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 327

District of Hamilton Quarter ending 31 March 1909 Registrar James Chiner Bond

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

12 January 1909

Archibald Campbell McDiarmid
Ruby Noel Willis Graham

Archibald Campbell Macdiarmid
Ruby Noel Willis Graham
💍 1909/640

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Domestic duties

30
26

Thames
Hamilton

18 months
26 years

Church of England, Hamilton

09/209

12 January 1909

Rev. E. M. Cowie

No	1
Date of Notice	12 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archibald Campbell McDiarmid	Ruby Noel Willis Graham
BDM Match (97%)	Archibald Campbell Macdiarmid	Ruby Noel Willis Graham
	💍 1909/640
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Domestic duties
Age	30	26
Dwelling Place	Thames	Hamilton
Length of Residence	18 months	26 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Hamilton
Folio	09/209
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 January 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. M. Cowie

15 January 1909

John Baldwin Adams
Elizabeth Edmonds

John Baldwin Adams
Elizabeth Edmonds
💍 1909/365

Bachelor
Spinster

Upholsterer
Tailoress

24
20

Hamilton
Hamilton

6 weeks
6 weeks

Office of the Registrar, Hamilton

09/254

15 January 1909

J. S. Bond, Registrar of Marriages

No	2
Date of Notice	15 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Baldwin Adams	Elizabeth Edmonds
	💍 1909/365
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Upholsterer	Tailoress
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	6 weeks	6 weeks
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar, Hamilton
Folio	09/254
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 January 1909
Officiating Minister	J. S. Bond, Registrar of Marriages

22 January 1909

Arthur Charles Cross
Emma Isabel Margaret Skye

Arthur Charles Cross
Emma Isabel Margaret Skye
💍 1909/620

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Domestic

22
22

Hamilton
Hamilton

12 months
14 days

At the residence of Rev. J. E. Adams, Hamilton East

09/212

22 January 1909

Rev. J. E. Adams

No	3
Date of Notice	22 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Charles Cross	Emma Isabel Margaret Skye
	💍 1909/620
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Domestic
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	12 months	14 days
Marriage Place	At the residence of Rev. J. E. Adams, Hamilton East
Folio	09/212
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 January 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. E. Adams

25 January 1909

Robert Franklin
Janet Smith Dale

Robert Franklin
Janet Smith Dale
💍 1909/366

Widower
Spinster

Farmer
School-teacher

58
34

Ngaruawahia
Ngaruawahia

3 weeks
3 days

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton

09/255

25 January 1909

J. S. Bond, Registrar of Marriages

No	4
Date of Notice	25 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Franklin	Janet Smith Dale
	💍 1909/366
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	School-teacher
Age	58	34
Dwelling Place	Ngaruawahia	Ngaruawahia
Length of Residence	3 weeks	3 days
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton
Folio	09/255
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 January 1909
Officiating Minister	J. S. Bond, Registrar of Marriages

26 January 1909

Thomas Steel Zein
Eva Katherine Corlett

Thomas Steel Zein
Eva Catherine Corlett
💍 1909/8007

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm hand
Domestic

31
26

Hamilton
Hamilton

3 days
3 days

St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Hamilton

09/5694

26 January 1909

Rev. Thomas D. Lynch

No	5
Date of Notice	26 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Steel Zein	Eva Katherine Corlett
BDM Match (98%)	Thomas Steel Zein	Eva Catherine Corlett
	💍 1909/8007
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm hand	Domestic
Age	31	26
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Hamilton
Folio	09/5694
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 January 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas D. Lynch

26 January 1909

Percy James Kingdon Mullions
Corinth Marie Louise Mullions

Percy James Kingdon
Corinth Marie Louise Mullions
💍 1909/633

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber
Home Duties

33
26

Hamilton
Hamilton

3 days
14 days

Residence of Bride's mother, Heaphy Terrace, Hamilton

09/225

26 January 1909

Rev. J. E. Adams

No	6
Date of Notice	26 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy James Kingdon Mullions	Corinth Marie Louise Mullions
BDM Match (84%)	Percy James Kingdon	Corinth Marie Louise Mullions
	💍 1909/633
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber	Home Duties
Age	33	26
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	3 days	14 days
Marriage Place	Residence of Bride's mother, Heaphy Terrace, Hamilton
Folio	09/225
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 January 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. E. Adams

28 January 1909

Ernest Poynter
Louisa Emma Libeau

Ernest Poynter
Louisa Emma Lilian
💍 1909/2838

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

25
24

Tamahere
Rukuhia

9 months
2 years

Church of England, Tamahere

09/4101

28 January 1909

Rev. E. M. Cowie

No	7
Date of Notice	28 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Poynter	Louisa Emma Libeau
BDM Match (92%)	Ernest Poynter	Louisa Emma Lilian
	💍 1909/2838
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Tamahere	Rukuhia
Length of Residence	9 months	2 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Tamahere
Folio	09/4101
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. M. Cowie

28 January 1909

Richard William Joseph Stanton
Mary Cox

Richard William Joseph Stanton
Mary Cox
💍 1909/367

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm laborer
Domestic

31
22

Rototuna
Rototuna

12 months
1 1/2 years

The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton

09/256

28 January 1909

J. S. Bond, Registrar of Marriages

No	8
Date of Notice	28 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard William Joseph Stanton	Mary Cox
	💍 1909/367
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm laborer	Domestic
Age	31	22
Dwelling Place	Rototuna	Rototuna
Length of Residence	12 months	1 1/2 years
Marriage Place	The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton
Folio	09/256
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1909
Officiating Minister	J. S. Bond, Registrar of Marriages

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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).