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 136

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 1908 Registrar E. H. 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

678

9 July 1908

Alfred Bridge
Rose Edith Martin

Alfred Bridge
Rose Edith Martin
💍 1908/5868

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

24
21

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
21 years

Epiphany Church

08/4384

9 July 1908

Rev. W. R. Bush, Church of England

No	678
Date of Notice	9 July 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Bridge	Rose Edith Martin
	💍 1908/5868
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Epiphany Church
Folio	08/4384
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 July 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. R. Bush, Church of England

679

9 July 1908

Aleck Simpson Mackay
Isabella Lind

Aleck Simpson MacKay
Isabella Lind
💍 1908/5884

Bachelor
Spinster

Dental Surgeon

36
28

Auckland
Devonport

3 weeks
28 years

House of father of bride

08/4424

9 July 1908

Rev. J. R. Bertram, Presbyterian

No	679
Date of Notice	9 July 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Aleck Simpson Mackay	Isabella Lind
BDM Match (98%)	Aleck Simpson MacKay	Isabella Lind
	💍 1908/5884
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dental Surgeon
Age	36	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Devonport
Length of Residence	3 weeks	28 years
Marriage Place	House of father of bride
Folio	08/4424
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 July 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. R. Bertram, Presbyterian

680

9 July 1908

Ernest Richard Jinnison
Ella Major

Ernest Richard Dinnison
Ella Major
💍 1908/6781

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Employee

22
22

Auckland
Otahuhu

22 years
3 years

House of Mr. J. S. Morris

08/5347

9 July 1908

Rev. A. North, Baptist

No	680
Date of Notice	9 July 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Richard Jinnison	Ella Major
BDM Match (98%)	Ernest Richard Dinnison	Ella Major
	💍 1908/6781
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employee
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Otahuhu
Length of Residence	22 years	3 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. J. S. Morris
Folio	08/5347
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 July 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. North, Baptist

681

10 July 1908

Fred Jones
Jean Maggie Little

Fred Jones
Maggie Jean Little
💍 1908/6027

Bachelor
Widow

Grocer

48
62

Auckland
Wellington Street

27 years
30 years

House of Rev. M. Walker

08/4569

10 July 1908

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	681
Date of Notice	10 July 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Fred Jones	Jean Maggie Little
BDM Match (72%)	Fred Jones	Maggie Jean Little
	💍 1908/6027
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Grocer
Age	48	62
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Wellington Street
Length of Residence	27 years	30 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker
Folio	08/4569
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 July 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

682

10 July 1908

Frank William Parker
Jessie Maclean

Frank William Parker
Jessie Maclean
💍 1908/5796

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

27
19

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
6 months

Registrar's Office

08/4336

Olivia Speck, Mother

10 July 1908

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	682
Date of Notice	10 July 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank William Parker	Jessie Maclean
	💍 1908/5796
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	27	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	6 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	08/4336
Consent	Olivia Speck, Mother
Date of Certificate	10 July 1908
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

683

10 July 1908

Phillip Edward Burry
Isabella Matheson

Philip Edward Curry
Isabella Matheson
💍 1908/5954

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer

33
33

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

St. Patrick's Cathedral

08/4495

10 July 1908

Rev. H. H. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	683
Date of Notice	10 July 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Phillip Edward Burry	Isabella Matheson
BDM Match (95%)	Philip Edward Curry	Isabella Matheson
	💍 1908/5954
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer
Age	33	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	08/4495
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 July 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. H. Holbrook, 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).