Certificate	9 March 1908
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

245

10 March 1908

George Frederick Stockwell
Mabel Elizabeth Hirst

George Frederic Stockwell
Mabel Elizabeth Hirst
💍 1908/271

Bachelor
Spinster

Clergyman

32
26

Auckland
Auckland

2 weeks
1 year

St. John's Methodist Church, Ponsonby

08/220

10 March 1908

Rev. S. Griffith, Methodist

No	245
Date of Notice	10 March 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Frederick Stockwell	Mabel Elizabeth Hirst
BDM Match (98%)	George Frederic Stockwell	Mabel Elizabeth Hirst
	💍 1908/271
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clergyman
Age	32	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 weeks	1 year
Marriage Place	St. John's Methodist Church, Ponsonby
Folio	08/220
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. Griffith, Methodist

246

10 March 1908

Charles Daniel Angus Raynes
Lydia Adeline Smith

Charles Daniel Audus Raynes
Lydia Adeline Smith
💍 1908/172

Bachelor
Spinster

Forwarding Agent

22
19

Auckland
Auckland

22 years
19 years

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

08/113

Emma Smith, Mother

10 March 1908

Rev. W. R. Gillam, Church of England

No	246
Date of Notice	10 March 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Daniel Angus Raynes	Lydia Adeline Smith
BDM Match (96%)	Charles Daniel Audus Raynes	Lydia Adeline Smith
	💍 1908/172
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Forwarding Agent
Age	22	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	22 years	19 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	08/113
Consent	Emma Smith, Mother
Date of Certificate	10 March 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. R. Gillam, 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).