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 Cullpan

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

612

11 June 1909

William John Nolan
Katherine Rebecca Dell

William John Nolan
Catherine Rebecca Dell
💍 1909/6856

Bachelor
Spinster

Yardman

28
22

Auckland
Ponsonby

6 years
22 years

Sacred Heart Church

09/1939

11 June 1909

Rev. W. Edge, Roman Catholic

No	612
Date of Notice	11 June 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Nolan	Katherine Rebecca Dell
BDM Match (98%)	William John Nolan	Catherine Rebecca Dell
	💍 1909/6856
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Yardman
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	6 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Sacred Heart Church
Folio	09/1939
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 June 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Edge, Roman Catholic

613

11 June 1909

Kenneth Scott McDonald
Rachel Peutch

Kenneth Scott McDonald
Rachel Sentch
💍 1909/7434

Bachelor
Spinster

Table Laying

31
29

Auckland
Arch Hill

2 years
2 months

St. Peter's Church

09/1896

11 June 1909

Rev. J. Sommerville, Presbyterian

No	613
Date of Notice	11 June 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Kenneth Scott McDonald	Rachel Peutch
BDM Match (92%)	Kenneth Scott McDonald	Rachel Sentch
	💍 1909/7434
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Table Laying
Age	31	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Arch Hill
Length of Residence	2 years	2 months
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church
Folio	09/1896
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 June 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Sommerville, Presbyterian

614

11 June 1909

Herbert Batterall
Maggie Reid

Herbert Catterall
Maggie Reid
💍 1909/194

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

20
23

Auckland
Wellington St

2 years
10 years

House of Rev. W. Walker

09/5983

25 days notice

18 June 1909

Rev. W. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	614
Date of Notice	11 June 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Batterall	Maggie Reid
BDM Match (97%)	Herbert Catterall	Maggie Reid
	💍 1909/194
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	20	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Wellington St
Length of Residence	2 years	10 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. W. Walker
Folio	09/5983
Consent	25 days notice
Date of Certificate	18 June 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Walker, Church of Our Father

615

11 June 1909

Joseph Patrick Foley
Olive Margaret Hansen

George Patrick Foley
Olive Margaret Hansen
💍 1909/2605

Bachelor
Spinster

Worker

27
24

Auckland
Auckland

27 months
24 months

St. Matthew's Church

09/3789

11 June 1909

Rev. W. E. Pillam, Anglican

No	615
Date of Notice	11 June 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Patrick Foley	Olive Margaret Hansen
BDM Match (85%)	George Patrick Foley	Olive Margaret Hansen
	💍 1909/2605
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Worker
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	27 months	24 months
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	09/3789
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 June 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Pillam, Anglican

616

14 June 1909

Charles Gunn
Sarah Blair

Charles Gunn
Sarah Blair
💍 1909/79

Bachelor
Spinster

Scenic Artist

26
21

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
4 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

09/1804

14 June 1909

T Culpane, Registrar

No	616
Date of Notice	14 June 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Gunn	Sarah Blair
	💍 1909/79
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Scenic Artist
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	09/1804
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 June 1909
Officiating Minister	T Culpane, Registrar

617

14 June 1909

Arthur Legge Treadwell
Eleanor Isabel Treadwell

Arthur Legge
Eleanor Isabel Treadwell
💍 1909/6858

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

36
32

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
10 years

St. James' Manse

09/1918

14 June 1909

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	617
Date of Notice	14 June 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Legge Treadwell	Eleanor Isabel Treadwell
BDM Match (77%)	Arthur Legge	Eleanor Isabel Treadwell
	💍 1909/6858
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	36	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	10 years
Marriage Place	St. James' Manse
Folio	09/1918
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 June 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

618

14 June 1909

Jose Antonio Perez
Robina Kennedy

Jose Antonio Perez
Robina Kennedy
💍 1909/80

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

35
34

Auckland
Auckland

35 years
34 years

Registrar's Office

09/1805

14 June 1909

Duncan, Registrar

No	618
Date of Notice	14 June 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Jose Antonio Perez	Robina Kennedy
	💍 1909/80
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	35	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	35 years	34 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	09/1805
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 June 1909
Officiating Minister	Duncan, 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).