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

313

30 March 1908

Henry Charles Joseph Webb
Katie Harris

Henry Charles Joseph Webb
Kate Harris
💍 1908/1812

Divorcee
Spinster

Barber

31
24

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
3 years

House of J. Blomfield, Ponsonby

08/1900

30 March 1908

Rev. G. Bond, Methodist

No	313
Date of Notice	30 March 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Charles Joseph Webb	Katie Harris
BDM Match (96%)	Henry Charles Joseph Webb	Kate Harris
	💍 1908/1812
Condition	Divorcee	Spinster
Profession	Barber
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	3 years
Marriage Place	House of J. Blomfield, Ponsonby
Folio	08/1900
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 March 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Bond, Methodist

314

30 March 1908

Frederick Ernest John Gladding
Elsie Harmod Daniel

Frederick Ernest John Gladding
Elsie Harman Daniel
💍 1908/305

Bachelor
Spinster

Boot Operator

28
23

Auckland
Auckland

28 years
23 years

Congregational Church, Devonport

08/285

30 March 1908

Rev. H. Daniel, Primitive Methodist

No	314
Date of Notice	30 March 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Ernest John Gladding	Elsie Harmod Daniel
BDM Match (95%)	Frederick Ernest John Gladding	Elsie Harman Daniel
	💍 1908/305
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Boot Operator
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	28 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Devonport
Folio	08/285
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 March 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Daniel, Primitive Methodist

315

30 March 1908

Bruce Lawrence Bailey
Jane McGregor

Bruce Lawrence Bailey
Jane McGregor
💍 1908/181

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

28
27

Auckland
Auckland

28 years
27 years

House of Mother of Bride, Valley Rd, Mt Eden

08/150

30 March 1908

Rev. W. G. Dixon, Presbyterian

No	315
Date of Notice	30 March 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bruce Lawrence Bailey	Jane McGregor
	💍 1908/181
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	28 years	27 years
Marriage Place	House of Mother of Bride, Valley Rd, Mt Eden
Folio	08/150
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 March 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. G. Dixon, Presbyterian

316

30 March 1908

Ernest John Gillam
Clara Florence Gilbert

Ernest John Gillam
Clara Florence Gilbert
💍 1908/1813

Bachelor
Spinster

Printer

20
26

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
4 years

House of Mr. G. G. Lundy, Nelson St, Auckland

08/1901

30 March 1908

Rev. G. G. Clement, Primitive Methodist

No	316
Date of Notice	30 March 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest John Gillam	Clara Florence Gilbert
	💍 1908/1813
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Printer
Age	20	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	4 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. G. G. Lundy, Nelson St, Auckland
Folio	08/1901
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 March 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. G. Clement, Primitive Methodist

317

31 March 1908

John Arnold
Minnie Alice Andrews

John Arnold
Minnie Alice Andrews
💍 1908/105

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

38
22

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
6 years

Holy Trinity Church, Otahuhu

08/66

31 March 1908

Rev. H. Mason, Church of England

No	317
Date of Notice	31 March 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Arnold	Minnie Alice Andrews
	💍 1908/105
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	38	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	6 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Otahuhu
Folio	08/66
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 March 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Mason, Church of England

318

31 March 1908

Charles Filewall
Alice Emily Davis

Charles Lilewall
Alice Emily Davis
💍 1908/1811

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

22
22

Auckland
Auckland

22 years
22 years

St. Matthews Church, Auckland

08/1899

31 March 1908

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	318
Date of Notice	31 March 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Filewall	Alice Emily Davis
BDM Match (97%)	Charles Lilewall	Alice Emily Davis
	💍 1908/1811
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	22 years	22 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church, Auckland
Folio	08/1899
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 March 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. 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).