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 678

District of Thames Quarter ending 31 December 1909 Registrar William Henry Potts

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

13 December 1909

Frederick Samuel William Wyatt
Mabel Louisa Jackson

Frederick Samuel William Wyatt
Mabel Louisa Jackson
💍 1909/4772

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

23
17

Turua
Turua

15 years
16 years

Victoria Hall, Turua

09/6209

William Edward Jackson, Father

13 December 1909

Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

No	73
Date of Notice	13 December 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Samuel William Wyatt	Mabel Louisa Jackson
	💍 1909/4772
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	23	17
Dwelling Place	Turua	Turua
Length of Residence	15 years	16 years
Marriage Place	Victoria Hall, Turua
Folio	09/6209
Consent	William Edward Jackson, Father
Date of Certificate	13 December 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

14 December 1909

John Francis Southall
Ethel Hicks

John Francis Southall
Ethel Hicks
💍 1909/4532

Bachelor
Spinster

Moulder
Domestic duties

29
23

Thames
Auckland

3 months
Auckland

Pitt Street Methodist Church, Auckland

09/5973

14 December 1909

Rev. W. Ready, Methodist Church of Australasia

No	74
Date of Notice	14 December 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Francis Southall	Ethel Hicks
	💍 1909/4532
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Moulder	Domestic duties
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Thames	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	Auckland
Marriage Place	Pitt Street Methodist Church, Auckland
Folio	09/5973
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 December 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Ready, Methodist Church of Australasia

18 December 1909

Leonard Joseph Hyde
Amy Davis

Lemard Joseph Hyde
Amy Davis
💍 1909/4779

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith
Domestic duties

23
22

Thames
Mackay St, Thames

1 day
22 years

Primitive Methodist Church

09/6215

21 December 1909

Rev. C. Harding, Primitive Methodist

No	75
Date of Notice	18 December 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Joseph Hyde	Amy Davis
BDM Match (95%)	Lemard Joseph Hyde	Amy Davis
	💍 1909/4779
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith	Domestic duties
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Thames	Mackay St, Thames
Length of Residence	1 day	22 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church
Folio	09/6215
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 December 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. Harding, Primitive Methodist

20 December 1909

Thomas Charles Pennell
Mary Ellen Laisshion

Thomas Charles Pennell
Mary Ellen Hisohion
💍 1909/8085

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter
Domestic duties

22
20

Thames
Thames

4 days
4 days

St. Georges Church, Mackay St, Thames

09/6219

M. Laisshion, Mother

20 December 1909

Dr. O'Callaghan, Church of England

No	76
Date of Notice	20 December 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Charles Pennell	Mary Ellen Laisshion
BDM Match (93%)	Thomas Charles Pennell	Mary Ellen Hisohion
	💍 1909/8085
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter	Domestic duties
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	St. Georges Church, Mackay St, Thames
Folio	09/6219
Consent	M. Laisshion, Mother
Date of Certificate	20 December 1909
Officiating Minister	Dr. O'Callaghan, Church of England

24 December 1909

Charles Herbert Boxall
Rhoda Margaret Ellen Parsons

Charles Herbert Boxall
Rhoda Margaret Ellen Parsons
💍 1909/4773

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Domestic duties

24
23

Thames
Parawai, Thames

24 years
23 years

At the house of Mr. W.L. Parsons, Parawai, Thames

09/6210

24 December 1909

Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

No	77
Date of Notice	24 December 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Herbert Boxall	Rhoda Margaret Ellen Parsons
	💍 1909/4773
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic duties
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Thames	Parawai, Thames
Length of Residence	24 years	23 years
Marriage Place	At the house of Mr. W.L. Parsons, Parawai, Thames
Folio	09/6210
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 December 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

24 December 1909

James Shaw Baillie
Annie May McFarlane

James Shaw Baillie
Annie May McFarlane
💍 1909/4774

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

23
21

Thames
Willoughby St, Thames

1 day
9 years

In the house of Mr. R. McFarlane, Willoughby St, Thames

09/6211

27 December 1909

Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

No	78
Date of Notice	24 December 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Shaw Baillie	Annie May McFarlane
	💍 1909/4774
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Thames	Willoughby St, Thames
Length of Residence	1 day	9 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. R. McFarlane, Willoughby St, Thames
Folio	09/6211
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 December 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

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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).