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 30 June 1909 Registrar Thomas Crispe

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

598

8 June 1909

Matthew Hewson
Tracey Lillian Victoria Drummond

Mathew Henry Tracey
Lillian Victoria Drummond
💍 1909/2694

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

25
19

Auckland
Auckland

18 months
17 months

St. Benedict's Church

09/3923

Andrew Drummond, father

8 June 1909

Rev. P. O'Fillan, Roman Catholic

No	598
Date of Notice	8 June 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Matthew Hewson	Tracey Lillian Victoria Drummond
BDM Match (60%)	Mathew Henry Tracey	Lillian Victoria Drummond
	💍 1909/2694
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	25	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 months	17 months
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church
Folio	09/3923
Consent	Andrew Drummond, father
Date of Certificate	8 June 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. O'Fillan, Roman Catholic

599

8 June 1909

Rolfe Gladstone Coults
Elizabeth Ann Infant

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

26
22

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
3 months

St. David's Church, Khyber Pass

09/1888

8 June 1909

Rev. W. F. Dixon, Presbyterian

No	599
Date of Notice	8 June 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Rolfe Gladstone Coults	Elizabeth Ann Infant
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	3 months
Marriage Place	St. David's Church, Khyber Pass
Folio	09/1888
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 June 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. F. Dixon, Presbyterian

600

9 June 1909

William John Deverly Moore
Sarah Ann Thomas

William John Dennerly Moore
Sarah Ann Thomas
💍 1909/2558

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

28
20

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
4 months

St. Matthew's Church

09/3785

Thomas Moore, father

9 June 1909

Rev. E. P. Ellam, Anglican

No	600
Date of Notice	9 June 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Deverly Moore	Sarah Ann Thomas
BDM Match (96%)	William John Dennerly Moore	Sarah Ann Thomas
	💍 1909/2558
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	28	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	4 months
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	09/3785
Consent	Thomas Moore, father
Date of Certificate	9 June 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. P. Ellam, Anglican

601

9 June 1909

Andrew Coventry Bell
Adelaide Latimer

Andrew Coventry Bell
Adelaide Latimer
💍 1909/6828

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

31
39

Auckland
Auckland

18 months
20 months

St. Sepulchre's Church

09/1835

9 June 1909

Rev. W. W. Smailes, Anglican

No	601
Date of Notice	9 June 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Coventry Bell	Adelaide Latimer
	💍 1909/6828
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	31	39
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 months	20 months
Marriage Place	St. Sepulchre's Church
Folio	09/1835
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 June 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. W. Smailes, Anglican

602

9 June 1909

John Thomas Broadhurst
Sealance Brown

John Thomas Broadhurst
Beatrice Brown
💍 1909/76

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

25
24

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
1 year

Registrar's Office

09/1801

9 June 1909

H. E. Worsp, Registrar

No	602
Date of Notice	9 June 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Thomas Broadhurst	Sealance Brown
BDM Match (86%)	John Thomas Broadhurst	Beatrice Brown
	💍 1909/76
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	1 year
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	09/1801
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 June 1909
Officiating Minister	H. E. Worsp, Registrar

603

9 June 1909

Robert Sherwin Cowan
Mary Matilda Turner

Robert Sherwin Cowan
May Matilda Turner
💍 1909/2559

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

23
23

Auckland
Auckland

23 months
23 months

St. Matthew's Church

09/3786

9 June 1909

Rev. E. P. Ellam, Anglican

No	603
Date of Notice	9 June 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Sherwin Cowan	Mary Matilda Turner
BDM Match (97%)	Robert Sherwin Cowan	May Matilda Turner
	💍 1909/2559
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 months	23 months
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	09/3786
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 June 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. P. Ellam, Anglican

604

10 June 1909

Allan Dale
Nora Augusta Appelgren

Allen Dale
Nora Augusta Appelgren
💍 1909/6829

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Foreman

31
31

Auckland
Mt. Roskill

3 days
24 years

St. Alban's Church

09/1836

10 June 1909

Rev. W. E. Haste, Anglican

No	604
Date of Notice	10 June 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Allan Dale	Nora Augusta Appelgren
BDM Match (95%)	Allen Dale	Nora Augusta Appelgren
	💍 1909/6829
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Foreman
Age	31	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Mt. Roskill
Length of Residence	3 days	24 years
Marriage Place	St. Alban's Church
Folio	09/1836
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 June 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Haste, 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).