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 December 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

1169

6 December 1909

Edgar Richard Brinell
Anna Adeline Sutters

Edgar Richard Minell
Anna Adeline Butters
💍 1909/4411

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

36
36

Sydney
Auckland

1 day
life

St Paul's Church, Auckland

09/5812

6 December 1909

Rev. G. A. B. Watson, Anglican

No	1169
Date of Notice	6 December 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edgar Richard Brinell	Anna Adeline Sutters
BDM Match (93%)	Edgar Richard Minell	Anna Adeline Butters
	💍 1909/4411
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	36	36
Dwelling Place	Sydney	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 day	life
Marriage Place	St Paul's Church, Auckland
Folio	09/5812
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 December 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. A. B. Watson, Anglican

1170

6 December 1909

Ernest Alexander Harris
Jeannetta Tughe

Ernest Alexander Harris
Jeannetta Hughes
💍 1909/4885

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

26
26

Kawau, Auckland
Arch Hill, Auckland

4 days
6 months

St Matthews Church

09/6300

6 December 1909

Rev. W. F. Allan, Anglican

No	1170
Date of Notice	6 December 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Alexander Harris	Jeannetta Tughe
BDM Match (94%)	Ernest Alexander Harris	Jeannetta Hughes
	💍 1909/4885
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Kawau, Auckland	Arch Hill, Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	6 months
Marriage Place	St Matthews Church
Folio	09/6300
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 December 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. F. Allan, Anglican

1171

6 December 1909

Percy John Booth
Olive Mary Amelia Doibe

Percy John Booth
Olive Mary Amelia Doube
💍 1909/4491

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

32
19

Auckland
Panmure

4 years
10 years

Home of Dr H. Doube

09/5847

Dr H. Doube, father

6 December 1909

Rev. J. W. Walker, Anglican

No	1171
Date of Notice	6 December 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy John Booth	Olive Mary Amelia Doibe
BDM Match (98%)	Percy John Booth	Olive Mary Amelia Doube
	💍 1909/4491
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	32	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Panmure
Length of Residence	4 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Home of Dr H. Doube
Folio	09/5847
Consent	Dr H. Doube, father
Date of Certificate	6 December 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. W. Walker, Anglican

1172

6 December 1909

Henry John Stanley Sellers
Florence Mabel Dawson

Henry John Stanley Sellers
Florence Mabel Danson
💍 1909/4412

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

30
28

Remuera
Parnell

8 years
6 years

St Marks Church, Remuera

09/5813

6 December 1909

Rev. W. H. Sealty, Anglican

No	1172
Date of Notice	6 December 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry John Stanley Sellers	Florence Mabel Dawson
BDM Match (98%)	Henry John Stanley Sellers	Florence Mabel Danson
	💍 1909/4412
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	30	28
Dwelling Place	Remuera	Parnell
Length of Residence	8 years	6 years
Marriage Place	St Marks Church, Remuera
Folio	09/5813
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 December 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. Sealty, Anglican

1173

6 December 1909

Adalbert Joseph Tobin
Eleanor Knill

Adalbert Joseph Tobin
Eleanor Knill
💍 1909/4617

Bachelor
Spinster

Book Keeper

20
18

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
6 years

St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

09/5934

Michael John Tobin, Father; Alice Grace Knill, Mother

6 December 1909

Rev. F. J. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	1173
Date of Notice	6 December 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Adalbert Joseph Tobin	Eleanor Knill
	💍 1909/4617
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Book Keeper
Age	20	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	6 years
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	09/5934
Consent	Michael John Tobin, Father; Alice Grace Knill, Mother
Date of Certificate	6 December 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. J. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

1174

7 December 1909

Arthur Rackwell
Violet Maud Francis

Arthur Cracknell
Violet Maud Francis
💍 1909/4413

Bachelor
Spinster

Solicitor's Clerk

25
22

Northcote
Northcote

3 years
3 years

St John's Church, Northcote

09/5814

7 December 1909

Rev. A. J. Smith, Anglican

No	1174
Date of Notice	7 December 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Rackwell	Violet Maud Francis
BDM Match (91%)	Arthur Cracknell	Violet Maud Francis
	💍 1909/4413
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Solicitor's Clerk
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Northcote	Northcote
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St John's Church, Northcote
Folio	09/5814
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 December 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. J. Smith, 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).