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 R. 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

14 January 1908

Arthur Sanssey
Margaret Hawson

Arthur Saussey
Margaret Hawson
💍 1908/1820

Bachelor
Spinster

Dairyman

26
30

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
9 months

House of mother of bridegroom, Onehunga

08/1907

14 January 1908

Rev. J. Haselden, Church of England

No	43
Date of Notice	14 January 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Sanssey	Margaret Hawson
BDM Match (96%)	Arthur Saussey	Margaret Hawson
	💍 1908/1820
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dairyman
Age	26	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	9 months
Marriage Place	House of mother of bridegroom, Onehunga
Folio	08/1907
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Haselden, Church of England

14 January 1908

Joseph Scouler
Annie Gertrude Nixon

Joseph Scouler
Annie Gertrude Nixon
💍 1908/296

Bachelor
Spinster

Millhand

41
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
1 week

House of W. B. Burns, Mt. Eden

08/249

14 January 1908

Rev. W. Day, Congregational Independent

No	44
Date of Notice	14 January 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Scouler	Annie Gertrude Nixon
	💍 1908/296
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Millhand
Age	41	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	1 week
Marriage Place	House of W. B. Burns, Mt. Eden
Folio	08/249
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Day, Congregational Independent

15 January 1908

Andrew McLean
Gladys Holdsworth

Andrew McLean
Gladys Holdsworth
💍 1908/147

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

26
26

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 months

St. Sepulchre's Church, Auckland

08/89

15 January 1908

Rev. H. Reeve, Church of England

No	45
Date of Notice	15 January 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew McLean	Gladys Holdsworth
	💍 1908/147
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 months
Marriage Place	St. Sepulchre's Church, Auckland
Folio	08/89
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 January 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Reeve, Church of England

15 January 1908

Arthur Soutter
Roseanna Brown

Arthur Soutter
Roseanna Brown
💍 1908/108

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

35
28

Auckland
Auckland

35 years

St. Mary's Cathedral, Auckland

08/69

15 January 1908

Canon J. C. Murray, Church of England

No	46
Date of Notice	15 January 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Soutter	Roseanna Brown
	💍 1908/108
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	35	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	35 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	08/69
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 January 1908
Officiating Minister	Canon J. C. Murray, Church of England

15 January 1908

Richard Barrett
Irene Ellen Johnston

Richard Barrett
Irene Ellen Johnston
💍 1908/194

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

25
22

Auckland
Auckland

6 years

St. Luke's Church, Mount Albert

08/137

15 January 1908

Rev. W. H. Wilson, Church of England

No	47
Date of Notice	15 January 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Barrett	Irene Ellen Johnston
	💍 1908/194
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years
Marriage Place	St. Luke's Church, Mount Albert
Folio	08/137
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 January 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. Wilson, Church of England

15 January 1908

Victor Maximillian Peters
Beatrice Eveline Webster Zimmermann

Victor Maximillian Peters
Beatrice Eveline Webster Zimmermann
💍 1908/50

Bachelor
Widow

Chief Secretary

35
34

Samoa
Auckland

4 years
1

Registrar's Office, Auckland

08/10

15 January 1908

R. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	48
Date of Notice	15 January 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Victor Maximillian Peters	Beatrice Eveline Webster Zimmermann
	💍 1908/50
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Chief Secretary
Age	35	34
Dwelling Place	Samoa	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	1
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	08/10
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 January 1908
Officiating Minister	R. H. Lyons, Registrar

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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).