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 114

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 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

535

30 May 1908

Hilary James Fitzroy
Lottie Peacocke Evelyn Maxwell Wood

Bachelor
Spinster

Merchant

23
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
21 years

Roman Catholic Church, Chahuhu

08/2042

30 May 1908

Rev. H. Buckley, Roman Catholic

No	535
Date of Notice	30 May 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hilary James Fitzroy	Lottie Peacocke Evelyn Maxwell Wood
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Merchant
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	21 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Chahuhu
Folio	08/2042
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 May 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Buckley, Roman Catholic

536

30 May 1908

George James Nicholson
Charlotte Ann Griffiths

George James Nicholson
Charlotte Ann Griffiths
💍 1908/1835

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

23
21

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
22 years

St. Matthews Church, Auckland

08/1923

30 May 1908

Rev. W. R. Gillam, Church of England

No	536
Date of Notice	30 May 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George James Nicholson	Charlotte Ann Griffiths
	💍 1908/1835
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	22 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church, Auckland
Folio	08/1923
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 May 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. R. Gillam, Church of England

537

30 May 1908

Henry John Humphreys
Anna Graydon

Henry John Humphreys
Anna Graydon
💍 1908/32

Bachelor
Spinster

Tally Clerk

32
33

Auckland
Ponsonby

26 years
33 years

House of G. Bond, Ponsonby

08/2064

30 May 1908

Rev. G. Bond, Methodist

No	537
Date of Notice	30 May 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry John Humphreys	Anna Graydon
	💍 1908/32
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tally Clerk
Age	32	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	26 years	33 years
Marriage Place	House of G. Bond, Ponsonby
Folio	08/2064
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 May 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Bond, Methodist

538

30 May 1908

Arthur Skinner
Winifred Leydon

Arthur Skinner
Winifred Leydon
💍 1908/5948

Bachelor
Spinster

Police Detective

34
24

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
24 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

08/4489

30 May 1908

Rev. H. Y. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	538
Date of Notice	30 May 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Skinner	Winifred Leydon
	💍 1908/5948
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Police Detective
Age	34	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	24 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	08/4489
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 May 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Y. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

539

1 June 1908

Alfred Walter Bleal
Phyllis Gertrude Harman

Alfred Walter Cleal
Phyllis Gertrude Harman
💍 1908/1939

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

23
19

Auckland
Arch Hill

23 years
19 years

House of father of bride, Arch Hill

08/2005

Arthur Harman, father

1 June 1908

Rev. R. H. Walker, Presbyterian

No	539
Date of Notice	1 June 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Walter Bleal	Phyllis Gertrude Harman
BDM Match (97%)	Alfred Walter Cleal	Phyllis Gertrude Harman
	💍 1908/1939
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Arch Hill
Length of Residence	23 years	19 years
Marriage Place	House of father of bride, Arch Hill
Folio	08/2005
Consent	Arthur Harman, father
Date of Certificate	1 June 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. H. Walker, Presbyterian

540

1 June 1908

Mortimer Mulholland
Maud Moon

Mortimer Mulholland
Maud Mary Moon
💍 1908/2016

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

28
28

Auckland
Newton Road

6 years
4 years

House of father of bride, Newton Road

08/2126

1 June 1908

Rev. W. S. Potter, Primitive Methodist

No	540
Date of Notice	1 June 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Mortimer Mulholland	Maud Moon
BDM Match (82%)	Mortimer Mulholland	Maud Mary Moon
	💍 1908/2016
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	28	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Newton Road
Length of Residence	6 years	4 years
Marriage Place	House of father of bride, Newton Road
Folio	08/2126
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 June 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. S. Potter, Primitive 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).