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 112

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

547

2 June 1908

Philip Henry Spencer Anderson
Margaret Brunton

Phillip Henry Spencer Anderson
Margaret Brunton
💍 1908/1836

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

32
24

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

08/1924

2 June 1908

Rev. W. R. Gillam, Church of England

No	547
Date of Notice	2 June 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Philip Henry Spencer Anderson	Margaret Brunton
BDM Match (98%)	Phillip Henry Spencer Anderson	Margaret Brunton
	💍 1908/1836
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	32	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	08/1924
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. R. Gillam, Church of England

548

2 June 1908

Herbert James Thwaites
Sophia Barbara Klink

Herbert James Thwaites
Sophia Barbara Klink
💍 1908/4048

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

23
24

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
0.5 year

St. Andrew's Manse, Auckland

08/2073

2 June 1908

Rev. G. A. Murray, Presbyterian

No	548
Date of Notice	2 June 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert James Thwaites	Sophia Barbara Klink
	💍 1908/4048
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	0.5 year
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Manse, Auckland
Folio	08/2073
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. A. Murray, Presbyterian

549

2 June 1908

John Thomas Boyde
Elizabeth Ann Clements

John Thomas Boyde
Elizabeth Ann Clements
💍 1908/1949

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

38
34

Auckland
Auckland

2 months
3 years

St. John's Church, Ponsonby

08/2065

2 June 1908

Rev. G. Bond, Methodist

No	549
Date of Notice	2 June 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Thomas Boyde	Elizabeth Ann Clements
	💍 1908/1949
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	38	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 months	3 years
Marriage Place	St. John's Church, Ponsonby
Folio	08/2065
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Bond, Methodist

550

2 June 1908

Alfred Augustine Kingston
Florence Isabel Graham

Alfred Augustine Kingston
Florence Isabel Graham
💍 1908/2013

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

24
22

Auckland
Auckland

14 years
6 years

House of father of bride, Henderson

08/2107

2 June 1908

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	550
Date of Notice	2 June 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Augustine Kingston	Florence Isabel Graham
	💍 1908/2013
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	14 years	6 years
Marriage Place	House of father of bride, Henderson
Folio	08/2107
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

551

2 June 1908

Charles Forest Douglas
Bertha Agnes West

Charles Forest Douglas
Bertha Agnes West
💍 1908/1854

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

24
24

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
20 years

Epiphany Church, Newton

08/1942

2 June 1908

Rev. W. R. Bush, Church of England

No	551
Date of Notice	2 June 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Forest Douglas	Bertha Agnes West
	💍 1908/1854
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Epiphany Church, Newton
Folio	08/1942
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. R. Bush, Church of England

552

2 June 1908

John Fortnam
Florence Jane Ashenden

John Fortnam
Florence Jane Ashenden
💍 1908/1950

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener

24
20

Auckland
Auckland

2 months
2 months

House of N. W. Daw, Newmarket

08/2066

James Ashenden, father

2 June 1908

Rev. W. R. Luck, Methodist

No	552
Date of Notice	2 June 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Fortnam	Florence Jane Ashenden
	💍 1908/1950
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 months	2 months
Marriage Place	House of N. W. Daw, Newmarket
Folio	08/2066
Consent	James Ashenden, father
Date of Certificate	2 June 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. R. Luck, 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).