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 Cuepon

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

200

22 February 1909

Arthur Vincent O'Brien
Frances Louisa Ryan

Arthur Vincent O'Brien
Frances Louisa Ryan
💍 1909/577

Bachelor
Spinster

Journalist

25
28

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
20 years

Roman Catholic Church

09/470

22 February 1909

Rev. W. J. Mahoney, Roman Catholic

No	200
Date of Notice	22 February 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Vincent O'Brien	Frances Louisa Ryan
	💍 1909/577
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Journalist
Age	25	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church
Folio	09/470
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 February 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Mahoney, Roman Catholic

201

22 February 1909

Edward Capps
Hilda Gertrude Carter

Edward Coppins
Hilda Gertrude Carter
💍 1909/446

Bachelor
Spinster

Brickman

24
23

Auckland
Auckland

7 years
23 years

Baptist Tabernacle

09/301

22 February 1909

Rev. R. R. Templeton, Baptist

No	201
Date of Notice	22 February 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Capps	Hilda Gertrude Carter
BDM Match (89%)	Edward Coppins	Hilda Gertrude Carter
	💍 1909/446
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Brickman
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Baptist Tabernacle
Folio	09/301
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 February 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. R. Templeton, Baptist

202

22 February 1909

Herbert Joseph Jackson
Alice Mary Deighton

Herbert Joseph Jackson
Alice May Deighton
💍 1909/294

Bachelor
Spinster

Milkman

25
18

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
4 years

Primitive Methodist Church, St. Peter's & Edwin St.

09/133

Henry Deighton, father

22 February 1909

Rev. W. P. Potter, Methodist

No	202
Date of Notice	22 February 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Joseph Jackson	Alice Mary Deighton
BDM Match (97%)	Herbert Joseph Jackson	Alice May Deighton
	💍 1909/294
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Milkman
Age	25	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, St. Peter's & Edwin St.
Folio	09/133
Consent	Henry Deighton, father
Date of Certificate	22 February 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. P. Potter, Methodist

203

22 February 1909

Charles Farside Hamilton
Margaret Jane Hamilton

Charles Garside
Margaret Jane Hamilton
💍 1909/542

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

31
32

Auckland
Mount Eden

3 days
30 years

St. Barnabas Church

09/381

22 February 1909

Rev. E. McFarland, Anglican

No	203
Date of Notice	22 February 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Farside Hamilton	Margaret Jane Hamilton
BDM Match (79%)	Charles Garside	Margaret Jane Hamilton
	💍 1909/542
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	31	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Mount Eden
Length of Residence	3 days	30 years
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church
Folio	09/381
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 February 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. McFarland, Anglican

204

23 February 1909

Timothy Connor Sentley
Hilda Tilly Maud Sentley

Timothy Connor
Hilda Hilly Maud Cassandra Bentley
💍 1909/500

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

26
20

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
5 months

St. Patrick's Cathedral

09/413

Alice Julia Sentley, mother

23 February 1909

Rev. A. Meagher, Roman Catholic

No	204
Date of Notice	23 February 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Timothy Connor Sentley	Hilda Tilly Maud Sentley
BDM Match (64%)	Timothy Connor	Hilda Hilly Maud Cassandra Bentley
	💍 1909/500
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	26	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	5 months
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	09/413
Consent	Alice Julia Sentley, mother
Date of Certificate	23 February 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Meagher, Roman Catholic

205

23 February 1909

Joseph Thomas Kingston
Amelia Agnes Kingston

Joseph Thomas
Amelia Agnes Kingston
💍 1909/328

Bachelor
Spinster

Upholsterer

26
20

Auckland
Auckland

26 years
9 years

St. Matthew's Church

09/191

Ellen Mary Kingston, mother

23 February 1909

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Anglican

No	205
Date of Notice	23 February 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Thomas Kingston	Amelia Agnes Kingston
BDM Match (80%)	Joseph Thomas	Amelia Agnes Kingston
	💍 1909/328
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Upholsterer
Age	26	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	26 years	9 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	09/191
Consent	Ellen Mary Kingston, mother
Date of Certificate	23 February 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Anglican

206

23 February 1909

Reginald Arthur Hoare
Una Mildred Williams

Reginald Arthur Hoare
Una Mildred Williams
💍 1909/339

Bachelor
Spinster

Banker

31
29

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
4 years

St. Paul's Church

09/178

23 February 1909

Rev. G. L. Duke, Anglican

No	206
Date of Notice	23 February 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reginald Arthur Hoare	Una Mildred Williams
	💍 1909/339
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Banker
Age	31	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church
Folio	09/178
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 February 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. L. Duke, 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).