Intentions to Marry, 1909 Auckland, Taranaki, Hawke's Bay

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840439, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1909 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki, Hawke's Bay (1909a), Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1909b), and Canterbury, Otago, Chatham Islands (1909c).

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District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1909 Registrar Thomas Culpan

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

109

30 January 1909

Charles Edward Richardson
Minnie Abbott

Charles Edward Richardson
Minnie Abbott
💍 1909/344

Widower
Widow

Labourer

49
32

Auckland
Auckland

32 yrs.
6 yrs.

St Matthew's Church, Auckland

09/183

30 January 1909

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Anglican

No	109
Date of Notice	30 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Edward Richardson	Minnie Abbott
	💍 1909/344
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Labourer
Age	49	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	32 yrs.	6 yrs.
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	09/183
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Anglican

110

30 January 1909

Clement John Francis
Grace Ethel McLeod

Clement John Francis
Grace Ethel McLeod
💍 1909/555

Bachelor
Spinster

Stereotyper

25
27

Auckland
Auckland

2 yrs.
9 yrs.

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington St.

09/448

30 January 1909

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	110
Date of Notice	30 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Clement John Francis	Grace Ethel McLeod
	💍 1909/555
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stereotyper
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 yrs.	9 yrs.
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington St.
Folio	09/448
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

111

30 January 1909

Frank Hamilton Bell
Daisy May Carter

Frank Hamilton Bell
Daisy May Carter
💍 1909/565

Bachelor
Spinster

Draughtsman

28
24

Auckland
Auckland

28 yrs.
24 yrs.

St James' Church, Auckland

09/435

30 January 1909

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	111
Date of Notice	30 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Hamilton Bell	Daisy May Carter
	💍 1909/565
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draughtsman
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	28 yrs.	24 yrs.
Marriage Place	St James' Church, Auckland
Folio	09/435
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

112

30 January 1909

Frederick William Augustus Baker
Janet Lawson

Frederick William Augustus Baker
Janett Dawson
💍 1909/238

Bachelor
Divorcee

Carter

27
44

Onehunga
Onehunga

4 yrs.
4 yrs.

Registrars Office, Auckland

09/98

30 January 1909

T. Culpan, Registrar

No	112
Date of Notice	30 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick William Augustus Baker	Janet Lawson
BDM Match (92%)	Frederick William Augustus Baker	Janett Dawson
	💍 1909/238
Condition	Bachelor	Divorcee
Profession	Carter
Age	27	44
Dwelling Place	Onehunga	Onehunga
Length of Residence	4 yrs.	4 yrs.
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Auckland
Folio	09/98
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1909
Officiating Minister	T. Culpan, Registrar

113

30 January 1909

Henry John Kean
Annie Robertson

Henry John Dean
Annie Robertson
💍 1909/494

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

23
19

Auckland
Auckland

23 yrs.
19 yrs.

St Luke's Church, Remuera

09/333

Henry Robertson, Father

30 January 1909

Rev. G. B. Monro, Presbyterian

No	113
Date of Notice	30 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry John Kean	Annie Robertson
BDM Match (97%)	Henry John Dean	Annie Robertson
	💍 1909/494
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 yrs.	19 yrs.
Marriage Place	St Luke's Church, Remuera
Folio	09/333
Consent	Henry Robertson, Father
Date of Certificate	30 January 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. B. Monro, Presbyterian

114

30 January 1909

William George Whitten
May Williams

William George Whitten
May Williams
💍 1909/322

John William Logan
May Williams
💍 1909/6276

Edward Wheeler
May Williams
💍 1910/8479

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

25
27

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
5 weeks

St Matthew's Church, Auckland

09/185

30 January 1909

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Anglican

No	114
Date of Notice	30 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William George Whitten	May Williams
	💍 1909/322
BDM Match (64%)	John William Logan	May Williams
	💍 1909/6276
BDM Match (64%)	Edward Wheeler	May Williams
	💍 1910/8479
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	5 weeks
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	09/185
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Anglican

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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).