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 Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1909 Registrar G. Livermore

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

452

20 April 1909

Thomas Smith
Muriel Margaret Condon

Thomas Smith
Muriel Margaret Condon
💍 1909/6917

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

32
21

Auckland
Auckland

32 years
18 years

House of Mr. J.J. Condon, 18 Grattan Street, Auckland

09/1955

20 April 1909

Rev. J. Wilson, Methodist

No	452
Date of Notice	20 April 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Smith	Muriel Margaret Condon
	💍 1909/6917
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	32	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	32 years	18 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. J.J. Condon, 18 Grattan Street, Auckland
Folio	09/1955
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 April 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilson, Methodist

453

21 April 1909

Denison Maslen McKenzie Deane
May Clare Simons

Denison Maslen McKenzie Deane
May Clare Simons
💍 1909/2687

Bachelor
Spinster

Metallurgist

32
25

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
3 days

St. Benedict's Church, Auckland

09/3917

21 April 1909

Right Rev. Mon. G.B. Gillan, Roman Catholic

No	453
Date of Notice	21 April 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Denison Maslen McKenzie Deane	May Clare Simons
	💍 1909/2687
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Metallurgist
Age	32	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church, Auckland
Folio	09/3917
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 April 1909
Officiating Minister	Right Rev. Mon. G.B. Gillan, Roman Catholic

454

21 April 1909

Denis Byrne Walshe
Mary Jane Lyons

Denis Byrne Walshe
Mary Jane Lyons
💍 1909/6866

Bachelor
Spinster

Medical Practitioner

30
33

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

09/1857

21 April 1909

Canon J. Haselden, Anglican

No	454
Date of Notice	21 April 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Denis Byrne Walshe	Mary Jane Lyons
	💍 1909/6866
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Medical Practitioner
Age	30	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	09/1857
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 April 1909
Officiating Minister	Canon J. Haselden, Anglican

455

21 April 1909

Arthur Napoleon Golds
Lily Brock Main

Arthur Napoleon Golds
Lily Brock Main
💍 1909/7391

Bachelor
Spinster

Soft Goods Cutter

24
22

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
22 years

St. David's Church, Auckland

09/1876

21 April 1909

Rev. G.B. Monro, Presbyterian

No	455
Date of Notice	21 April 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Napoleon Golds	Lily Brock Main
	💍 1909/7391
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soft Goods Cutter
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	22 years
Marriage Place	St. David's Church, Auckland
Folio	09/1876
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 April 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. G.B. Monro, Presbyterian

456

21 April 1909

James William Nobonnachie
Emily Florence Webb

James William McConnachie
Emily Florence Webb
💍 1909/6867

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

31
33

Auckland
Mount Eden

3 days
3 weeks

St. Barnabas Church, Mount Eden

09/1852

21 April 1909

Rev. E.J. McFarland, Anglican

No	456
Date of Notice	21 April 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James William Nobonnachie	Emily Florence Webb
BDM Match (94%)	James William McConnachie	Emily Florence Webb
	💍 1909/6867
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	31	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Mount Eden
Length of Residence	3 days	3 weeks
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church, Mount Eden
Folio	09/1852
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 April 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. E.J. McFarland, Anglican

457

21 April 1909

William Albert Mortimer
Beatrice Marie Holloway Gibbs

William Albert Mortimer
Beatrice Marie Holloway Gibbs
💍 1909/6815

Bachelor
Divorcee

Driver

25
26

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
3 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

09/1774

Decree absolute 21 April 1909

21 April 1909

G. Livermore, Deputy Registrar

No	457
Date of Notice	21 April 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Albert Mortimer	Beatrice Marie Holloway Gibbs
	💍 1909/6815
Condition	Bachelor	Divorcee
Profession	Driver
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	09/1774
Consent	Decree absolute 21 April 1909
Date of Certificate	21 April 1909
Officiating Minister	G. Livermore, Deputy Registrar

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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).