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 Rotorua Quarter ending 30 September 1909 Registrar Arthur Frederick Beut

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

10 July 1909

Charles Stanley
Ida Siebert

Charles Stanley Dunfoy
Ida Siebert
💍 1909/7685

Bachelor
Spinster

Cook
Domestic duties

22
20

Rotorua
Rotorua

about 6 months
4 months

Residence of Rev. Thos. Scott

09/4161

Herman Ernest Siebert, Father

10 July 1909

Rev. Thos. Scott M.A.

No	18
Date of Notice	10 July 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Stanley	Ida Siebert
BDM Match (84%)	Charles Stanley Dunfoy	Ida Siebert
	💍 1909/7685
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cook	Domestic duties
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Rotorua
Length of Residence	about 6 months	4 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. Thos. Scott
Folio	09/4161
Consent	Herman Ernest Siebert, Father
Date of Certificate	10 July 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thos. Scott M.A.

3 August 1909

John Dallett Senior
Mary Davidson Ewen

John Dalbeth
Mary Davidson Ewen
💍 1909/2920

Widower
Widow

Settler
Domestic duties

70
53

Rotorua
Rotorua

14 years
9 months

at the residence of Mary Davidson Ewen

09/4163

3 August 1909

Rev. Thos. Scott M.A.

No	19
Date of Notice	3 August 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Dallett Senior	Mary Davidson Ewen
BDM Match (76%)	John Dalbeth	Mary Davidson Ewen
	💍 1909/2920
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Settler	Domestic duties
Age	70	53
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Rotorua
Length of Residence	14 years	9 months
Marriage Place	at the residence of Mary Davidson Ewen
Folio	09/4163
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 August 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thos. Scott M.A.

4 August 1909

Edmund Fitzgerald Brennan
Annie Karl

Edmund Fitzgerald Brennan
Annie Karl
💍 1909/2923

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Surfaceman
Domestic duties

31
24

Ohaupo
Otorohanga

3 days
20 years

at the house of Mr. Charles Karl

09/4166

4 August 1909

Rev. Dean Albert Lightheart

No	20
Date of Notice	4 August 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edmund Fitzgerald Brennan	Annie Karl
	💍 1909/2923
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Surfaceman	Domestic duties
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Ohaupo	Otorohanga
Length of Residence	3 days	20 years
Marriage Place	at the house of Mr. Charles Karl
Folio	09/4166
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 August 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. Dean Albert Lightheart

11 August 1909

Samuel Harold Keen
Helen Hamilton

Samuel Harold Keen
Helen Hamilton
💍 1909/2919

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Employee
Dressmaker

25
24

Rotorua
Rotorua

2 months
3 days

Residence of Rev. Thomas Scott, Rotorua

09/4162

11 August 1909

Rev. Thos. Scott M.A.

No	21
Date of Notice	11 August 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Harold Keen	Helen Hamilton
	💍 1909/2919
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employee	Dressmaker
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Rotorua
Length of Residence	2 months	3 days
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. Thomas Scott, Rotorua
Folio	09/4162
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 August 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thos. Scott M.A.

11 August 1909

David Hope
Mary Frew

David Hope
Mary Frew
💍 1909/2921

Bachelor
Spinster

Curator
Domestic duties

43
42

Rotorua
Rotorua

1 week
3 days

Residence of Rev. Thomas Scott, Rotorua

09/4164

11 August 1909

Rev. Thos. Scott M.A.

No	22
Date of Notice	11 August 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Hope	Mary Frew
	💍 1909/2921
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Curator	Domestic duties
Age	43	42
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Rotorua
Length of Residence	1 week	3 days
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. Thomas Scott, Rotorua
Folio	09/4164
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 August 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thos. Scott M.A.

18 August 1909

Thomas Frank Martin Anderson
Nelda Patria Ipsen Neudricksen

Bachelor
Spinster

Coach Smith
Sailoress

23
22

Rotorua
Cook St., Auckland

1 year
20 years

Catholic Church, Auckland

09/3962

18 August 1909

Rev. Reginald Francis Sanderson

No	23
Date of Notice	18 August 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Frank Martin Anderson	Nelda Patria Ipsen Neudricksen
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coach Smith	Sailoress
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Cook St., Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	20 years
Marriage Place	Catholic Church, Auckland
Folio	09/3962
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 August 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. Reginald Francis Sanderson

31 August 1909

Ernest Mairis
Maud Chapman Page

Ernest Hains
Mabel Chapman Page
💍 1909/2922

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant
Domestic duties

25
23

Waiwera, near Auckland
Rotorua

3 days
2 1/2 years

Presbyterian Church, Rotorua

09/4165

31 August 1909

Rev. Thomas Scott M.A.

No	24
Date of Notice	31 August 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Mairis	Maud Chapman Page
BDM Match (80%)	Ernest Hains	Mabel Chapman Page
	💍 1909/2922
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant	Domestic duties
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Waiwera, near Auckland	Rotorua
Length of Residence	3 days	2 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Rotorua
Folio	09/4165
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 August 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas Scott M.A.

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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).