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 September 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

669

1 July 1909

Arthur Dimple Fisher
Agnes Maud Fisher

Arthur Dingle
Agnes Mary Gisley
💍 1909/2668

Bachelor
Spinster

Butler

22
21

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
21 years

St. Stephen's Church, Ponsonby

09/3834

1 July 1909

Rev. A. M. Caldwell, Presbyterian

No	669
Date of Notice	1 July 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Dimple Fisher	Agnes Maud Fisher
BDM Match (63%)	Arthur Dingle	Agnes Mary Gisley
	💍 1909/2668
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butler
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	21 years
Marriage Place	St. Stephen's Church, Ponsonby
Folio	09/3834
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 July 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. M. Caldwell, Presbyterian

670

1 July 1909

Frederick Hill Ralph
Nina Eveline Anderson

Frederick Hill Ralph
Nina Eveline Anderson
💍 1909/2617

Bachelor
Spinster

Gentleman

31
31

Auckland
Auckland

3 weeks
2 years

St. Paul's Church, Auckland

09/3808

1 July 1909

Rev. C. A. B. Watson, Anglican

No	670
Date of Notice	1 July 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Hill Ralph	Nina Eveline Anderson
	💍 1909/2617
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gentleman
Age	31	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 weeks	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church, Auckland
Folio	09/3808
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 July 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. A. B. Watson, Anglican

671

1 July 1909

Ernest George Parker
Mary Helen Lewis

Ernest George Peachey
Mary Helen Lewis
💍 1909/2669

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

28
30

Auckland
Auckland

28 years
21 years

House of Father of Bride, Ponsonby

09/3835

1 July 1909

Rev. R. R. Walker, Presbyterian

No	671
Date of Notice	1 July 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest George Parker	Mary Helen Lewis
BDM Match (91%)	Ernest George Peachey	Mary Helen Lewis
	💍 1909/2669
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	28	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	28 years	21 years
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride, Ponsonby
Folio	09/3835
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 July 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. R. Walker, Presbyterian

672

1 July 1909

James Gilbert Davidson
Lucy Ellen Page

James Gilbert Davidson
Lucy Ellen Page
💍 1909/195

Bachelor
Spinster

Ironmonger

24
21

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
21 years

House of Father of Bride, Elgin Street, Ponsonby

09/3984

1 July 1909

Rev. R. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	672
Date of Notice	1 July 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Gilbert Davidson	Lucy Ellen Page
	💍 1909/195
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ironmonger
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	21 years
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride, Elgin Street, Ponsonby
Folio	09/3984
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 July 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

673

1 July 1909

Frederick Herbert Goodman
Annie Madeline Bulcraig

Frederick Herbert Goodman
Annie Madeline Mulvogue
💍 1909/2697

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

30
26

Auckland
Auckland

4 months
4 months

Sacred Heart Church, Ponsonby

09/3926

1 July 1909

Rev. M. Edge, Roman Catholic

No	673
Date of Notice	1 July 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Herbert Goodman	Annie Madeline Bulcraig
BDM Match (87%)	Frederick Herbert Goodman	Annie Madeline Mulvogue
	💍 1909/2697
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	30	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 months	4 months
Marriage Place	Sacred Heart Church, Ponsonby
Folio	09/3926
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 July 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Edge, Roman Catholic

674

1 July 1909

John Downey
Kathleen Daly

John Deery
Kathleen Daly
💍 1909/2710

Bachelor
Spinster

Jockey

21
21

Auckland
Auckland

21 years
2 years

Roman Catholic Church, Onehunga

09/3894

1 July 1909

Rev. M. O'Mahoney, Roman Catholic

No	674
Date of Notice	1 July 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Downey	Kathleen Daly
BDM Match (82%)	John Deery	Kathleen Daly
	💍 1909/2710
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Jockey
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	21 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Onehunga
Folio	09/3894
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 July 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. O'Mahoney, Roman Catholic

675

2 July 1909

Joseph Richardson
Florence Brady

Joseph Richardson
Florence Brady
💍 1909/196

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

29
26

Auckland
Auckland

14 years
26 years

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington

09/3985

2 July 1909

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	675
Date of Notice	2 July 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Richardson	Florence Brady
	💍 1909/196
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	29	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	14 years	26 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington
Folio	09/3985
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 July 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

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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).