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 December 1908 Registrar THOMAS CULPAN

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

954

3 October 1908

Albert Trops Walford
Mary Healy

Albert Irons Walford
Mary Healy
💍 1908/7861

Bachelor
Widow

Settler

68
56

Auckland
Auckland

8 months
3 days

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington St.

08/6458

3 October 1908

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	954
Date of Notice	3 October 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Trops Walford	Mary Healy
BDM Match (95%)	Albert Irons Walford	Mary Healy
	💍 1908/7861
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Settler
Age	68	56
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 months	3 days
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington St.
Folio	08/6458
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 October 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

955

3 October 1908

John Wheeler
Jane Thomson

John Wheeler
Janet Thomson
💍 1908/7862

Divorced
Spinster

Engine Driver

42
29

Auckland
Auckland

6 days
2 weeks

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington St.

08/6459

3 October 1908

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	955
Date of Notice	3 October 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Wheeler	Jane Thomson
BDM Match (96%)	John Wheeler	Janet Thomson
	💍 1908/7862
Condition	Divorced	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver
Age	42	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 days	2 weeks
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington St.
Folio	08/6459
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 October 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

956

5 October 1908

Herbert Huntley Knox
Florence Ethel Robinson

Herbert Huntley Knox
Florence Ethel Robinson
💍 1908/7805

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

25
23

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
20 years

House of Mr. D. Fraider, Walters Road, Mt Roskill

08/6474

5 October 1908

Rev. A. C. Scotter, Methodist

No	956
Date of Notice	5 October 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Huntley Knox	Florence Ethel Robinson
	💍 1908/7805
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	20 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. D. Fraider, Walters Road, Mt Roskill
Folio	08/6474
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 October 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. C. Scotter, Methodist

957

5 October 1908

John Archibald Noonan
Annie Jane Sloane

John Archibald Noonan
Annie Jane Sloan
💍 1908/2756

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman

23
26

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
20 years

House of father of bride, Devonport

08/7474

5 October 1908

Rev. W. G. Dixon, Presbyterian

No	957
Date of Notice	5 October 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Archibald Noonan	Annie Jane Sloane
BDM Match (97%)	John Archibald Noonan	Annie Jane Sloan
	💍 1908/2756
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman
Age	23	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	20 years
Marriage Place	House of father of bride, Devonport
Folio	08/7474
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 October 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. G. Dixon, Presbyterian

958

5 October 1908

Disko Silic
Katica Stambuk

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

21
22

Auckland
Dalmatia, Auckland

1 week
22 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral

08/7429

5 October 1908

Rev. Roman Jamma, Catholic

No	958
Date of Notice	5 October 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Disko Silic	Katica Stambuk
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Dalmatia, Auckland
Length of Residence	1 week	22 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	08/7429
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 October 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. Roman Jamma, Catholic

959

6 October 1908

John Henry Kennedy
Violet Smedley

John Henry Kennedy
Violet Smedley
💍 1908/7863

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

26
22

Auckland
Auckland

12 years
16 months

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street

08/6460

6 October 1908

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	959
Date of Notice	6 October 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Henry Kennedy	Violet Smedley
	💍 1908/7863
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 years	16 months
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street
Folio	08/6460
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 October 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

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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).