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 080

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1908

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

384

16 April 1908

William Stewart
Una Edith Gillard

William Stewart
Nina Edith Gillard
💍 1908/1863

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

24
24

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
24 years

House of mother of bride, East Tamaki

08/1950

16 April 1908

Rev. N. R. Boyes, Church of England

No	384
Date of Notice	16 April 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Stewart	Una Edith Gillard
BDM Match (94%)	William Stewart	Nina Edith Gillard
	💍 1908/1863
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	24 years
Marriage Place	House of mother of bride, East Tamaki
Folio	08/1950
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 April 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. N. R. Boyes, Church of England

385

16 April 1908

Frances Parker
Annie Moffat

Francis Parker
Annie Moffat
💍 1908/1925

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmiller

38
36

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
2 weeks

Knox Church Parnell

08/2015

16 April 1908

Rev. J. M. Simpson, Presbyterian

No	385
Date of Notice	16 April 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frances Parker	Annie Moffat
BDM Match (96%)	Francis Parker	Annie Moffat
	💍 1908/1925
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmiller
Age	38	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Knox Church Parnell
Folio	08/2015
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 April 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. M. Simpson, Presbyterian

386

16 April 1908

William Pilmer
Mabel Eastwood

William Claymore Pilmer
Mabel Eastwood
💍 1908/1906

Bachelor
Spinster

Station Manager

27
26

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
20 years

Presbyterian Church Devonport

08/1995

16 April 1908

Rev. J. R. Bertram, Presbyterian

No	386
Date of Notice	16 April 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Pilmer	Mabel Eastwood
BDM Match (80%)	William Claymore Pilmer	Mabel Eastwood
	💍 1908/1906
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Station Manager
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	20 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Devonport
Folio	08/1995
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 April 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. R. Bertram, Presbyterian

388

16 April 1908

George William Holt
Annie Barr

George William Holt
Annie Carr
💍 1908/2003

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

24
20

Auckland
Auckland

8 years
4 years

House of Mrs Meek, Wellington Street

08/2120

Alice Barr, mother

16 April 1908

Rev. G. Clement, Primitive Methodist

No	388
Date of Notice	16 April 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George William Holt	Annie Barr
BDM Match (95%)	George William Holt	Annie Carr
	💍 1908/2003
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 years	4 years
Marriage Place	House of Mrs Meek, Wellington Street
Folio	08/2120
Consent	Alice Barr, mother
Date of Certificate	16 April 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Clement, Primitive Methodist

389

16 April 1908

Samuel James Boad
Amy Rebecca Woolford

Samuel James Coad
Amy Rebecca Woolford
💍 1908/2037

Bachelor
Spinster

Postal Clerk

29
21

Auckland
Auckland

29 years
21 years

Baptist Church Mount Eden

08/2131

16 April 1908

Rev. J. B. Sneyd, Baptist

No	389
Date of Notice	16 April 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel James Boad	Amy Rebecca Woolford
BDM Match (97%)	Samuel James Coad	Amy Rebecca Woolford
	💍 1908/2037
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Postal Clerk
Age	29	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	29 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Baptist Church Mount Eden
Folio	08/2131
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 April 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Sneyd, Baptist

390

16 April 1908

Cyril William Payne
Arabella Mildred Cornish

Cyril William Payne
Arabella Mildred Cornish
💍 1908/3800

Bachelor
Spinster

Range Maker

25
30

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
15 years

Methodist Church Pitt Street

08/2050

16 April 1908

Rev. J. A. Luxford, Methodist

No	390
Date of Notice	16 April 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cyril William Payne	Arabella Mildred Cornish
	💍 1908/3800
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Range Maker
Age	25	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church Pitt Street
Folio	08/2050
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 April 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).