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 194

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

1002

19 October 1908

Vivian Stanley Creamer
Caroline Louise Taylor

Vivian Stanley Creamer
Caroline Louise Taylor
💍 1908/7714

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Guard

26
23

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
23 years

Church of England, Ellerslie

08/6326

19 October 1908

Rev. J. W. Walker, Church of England

No	1002
Date of Notice	19 October 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Vivian Stanley Creamer	Caroline Louise Taylor
	💍 1908/7714
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Guard
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Ellerslie
Folio	08/6326
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 October 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. W. Walker, Church of England

1003

20 October 1908

Henry Leslie Friend
Gwladys Morton Beale

Henry Leslie Friend
Gwladys Morton Beale
💍 1908/7710

Bachelor
Spinster

Merchant

28
26

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
3 years

St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell

08/6306

20 October 1908

Rev. J. Y. Fisher, Church of England

No	1003
Date of Notice	20 October 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Leslie Friend	Gwladys Morton Beale
	💍 1908/7710
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Merchant
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell
Folio	08/6306
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 October 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Y. Fisher, Church of England

1004

20 October 1908

Paul Arthur Stubbing
Muriel Georgietta Peck

Paul Arthur Stubbing
Muriel Georgetta Peck
💍 1908/7679

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

27
21

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
9 years

St. Thomas' Church, Auckland

08/6298

20 October 1908

Rev. J. W. Pigott, Church of England

No	1004
Date of Notice	20 October 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Paul Arthur Stubbing	Muriel Georgietta Peck
BDM Match (98%)	Paul Arthur Stubbing	Muriel Georgetta Peck
	💍 1908/7679
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	9 years
Marriage Place	St. Thomas' Church, Auckland
Folio	08/6298
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 October 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. W. Pigott, Church of England

1005

20 October 1908

John Patrick Sullivan
Elizabeth McDonald

John Patrick Sullivan
Elizabeth McDonald
💍 1908/7807

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer

46
40

Auckland
Auckland

15 years
15 years

St. Benedict's Church, Auckland

08/6404

20 October 1908

Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

No	1005
Date of Notice	20 October 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Patrick Sullivan	Elizabeth McDonald
	💍 1908/7807
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer
Age	46	40
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 years	15 years
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church, Auckland
Folio	08/6404
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 October 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

1006

21 October 1908

Thomas Hannon
Frances Mary Littlejohn

Thomas Hannon
Frances Mary Littlejohn
💍 1908/7638

Bachelor
Divorcee

Farmer

44
40

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

Registrars Office, Auckland

08/6256

21 October 1908

J. Culpan, Registrar

No	1006
Date of Notice	21 October 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Hannon	Frances Mary Littlejohn
	💍 1908/7638
Condition	Bachelor	Divorcee
Profession	Farmer
Age	44	40
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Auckland
Folio	08/6256
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 October 1908
Officiating Minister	J. Culpan, Registrar

1007

21 October 1908

Albert Edward Ansell
Ella Maud Wheaton

Albert Edward Ansell
Ella Maud Wheaton
💍 1908/7825

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

24
23

Auckland
Auckland

11 years
11 years

Methodist Church, Pitt Street

08/6277

21 October 1908

Rev. J. A. Luxford, Methodist

No	1007
Date of Notice	21 October 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Edward Ansell	Ella Maud Wheaton
	💍 1908/7825
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 years	11 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt Street
Folio	08/6277
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 October 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Luxford, Methodist

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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).