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 094

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 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

524

13 May 1909

William James Cuthbert
Elizabeth Rose Barnaby

William James Cuthbert
Elizabeth Rose Barnaby
💍 1909/7480

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

30
22

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
32 years

House of Res. M. Walker, Lowe Street, Auckland

09/2017

13 May 1909

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	524
Date of Notice	13 May 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William James Cuthbert	Elizabeth Rose Barnaby
	💍 1909/7480
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	30	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	32 years
Marriage Place	House of Res. M. Walker, Lowe Street, Auckland
Folio	09/2017
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 May 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

525

13 May 1909

Edward John Moore
Margaret Elizabeth Murphy

Edward John Moore
Margaret Elizabeth Murphy
💍 1909/2690

Bachelor
Spinster

Gum worker

34
22

Auckland
Auckland

34 years
22 years

St. Benedict's Church, Auckland

09/3920

13 May 1909

Right Rev. Mons. Gillan, Roman Catholic

No	525
Date of Notice	13 May 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward John Moore	Margaret Elizabeth Murphy
	💍 1909/2690
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gum worker
Age	34	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	34 years	22 years
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church, Auckland
Folio	09/3920
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 May 1909
Officiating Minister	Right Rev. Mons. Gillan, Roman Catholic

526

13 May 1909

William Francis Cavanagh
Alice Mary Schenk

William Francis Cavanagh
Alice Mary Schenk
💍 1909/6872

Bachelor
Spinster

Currier

28
29

Onehunga
Auckland

life
life

St. Thomas Church, Union Street, Auckland

09/1857

13 May 1909

Rev. J. W. Pigott, Anglican

No	526
Date of Notice	13 May 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Francis Cavanagh	Alice Mary Schenk
	💍 1909/6872
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Currier
Age	28	29
Dwelling Place	Onehunga	Auckland
Length of Residence	life	life
Marriage Place	St. Thomas Church, Union Street, Auckland
Folio	09/1857
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 May 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. W. Pigott, Anglican

527

13 May 1909

Lars Andreasen
Matilda Resta

Lars Andreasen
Matilda Resta
💍 1909/7423

Bachelor
Widow

Miner

49
52

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
15 years

St. James Church, Auckland

09/1909

31 October 1904

13 May 1909

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	527
Date of Notice	13 May 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lars Andreasen	Matilda Resta
	💍 1909/7423
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Miner
Age	49	52
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	15 years
Marriage Place	St. James Church, Auckland
Folio	09/1909
Consent	31 October 1904
Date of Certificate	13 May 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

528

14 May 1909

William James Phillips
Kathleen Selina Stemming

William James Phillips
Kathleen Selina Flemming
💍 1909/7397

Bachelor
Spinster

Watchmaker

24
24

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
13 years

Residence of N. H. B. Jones, Gardner Road, Epsom

09/1882

14 May 1909

Rev. W. Trotter, Presbyterian

No	528
Date of Notice	14 May 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William James Phillips	Kathleen Selina Stemming
BDM Match (96%)	William James Phillips	Kathleen Selina Flemming
	💍 1909/7397
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Watchmaker
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	13 years
Marriage Place	Residence of N. H. B. Jones, Gardner Road, Epsom
Folio	09/1882
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 May 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Trotter, Presbyterian

529

15 May 1909

Murdoch Kerr
Annie Mitchell Lees

Murdoch Kerr
Annie Mitchell Lees
💍 1909/7424

Bachelor
Widow

Mariner

42
38

Auckland
Auckland

42 years
38 years

Residence of Annie Mitchell Lees, Grammer Road, Grey Lynn

09/1910

31 October 1906

15 May 1909

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	529
Date of Notice	15 May 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Murdoch Kerr	Annie Mitchell Lees
	💍 1909/7424
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Mariner
Age	42	38
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	42 years	38 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Annie Mitchell Lees, Grammer Road, Grey Lynn
Folio	09/1910
Consent	31 October 1906
Date of Certificate	15 May 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, 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).