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 336

District of Hamilton Quarter ending 30 September 1909

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

14 August 1909

Robert Farquhar Simpson
May Dodd

Robert Farquhar Simpson
May Dodd
💍 1909/2883

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber
Home duties

24
23

Hamilton
Frankton Junction

3 days
8 years

Wesleyan Methodist Church, Hamilton

09/4105

14 August 1909

Rev. H. L. Blamires, Hamilton

No	47
Date of Notice	14 August 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Farquhar Simpson	May Dodd
	💍 1909/2883
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber	Home duties
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Frankton Junction
Length of Residence	3 days	8 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Methodist Church, Hamilton
Folio	09/4105
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 August 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. L. Blamires, Hamilton

23 August 1909

William Henry Stevens
Emily Edith Chappell

William Henry Stevens
Emily Edith Chappell
💍 1909/2884

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith
Home duties

23
30

Hamilton
Hamilton

10 months
15 years

Wesleyan Church, Hamilton

09/4106

23 August 1909

Rev. H. L. Blamires, Hamilton

No	48
Date of Notice	23 August 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Stevens	Emily Edith Chappell
	💍 1909/2884
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith	Home duties
Age	23	30
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	10 months	15 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church, Hamilton
Folio	09/4106
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 August 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. L. Blamires, Hamilton

30 August 1909

John Solomon Gunn
Minnie Margaret Tristram

John Solomon Gunn
Minnie Margaret Tristram
💍 1909/2889

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Home duties

21
20

Hamilton
Hamilton

18 months
20 years

Residence of Bride's parents, Grey Street, Hamilton East

09/4113

Henry Exford Tristram, Father of Bride

30 August 1909

Rev. J. D. Mill

No	49
Date of Notice	30 August 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Solomon Gunn	Minnie Margaret Tristram
	💍 1909/2889
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Home duties
Age	21	20
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	18 months	20 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Bride's parents, Grey Street, Hamilton East
Folio	09/4113
Consent	Henry Exford Tristram, Father of Bride
Date of Certificate	30 August 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. D. Mill

31 August 1909

Ernest Harry Giles
Charlotte Burge

Ernest Harry Giles
Charlotte Burge
💍 1909/7749

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Home duties

24
22

Hamilton
Hamilton

18 years
18 months

Mrs Burge's Residence, Heaphy Terrace, Hamilton

09/4107

31 August 1909

Rev. H. L. Blamires, Hamilton

No	50
Date of Notice	31 August 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Harry Giles	Charlotte Burge
	💍 1909/7749
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Home duties
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	18 years	18 months
Marriage Place	Mrs Burge's Residence, Heaphy Terrace, Hamilton
Folio	09/4107
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 August 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. L. Blamires, Hamilton

6 September 1909

Ivo Burnet Dobson Esam
Eva Maud Climo

Ivo Burnett Dobson Esam
Eva Maud Climo
💍 1909/4656

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant
Home duties

26
28

Auckland
Hamilton

26 years
3 days

Primitive Methodist Church, Hamilton

09/6113

6 September 1909

Rev. J. Benning, Hamilton

No	51
Date of Notice	6 September 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ivo Burnet Dobson Esam	Eva Maud Climo
BDM Match (98%)	Ivo Burnett Dobson Esam	Eva Maud Climo
	💍 1909/4656
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant	Home duties
Age	26	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Hamilton
Length of Residence	26 years	3 days
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Hamilton
Folio	09/6113
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 September 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Benning, Hamilton

6 September 1909

Michael Ryan
Elizabeth Mulcahey

Michael Ryan
Elizabeth Mulcahey
💍 1909/8010

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Porter
Home duties

26
22

Hamilton
Hamilton

26 years
22 years

St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Hamilton

09/5697

6 September 1909

Rev. J. C. Darby, Hamilton

No	52
Date of Notice	6 September 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Michael Ryan	Elizabeth Mulcahey
	💍 1909/8010
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Porter	Home duties
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	26 years	22 years
Marriage Place	St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Hamilton
Folio	09/5697
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 September 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. C. Darby, Hamilton

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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).