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 Gulpan

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

269

11 March 1909

Charles Ethelbert Scott
Sophia Manning

Charles Ethelbert Scott
Sophia Manning
💍 1909/334

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist

22
20

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
3 months

St. Matthew's Church

09/196

Catherine Manning, mother

11 March 1909

Rev. W. E. Fillam, Anglican

No	269
Date of Notice	11 March 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Ethelbert Scott	Sophia Manning
	💍 1909/334
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	3 months
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	09/196
Consent	Catherine Manning, mother
Date of Certificate	11 March 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Fillam, Anglican

270

11 March 1909

James Thomas Ross
Christina Gertrude Hamilton

James Thomas Ross
Christina Gertrude Hamilton
💍 1909/603

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

23
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
21

Registrar's Office

09/496

11 March 1909

Thomas Gulpan, Registrar

No	270
Date of Notice	11 March 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Thomas Ross	Christina Gertrude Hamilton
	💍 1909/603
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	21
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	09/496
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 March 1909
Officiating Minister	Thomas Gulpan, Registrar

271

11 March 1909

Edwin Wasley
Alma Johanna Frederica Christina White

Edwin Wasley
Alma Johanna Frederica Christina White
💍 1909/602

Widower
Widow

Farmer

67
43

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3

Registrar's Office

09/495

11 March 1909

Thomas Gulpan, Registrar

No	271
Date of Notice	11 March 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin Wasley	Alma Johanna Frederica Christina White
	💍 1909/602
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Farmer
Age	67	43
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	09/495
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 March 1909
Officiating Minister	Thomas Gulpan, Registrar

272

12 March 1909

Charles Husby
Ellen Sarah Wilding

Charles Lusby
Ellen Sarah Wilding
💍 1909/512

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

36
23

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
6 years

Methodist Church

09/424

12 March 1909

Rev. J. J. Gibson, Methodist

No	272
Date of Notice	12 March 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Husby	Ellen Sarah Wilding
BDM Match (96%)	Charles Lusby	Ellen Sarah Wilding
	💍 1909/512
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	36	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	6 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church
Folio	09/424
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 March 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Gibson, Methodist

273

12 March 1909

O'Brien Reynolds
Clara Winklemann

O'Brien Reynolds St John Palmer
Clara Winkelmann
💍 1909/287

Bachelor
Spinster

Missionary

31
36

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
5

St. David's Church

09/149

12 March 1909

Rev. W. P. Dixon, Presbyterian

No	273
Date of Notice	12 March 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	O'Brien Reynolds	Clara Winklemann
BDM Match (70%)	O'Brien Reynolds St John Palmer	Clara Winkelmann
	💍 1909/287
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Missionary
Age	31	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	5
Marriage Place	St. David's Church
Folio	09/149
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 March 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. P. Dixon, Presbyterian

274

13 March 1909

Henry Sarstow
Mary Rumble

Henry Barstow
Mary Gamble
💍 1909/336

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener

32
40

Auckland
Auckland

32 years
60

St. Matthew's Church

09/198

13 March 1909

Rev. W. E. Fillam, Anglican

No	274
Date of Notice	13 March 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Sarstow	Mary Rumble
BDM Match (87%)	Henry Barstow	Mary Gamble
	💍 1909/336
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener
Age	32	40
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	32 years	60
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	09/198
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 March 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Fillam, Anglican

275

13 March 1909

James Alexander Robertson
Annie Ethel Durrell

James Alexander Robertson
Annie Ethel Durrell
💍 1909/606

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

30
24

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
10

Registrar's Office

09/498

13 March 1909

Thomas Gulpan, Registrar

No	275
Date of Notice	13 March 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Alexander Robertson	Annie Ethel Durrell
	💍 1909/606
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	10
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	09/498
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 March 1909
Officiating Minister	Thomas Gulpan, 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).