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

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

352

2 April 1909

Arthur Francis Jones
Mary Ann Blair

Arthur Francis Jones
Mary Ann Blair
💍 1909/6925

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

22
22

Auckland
Mount Eden

7 years
5 years

House of J. Marks, Mount Eden

09/1942

2 April 1909

Rev. J. Wilson, Methodist

No	352
Date of Notice	2 April 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Francis Jones	Mary Ann Blair
	💍 1909/6925
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Mount Eden
Length of Residence	7 years	5 years
Marriage Place	House of J. Marks, Mount Eden
Folio	09/1942
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilson, Methodist

353

3 April 1909

George Evelyn Adams
Edith Annie Sabine-Pasley

George Evelyn Adams
Edith Annie Sabine Pasley
💍 1909/1370

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

29
28

Auckland
Rotorua

29 years
1 year

Anglican Church, Rotorua

09/2157

3 April 1909

Rev. C. A. Riddall, Anglican

No	353
Date of Notice	3 April 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Evelyn Adams	Edith Annie Sabine-Pasley
BDM Match (98%)	George Evelyn Adams	Edith Annie Sabine Pasley
	💍 1909/1370
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	29	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Rotorua
Length of Residence	29 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Rotorua
Folio	09/2157
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 April 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. A. Riddall, Anglican

354

3 April 1909

William Joshua Patenby
Violet Janie Hughes

William Joshua Gatenby
Violet Janie Hughes
💍 1909/6881

Bachelor
Spinster

School Master

36
23

Auckland
Mt Eden

29 years
23

St. Barnabas Church, Mt Eden

09/1843

3 April 1909

Rev. E. J. McFarland, Anglican

No	354
Date of Notice	3 April 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Joshua Patenby	Violet Janie Hughes
BDM Match (98%)	William Joshua Gatenby	Violet Janie Hughes
	💍 1909/6881
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	School Master
Age	36	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Mt Eden
Length of Residence	29 years	23
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church, Mt Eden
Folio	09/1843
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 April 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. McFarland, Anglican

355

3 April 1909

Reuben George Gale
Mary Esther Lythgo

Charles George Cate
Mary Esther Lythgo
💍 1909/6927

Bachelor
Spinster

Horse Driver

23
22

Auckland
Pitt St

6 months
4 years

Methodist Church, Pitt St

09/1943

3 April 1909

Rev. J. A. Huxford, Methodist

No	355
Date of Notice	3 April 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reuben George Gale	Mary Esther Lythgo
BDM Match (79%)	Charles George Cate	Mary Esther Lythgo
	💍 1909/6927
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Horse Driver
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Pitt St
Length of Residence	6 months	4 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt St
Folio	09/1943
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 April 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Huxford, Methodist

356

5 April 1909

Thomas Haylor Carrick
Margaret McIver

Thomas Naylor Carrick
Margaret McLiver
💍 1909/6928

Widower
Widow

Telegraph Lineman

41
47

Auckland
Vincent St

4 days
10 years

House of Bride, Vincent St

09/1944

5 April 1909

Rev. J. A. Huxford, Methodist

No	356
Date of Notice	5 April 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Haylor Carrick	Margaret McIver
BDM Match (91%)	Thomas Naylor Carrick	Margaret McLiver
	💍 1909/6928
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Telegraph Lineman
Age	41	47
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Vincent St
Length of Residence	4 days	10 years
Marriage Place	House of Bride, Vincent St
Folio	09/1944
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 April 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Huxford, Methodist

357

5 April 1909

Ernest William Randell
Mabel Cottle

Ernest William Randell
Mabel Cottle
💍 1909/7407

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

33
22

Auckland
Devonport

2 years
22

Presbyterian Church, Devonport

09/1868

5 April 1909

Rev. J. E. Bertram, Presbyterian

No	357
Date of Notice	5 April 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest William Randell	Mabel Cottle
	💍 1909/7407
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	33	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Devonport
Length of Residence	2 years	22
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Devonport
Folio	09/1868
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 April 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. E. Bertram, Presbyterian

358

5 April 1909

John Ernest Laybourn
Rubina Rose Pardner

John Ernest Laybourn
Rubina Rose Gardner
💍 1909/6929

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman

28
22

Auckland
Pitt St

12 years
3

Methodist Church, Pitt St

09/1945

5 April 1909

Rev. J. A. Huxford, Methodist

No	358
Date of Notice	5 April 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Ernest Laybourn	Rubina Rose Pardner
BDM Match (97%)	John Ernest Laybourn	Rubina Rose Gardner
	💍 1909/6929
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Pitt St
Length of Residence	12 years	3
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt St
Folio	09/1945
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 April 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Huxford, Methodist

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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).