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 March 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

22 January 1908

David Alexander Glogoski
Mary Florence Mbase

David Alexander Glogoski
Mary Florence Moase
💍 1908/183

Bachelor
Spinster

Mill Hand

23
21

Auckland
Newmarket

9 years
21 years

House of Mrs C. Paddy, Newmarket

08/152

22 January 1908

Rev. G. B. Mouro, Presbyterian

No	67
Date of Notice	22 January 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Alexander Glogoski	Mary Florence Mbase
BDM Match (97%)	David Alexander Glogoski	Mary Florence Moase
	💍 1908/183
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mill Hand
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Newmarket
Length of Residence	9 years	21 years
Marriage Place	House of Mrs C. Paddy, Newmarket
Folio	08/152
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 January 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. B. Mouro, Presbyterian

22 January 1908

Samuel James Owens
Ethel May Stainton

Samuel James Owens
Ethel May Stainton
💍 1908/287

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

23
22

Auckland
Eden Terrace

5 years
22 years

Primitive Methodist Church, Eden Terrace

08/264

22 January 1908

Rev. J. H. Lyon, Primitive Methodist

No	68
Date of Notice	22 January 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel James Owens	Ethel May Stainton
	💍 1908/287
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Eden Terrace
Length of Residence	5 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Eden Terrace
Folio	08/264
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 January 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Lyon, Primitive Methodist

22 January 1908

Charles Alfred Sharp
Daisy Ethel Purdy Perrin

Charles Alfred Sharp
Daisy Ethel Purdy Perrin
💍 1908/126

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

29
26

Auckland
Auckland

29 years
26 years

St. Sepulchre's Church, Auckland

08/91

22 January 1908

Rev. H. Reeve, Church of England

No	69
Date of Notice	22 January 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Alfred Sharp	Daisy Ethel Purdy Perrin
	💍 1908/126
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	29	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	29 years	26 years
Marriage Place	St. Sepulchre's Church, Auckland
Folio	08/91
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 January 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Reeve, Church of England

23 January 1908

Leonard Leslie Allen
Mary Isabel Coles

Leonard Leslie Allen
Mary Isabella Coles
💍 1908/3854

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

29
31

Auckland
Quelunga

3 days
3 days

St. Peters Church, Quelunga

08/128

23 January 1908

Rev. G. Haselden, Church of England

No	70
Date of Notice	23 January 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Leslie Allen	Mary Isabel Coles
BDM Match (95%)	Leonard Leslie Allen	Mary Isabella Coles
	💍 1908/3854
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	29	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Quelunga
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Peters Church, Quelunga
Folio	08/128
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Haselden, Church of England

23 January 1908

John Henry Blackwell
Aileen Skelton

John Henry Blackwell
Aileen Skelton
💍 1908/1817

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

29
24

Auckland
Mt. Roskill

2 weeks
3 days

St. Albans Church, Mt. Roskill

08/1905

23 January 1908

Rev. H. B. Wingfield, Church of England

No	71
Date of Notice	23 January 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Henry Blackwell	Aileen Skelton
	💍 1908/1817
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	29	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Mt. Roskill
Length of Residence	2 weeks	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Albans Church, Mt. Roskill
Folio	08/1905
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. B. Wingfield, Church of England

24 January 1908

Alexander Richmond Robb
Ivy Myrtle Wickie

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

23
22

Auckland
Burleigh Street

15 years
20 years

House of Mother of Bride, Burleigh Street

08/145

24 January 1908

Rev. W. G. Dixon, Presbyterian

No	72
Date of Notice	24 January 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Richmond Robb	Ivy Myrtle Wickie
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Burleigh Street
Length of Residence	15 years	20 years
Marriage Place	House of Mother of Bride, Burleigh Street
Folio	08/145
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. G. Dixon, Presbyterian

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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).