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 103

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1908

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

601

16 June 1908

John Davison
Tryphena Taylor

John Davison
Tryphena Taylor
💍 1908/1856

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

30
29

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
5 years

Epiphany Church, Auckland

08/1944

16 June 1908

Rev. W. E. Lush, Church of England

No	601
Date of Notice	16 June 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Davison	Tryphena Taylor
	💍 1908/1856
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	30	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	5 years
Marriage Place	Epiphany Church, Auckland
Folio	08/1944
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 June 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Lush, Church of England

602

14 June 1908

John William Hutton Austin
Mary Katherine Sheehan

John William Sutton Austin
Mary Catherine Sheehan
💍 1908/1857

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

28
23

Auckland
Auckland

28 years
23 years

St. Mathews Church, Auckland

08/1927

14 June 1908

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	602
Date of Notice	14 June 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John William Hutton Austin	Mary Katherine Sheehan
BDM Match (96%)	John William Sutton Austin	Mary Catherine Sheehan
	💍 1908/1857
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	28 years	23 years
Marriage Place	St. Mathews Church, Auckland
Folio	08/1927
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 June 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

603

14 June 1908

Arthur Ambury
Rachel Maud Glasgow

Arthur Ambury Maisey
Rachel Maud Glasgow
💍 1908/3787

Bachelor
Spinster

Creamery Manager

24
26

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
26 years

Presbyterian Church, Onehunga

08/2026

14 June 1908

Rev. D. D. Scott, Presbyterian

No	603
Date of Notice	14 June 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Ambury	Rachel Maud Glasgow
BDM Match (83%)	Arthur Ambury Maisey	Rachel Maud Glasgow
	💍 1908/3787
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Creamery Manager
Age	24	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	26 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Onehunga
Folio	08/2026
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 June 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. D. Scott, Presbyterian

604

17 June 1908

Theodore Reginald Sharp Osmond
Lily Harris

Theodore Reginald Sharp Osmond
Lily Harris
💍 1908/1985

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Driver

24
27

Auckland
Auckland

8 years
23 years

Methodist Church, Birkenhead

08/2079

17 June 1908

Rev. G. D. Book, Methodist

No	604
Date of Notice	17 June 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Theodore Reginald Sharp Osmond	Lily Harris
	💍 1908/1985
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver
Age	24	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Birkenhead
Folio	08/2079
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 June 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. D. Book, Methodist

605

17 June 1908

Henry George Tryden
Annie Ola Peters

Henry George Dryden
Annie Olive Peters
💍 1908/3793

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

26
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 weeks
21 years

St. Benedict's Presbyterian, Auckland

08/2043

17 June 1908

Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

No	605
Date of Notice	17 June 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry George Tryden	Annie Ola Peters
BDM Match (89%)	Henry George Dryden	Annie Olive Peters
	💍 1908/3793
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 weeks	21 years
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Presbyterian, Auckland
Folio	08/2043
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 June 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

606

14 June 1908

Wilfred Francis Bisset
Christina Scott

Wilfred Francis Bisset
Christina Scott Rew
💍 1908/3798

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

29
26

Wellington
Auckland

1 week
26 years

St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Ponsonby

08/2027

14 June 1908

Rev. A. M. Baldwell, Presbyterian

No	606
Date of Notice	14 June 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wilfred Francis Bisset	Christina Scott
BDM Match (89%)	Wilfred Francis Bisset	Christina Scott Rew
	💍 1908/3798
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	29	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 week	26 years
Marriage Place	St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Ponsonby
Folio	08/2027
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 June 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. M. Baldwell, Presbyterian

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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).