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 151

District of AUCKLAND Quarter ending 30 September 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

468

5 August 1908

Charles Henry Norman Bonquet
Deborah Daisy Winter

Charles Henry Norman Conquer
Deborah Daisy Winter
💍 1908/6019

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

29
28

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
10 years

House of father of bride, Mount Eden

08/4553

5 August 1908

Rev. J. B. Hyon, Primitive Methodist

No	468
Date of Notice	5 August 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Henry Norman Bonquet	Deborah Daisy Winter
BDM Match (96%)	Charles Henry Norman Conquer	Deborah Daisy Winter
	💍 1908/6019
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	29	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	10 years
Marriage Place	House of father of bride, Mount Eden
Folio	08/4553
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 August 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Hyon, Primitive Methodist

469

5 August 1908

Henry Squire Yarlin
Elizabeth Clara Penn

Henry Squire Tarlin
Elizabeth Maria Penn
💍 1908/5810

Widower
Widow

Cab Proprietor

45
43

Auckland
Auckland

45 years
30 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

08/4349

5 August 1908

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	469
Date of Notice	5 August 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Squire Yarlin	Elizabeth Clara Penn
BDM Match (90%)	Henry Squire Tarlin	Elizabeth Maria Penn
	💍 1908/5810
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Cab Proprietor
Age	45	43
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	45 years	30 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	08/4349
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 August 1908
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

470

6 August 1908

Lachlan Bowan
Edith Charlotte Alford

Lachlan Cowan
Edith Charlotte Alford
💍 1908/5873

Bachelor
Spinster

Gentleman

39
26

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
3 years

St. Paul's Church, Auckland

08/4413

6 August 1908

Rev. B. Watson, Church of England

No	470
Date of Notice	6 August 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lachlan Bowan	Edith Charlotte Alford
BDM Match (96%)	Lachlan Cowan	Edith Charlotte Alford
	💍 1908/5873
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gentleman
Age	39	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church, Auckland
Folio	08/4413
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 August 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. Watson, Church of England

471

6 August 1908

Thomas Henry Martin
Emily Tonks

Thomas Henry Martin
Emily Tonks
💍 1908/5881

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

30
34

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
5 years

St. Paul's Church, Auckland

08/4403

6 August 1908

Rev. B. Watson, Church of England

No	471
Date of Notice	6 August 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Henry Martin	Emily Tonks
	💍 1908/5881
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	30	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church, Auckland
Folio	08/4403
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 August 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. Watson, Church of England

472

6 August 1908

Alfred James Hill
Ada Florence Tapp

Alfred James Hill
Ada Florence Tapp
💍 1908/6030

Bachelor
Spinster

Stock Butter

29
22

Auckland
Devonport

29 years
22 years

House of mother of bride, Devonport

08/4554

6 August 1908

Rev. A. Griffiths, Congregational Independent

No	472
Date of Notice	6 August 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred James Hill	Ada Florence Tapp
	💍 1908/6030
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stock Butter
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Devonport
Length of Residence	29 years	22 years
Marriage Place	House of mother of bride, Devonport
Folio	08/4554
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 August 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Griffiths, Congregational Independent

473

4 August 1908

John Warden Baillie
Evelyn Baines

John Warden Baillie
Evelyn Elizabeth Caines
💍 1908/5918

Bachelor
Spinster

Glazier

22
19

Auckland
Wellington Place, Auckland

22 years
19 years

House of Rev. J. Smith, Wellington Place, Auckland

08/4435

Thomas Joseph Baines, father

4 August 1908

Rev. R. D. Walker, Presbyterian

No	473
Date of Notice	4 August 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Warden Baillie	Evelyn Baines
BDM Match (76%)	John Warden Baillie	Evelyn Elizabeth Caines
	💍 1908/5918
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Glazier
Age	22	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Wellington Place, Auckland
Length of Residence	22 years	19 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. J. Smith, Wellington Place, Auckland
Folio	08/4435
Consent	Thomas Joseph Baines, father
Date of Certificate	4 August 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. D. Walker, 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).