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).

Page 133

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

968

6 August 1909

Robert Adam McCarroll
Minnie Rosamond Butterworth

Robert Adam McCarroll Grover
Minnie Rosamond Butterworth
💍 1909/2773

Bachelor
Spinster

Cook

24
21

Auckland
Auckland

life
2 years

Home of Rev J Cocker, 49 Upper Queen St, Auckland

09/3960

6 August 1909

Rev J Cocker, Methodist

No	968
Date of Notice	6 August 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Adam McCarroll	Minnie Rosamond Butterworth
BDM Match (88%)	Robert Adam McCarroll Grover	Minnie Rosamond Butterworth
	💍 1909/2773
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cook
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	life	2 years
Marriage Place	Home of Rev J Cocker, 49 Upper Queen St, Auckland
Folio	09/3960
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 August 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev J Cocker, Methodist

969

7 August 1909

David Walter Dunlop
Jessie Brown McLean

David Walter Dunlop
Jessie Mary McLean
💍 1909/2649

Bachelor
Spinster

Teacher

33
22

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
10 years

R Andrews Church, Allen Rd, Auckland

09/3854

7 August 1909

Rev R Dawson, Presbyterian

No	969
Date of Notice	7 August 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Walter Dunlop	Jessie Brown McLean
BDM Match (87%)	David Walter Dunlop	Jessie Mary McLean
	💍 1909/2649
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Teacher
Age	33	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	10 years
Marriage Place	R Andrews Church, Allen Rd, Auckland
Folio	09/3854
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 August 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev R Dawson, Presbyterian

970

7 August 1909

Frederick William Johann Heine
Catherine Lucy Kampst

Frederick William Johanson Heine
Catherine Lucis Lilly Kamps
💍 1909/2650

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

31
20

Kingsland
Kingsland

3 years
4 years

St David's Church, John Wilhelmy Kampst, Auckland

09/3855

Father

7 August 1909

Rev W P Dixon, Presbyterian

No	970
Date of Notice	7 August 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick William Johann Heine	Catherine Lucy Kampst
BDM Match (82%)	Frederick William Johanson Heine	Catherine Lucis Lilly Kamps
	💍 1909/2650
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	31	20
Dwelling Place	Kingsland	Kingsland
Length of Residence	3 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St David's Church, John Wilhelmy Kampst, Auckland
Folio	09/3855
Consent	Father
Date of Certificate	7 August 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev W P Dixon, Presbyterian

971

7 August 1909

Alfred James Cannard
Jane Florence Maddocks

Bachelor
Divorced

Labourer

34
23

Chelsea
Auckland

3 years
6 years

Home of Rev M Walker, Wellington St, Auckland

7 August 1909

Rev M Walker, Church of Our Father

No	971
Date of Notice	7 August 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred James Cannard	Jane Florence Maddocks
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced
Profession	Labourer
Age	34	23
Dwelling Place	Chelsea	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Home of Rev M Walker, Wellington St, Auckland
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 August 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev M Walker, Church of Our Father

972

9 August 1909

Herbert Henrietta Bullock
Frances Margaret Mann

Herbert Bullock
Henrietta Frances Margaret Mann
💍 1909/189

Widower
Spinster

Farmer

45
40

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 years

Home of Rev M Walker, Wellington St, Auckland

09/4000

9 August 1909

Rev M Walker, Church of Our Father

No	972
Date of Notice	9 August 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Henrietta Bullock	Frances Margaret Mann
BDM Match (64%)	Herbert Bullock	Henrietta Frances Margaret Mann
	💍 1909/189
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	45	40
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	Home of Rev M Walker, Wellington St, Auckland
Folio	09/4000
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 August 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev M Walker, Church of Our Father

973

10 August 1909

Denis McCarthy
Margaret Fitzmaurice

Denis McCarthy
Margaret Fitzmaurice
💍 1909/7728

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

30
27

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
2 years

St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

09/3890

10 August 1909

Rev F Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	973
Date of Notice	10 August 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Denis McCarthy	Margaret Fitzmaurice
	💍 1909/7728
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	30	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	09/3890
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 August 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev F Holbrook, Roman Catholic

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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).