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 31 March 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

332

30 March 1909

Alfred William Peterson
Lucy Jane Smith

Alfred William Peterson
Lucy Jane Smith
💍 1909/628

Bachelor
Spinster

Shipping Agent

26
22

Auckland
Auckland

10 days
6 years

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

09/202

30 March 1909

Rev. W. E. Pilcher, Anglican

No	332
Date of Notice	30 March 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred William Peterson	Lucy Jane Smith
	💍 1909/628
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shipping Agent
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 days	6 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	09/202
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 March 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Pilcher, Anglican

333

30 March 1909

Edward Smith
Eliza Jane Gilfoyle

Edward Smith
Eliza Jane Kilgour
💍 1909/7368

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman

24
20

Auckland
Mt. Albert

24 years
20 years

Anglican Church, Mt. Albert

09/152

John Gilfoyle, father

30 March 1909

Rev. J. J. Parry, Anglican

No	333
Date of Notice	30 March 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Smith	Eliza Jane Gilfoyle
BDM Match (87%)	Edward Smith	Eliza Jane Kilgour
	💍 1909/7368
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Mt. Albert
Length of Residence	24 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Mt. Albert
Folio	09/152
Consent	John Gilfoyle, father
Date of Certificate	30 March 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Parry, Anglican

334

30 March 1909

John Booth Barlow
Mary Jane Watkins

John Booth Barlow
Mary Jane Watkins
💍 1909/7382

Bachelor
Widow

Builder

28
31

Auckland
Alexandra Street

8 months
2 years

Primitive Methodist Church, Alexandra Street

09/1743

30 March 1909

Rev. J. Cocker, Methodist

No	334
Date of Notice	30 March 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Booth Barlow	Mary Jane Watkins
	💍 1909/7382
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Builder
Age	28	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Alexandra Street
Length of Residence	8 months	2 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Alexandra Street
Folio	09/1743
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 March 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Cocker, Methodist

335

30 March 1909

Hans Peter Finne
Hannah Vaughan Langford

Hans Peter Finne
Hannah Vaughan Langford
💍 1909/7376

Bachelor
Spinster

Monumental Mason

25
21

Auckland
Alexandra Street

5 years
2 years

Primitive Methodist Church, Alexandra Street

09/1742

30 March 1909

Rev. J. Cocker, Methodist

No	335
Date of Notice	30 March 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hans Peter Finne	Hannah Vaughan Langford
	💍 1909/7376
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Monumental Mason
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Alexandra Street
Length of Residence	5 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Alexandra Street
Folio	09/1742
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 March 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Cocker, Methodist

336

30 March 1909

William Hewson Draffin
Edith Amy Hill

William Henry Draffin
Edith Amy Hill
💍 1909/6865

Widower
Spinster

School Teacher

51
40

Auckland
Parnell

25 years
40 years

St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell

09/1841

30 March 1909

Rev. F. MacMurray, Anglican

No	336
Date of Notice	30 March 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Hewson Draffin	Edith Amy Hill
BDM Match (91%)	William Henry Draffin	Edith Amy Hill
	💍 1909/6865
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	School Teacher
Age	51	40
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Parnell
Length of Residence	25 years	40 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell
Folio	09/1841
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 March 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. MacMurray, Anglican

337

30 March 1909

Hugh McNaughton
Constance Hughes

Hugh McNaughton
Constance Hughes
💍 1909/372

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

31
21

Auckland
St. Peter's Bay

31 years
21 years

Anglican Church, St. Peter's Bay

09/160

30 March 1909

Rev. E. C. Strong, Anglican

No	337
Date of Notice	30 March 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh McNaughton	Constance Hughes
	💍 1909/372
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	31	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	St. Peter's Bay
Length of Residence	31 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, St. Peter's Bay
Folio	09/160
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 March 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. C. Strong, Anglican

338

31 March 1909

Frederick O'Toole
Rosetta Lily Payton Wilson

Fredrick O'Toole
Rosetta Lily Payton Wilson
💍 1909/660

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

25
20

Auckland
Auckland

7 months
20 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

09/509

Helena Maria Hicklen, former Wilson, mother

31 March 1909

G. W. Bulfin, Registrar

No	338
Date of Notice	31 March 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick O'Toole	Rosetta Lily Payton Wilson
BDM Match (97%)	Fredrick O'Toole	Rosetta Lily Payton Wilson
	💍 1909/660
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 months	20 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	09/509
Consent	Helena Maria Hicklen, former Wilson, mother
Date of Certificate	31 March 1909
Officiating Minister	G. W. Bulfin, 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).