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 October 1908 Registrar J. G. Eupan

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

948

2 October 1908

John Henry Walters
Ada Edith Ackland

John Henry Walters
Ada Edith Ackland
💍 1908/2574

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

33
33

Auckland
Auckland

33 years
20 years

St. Alban's Church, Mt. Roskill

08/1288

2 October 1908

Rev. H. B. Wingfield, Church of England

No	948
Date of Notice	2 October 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Henry Walters	Ada Edith Ackland
	💍 1908/2574
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	33	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	33 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Alban's Church, Mt. Roskill
Folio	08/1288
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 October 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. B. Wingfield, Church of England

949

2 October 1908

Samuel Hunter
Evelyn Mabel Houston

Samuel Hunter
Evelyn Mabel Houston
💍 1908/2575

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

26
23

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
23 years

Baptist Tabernacle, Auckland

08/1289

2 October 1908

Rev. R. H. K. Kempton, Baptist

No	949
Date of Notice	2 October 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Hunter	Evelyn Mabel Houston
	💍 1908/2575
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Baptist Tabernacle, Auckland
Folio	08/1289
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 October 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. H. K. Kempton, Baptist

950

3 October 1908

Roy Gartside Cuepan
Eva Kirk

Roy Gartside Culpan
Eva Kirk
💍 1908/8232

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

25
25

Auckland
Takapau

13 years
2 years

Church of England, Takapau

08/1684

3 October 1908

Rev. J. W. Martin, Church of England, Hawke's Bay

No	950
Date of Notice	3 October 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Roy Gartside Cuepan	Eva Kirk
BDM Match (97%)	Roy Gartside Culpan	Eva Kirk
	💍 1908/8232
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Takapau
Length of Residence	13 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Takapau
Folio	08/1684
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 October 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. W. Martin, Church of England, Hawke's Bay

951

3 October 1908

Victor Luther Elder
Adelaide Maude Watson

Victor Luthur Elder
Adelaide Maud Watson
💍 1908/2576

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

24
23

Auckland
Auckland

18 years
23 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

08/1290

3 October 1908

Rev. M. Meagher, Roman Catholic

No	951
Date of Notice	3 October 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Victor Luther Elder	Adelaide Maude Watson
BDM Match (95%)	Victor Luthur Elder	Adelaide Maud Watson
	💍 1908/2576
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 years	23 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	08/1290
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 October 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Meagher, Roman Catholic

952

3 October 1908

Charles Arthur Churton
Bella Kalman

Charles Arthur Churton
Bella Kalman
💍 1908/7631

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

37
26

Auckland
Auckland

13 years
3 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

08/6250

3 October 1908

J. G. Eupan, Registrar

No	952
Date of Notice	3 October 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Arthur Churton	Bella Kalman
	💍 1908/7631
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	37	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	13 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	08/6250
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 October 1908
Officiating Minister	J. G. Eupan, Registrar

953

3 October 1908

John Lawrence McCabe
Winnifred Alice Tuohey

John Lawrence McCabe
Winnifred Alice Tuohey
💍 1908/7800

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor

30
22

Auckland
Onehunga

3 years
22 years

Roman Catholic Church, Onehunga

08/6402

3 October 1908

Rev. W. H. Maloney, Roman Catholic

No	953
Date of Notice	3 October 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Lawrence McCabe	Winnifred Alice Tuohey
	💍 1908/7800
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor
Age	30	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Onehunga
Length of Residence	3 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Onehunga
Folio	08/6402
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 October 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. Maloney, Roman Catholic

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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).