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 E. 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

10 January 1908

William Charles Nicholson
Ethel May McCullough

William Charles Nicholson
Ethel May McCullough
💍 1908/307

Bachelor
Spinster

Laundryman

23
19

Auckland
Parnell

23 years
32 years

House of J. Alderton, Gibraltar Crescent

08/287

10 January 1908

Rev. J. A. Gunn, Salvation Army

No	31
Date of Notice	10 January 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Charles Nicholson	Ethel May McCullough
	💍 1908/307
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laundryman
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Parnell
Length of Residence	23 years	32 years
Marriage Place	House of J. Alderton, Gibraltar Crescent
Folio	08/287
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Gunn, Salvation Army

10 January 1908

Samuel Percy Jones
Constance Helen Lee

Samuel Percy Jones
Constance Helen Gee
💍 1908/133

Bachelor
Spinster

Brickett Coach

46
38

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
10 years

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

08/98

10 January 1908

Rev. E. H. Wyatt, Church of England

No	32
Date of Notice	10 January 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Percy Jones	Constance Helen Lee
BDM Match (97%)	Samuel Percy Jones	Constance Helen Gee
	💍 1908/133
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Brickett Coach
Age	46	38
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	08/98
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. H. Wyatt, Church of England

13 January 1908

George Harold Hardey
Jane Allen

George Harold Hardey
Jane Allen
💍 1908/7762

Robert Henry Dumfoy
Jane Allen
💍 1909/376

Bachelor
Spinster

Musician

29
33

Auckland
West Tamaki

20 years
19 years

St. John's College Chapel

08/658

13 January 1908

Rev. A. H. Sutton, Church of England

No	33
Date of Notice	13 January 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Harold Hardey	Jane Allen
	💍 1908/7762
BDM Match (60%)	Robert Henry Dumfoy	Jane Allen
	💍 1909/376
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Musician
Age	29	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	West Tamaki
Length of Residence	20 years	19 years
Marriage Place	St. John's College Chapel
Folio	08/658
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 January 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. H. Sutton, Church of England

13 January 1908

William Edward Alexander
Daisy Margaret Murdoch

William Edward Alexander
Daisy Margaret Murdoch
💍 1908/3833

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

25
22

Auckland
Devonport

4 years
9 years

Presbyterian Church

08/159

13 January 1908

Rev. R. H. Batherwood, Presbyterian

No	34
Date of Notice	13 January 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Edward Alexander	Daisy Margaret Murdoch
	💍 1908/3833
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Devonport
Length of Residence	4 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church
Folio	08/159
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 January 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. H. Batherwood, Presbyterian

13 January 1908

Frederick George Stenner
Olive Impett

Frederick George Stenner
Olive Impett
💍 1908/72

Bachelor
Spinster

Plasterer

26
23

Auckland
Auckland

14 months
3 months

Registrar's Office, Auckland

08/8

13 January 1908

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	35
Date of Notice	13 January 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick George Stenner	Olive Impett
	💍 1908/72
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plasterer
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	14 months	3 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	08/8
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 January 1908
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

13 January 1908

William Arthur Porter
Lilliane May Vasta

William Arthur Porter
Lillian May Vasta
💍 1908/295

Bachelor
Spinster

Dyer

22
22

Auckland
Beresford Street

22 years
10 years

Congregational Church, Beresford Street

08/248

13 January 1908

Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational Independent

No	36
Date of Notice	13 January 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Arthur Porter	Lilliane May Vasta
BDM Match (97%)	William Arthur Porter	Lillian May Vasta
	💍 1908/295
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dyer
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Beresford Street
Length of Residence	22 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Beresford Street
Folio	08/248
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 January 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational Independent

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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).