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

290

18 March 1909

Frank Percy Goldie
Lidie Sarah Rose Dickeson

Frank Percy Goldie
Lidie Sarah Rose Dickeson
💍 1909/662

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

28
25

Auckland
Kaimate North

1 week
3 weeks

Anglican Church

09/549

18 March 1909

Rev. G. E. Jones, Anglican

No	290
Date of Notice	18 March 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Percy Goldie	Lidie Sarah Rose Dickeson
	💍 1909/662
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Kaimate North
Length of Residence	1 week	3 weeks
Marriage Place	Anglican Church
Folio	09/549
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 March 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. E. Jones, Anglican

291

19 March 1909

George Anthony Froude Cave
Kathleen Winifred Rigby

George Anthony Yroude Carr
Kathleen Winifred Rigby
💍 1909/641

Bachelor
Spinster

Railwayman

23
16

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
5 years

Registrar's Office

09/501

Mother

19 March 1909

Registrar

No	291
Date of Notice	19 March 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Anthony Froude Cave	Kathleen Winifred Rigby
BDM Match (94%)	George Anthony Yroude Carr	Kathleen Winifred Rigby
	💍 1909/641
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railwayman
Age	23	16
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	09/501
Consent	Mother
Date of Certificate	19 March 1909
Officiating Minister	Registrar

292

19 March 1909

Frederick Royston
Amelia Hellena Bury

Frederick Royston Murant
Amelia Hellena Bury
💍 1909/608

Widower
Spinster

Bushman

32
27

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
5 years

Registrar's Office

09/500

19 March 1909

Registrar

No	292
Date of Notice	19 March 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Royston	Amelia Hellena Bury
BDM Match (85%)	Frederick Royston Murant	Amelia Hellena Bury
	💍 1909/608
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Bushman
Age	32	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	09/500
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1909
Officiating Minister	Registrar

293

19 March 1909

Frederick William Oates
Ida Amelia Porteous

Frederick William Oates
Ida Amelia Porteous
💍 1909/371

Bachelor
Spinster

Milkman

29
21

Franklin Rd.
Auckland

13 years
2 years

Primitive Methodist Church

09/151

19 March 1909

Rev. R. Raine, Methodist

No	293
Date of Notice	19 March 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick William Oates	Ida Amelia Porteous
	💍 1909/371
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Milkman
Age	29	21
Dwelling Place	Franklin Rd.	Auckland
Length of Residence	13 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church
Folio	09/151
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Raine, Methodist

294

19 March 1909

William Powett
Alice Catherine Hudson

William Porrett
Alice Catherine Hudson
💍 1909/489

Divorced
Widow

Indent Agent

57
47

Auckland
Auckland

34 years
47 years

St. Luke's Church

09/328

19 March 1909

Rev. P. B. Munro, Presbyterian

No	294
Date of Notice	19 March 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Powett	Alice Catherine Hudson
BDM Match (93%)	William Porrett	Alice Catherine Hudson
	💍 1909/489
Condition	Divorced	Widow
Profession	Indent Agent
Age	57	47
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	34 years	47 years
Marriage Place	St. Luke's Church
Folio	09/328
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. B. Munro, Presbyterian

295

19 March 1909

Lionel William Hubert Vicary
Elizabeth Crawford

Lionel William Hubert Vicary
Elizabeth Crawford
💍 1909/458

Widower
Spinster

Farmer

28
32

Auckland
Out. Roskill

3 days
32 years

House of Mrs. W. E. Hirst

09/320

19 March 1909

Rev. J. A. Lusford, Methodist

No	295
Date of Notice	19 March 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lionel William Hubert Vicary	Elizabeth Crawford
	💍 1909/458
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	28	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Out. Roskill
Length of Residence	3 days	32 years
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. W. E. Hirst
Folio	09/320
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Lusford, Methodist

296

20 March 1909

Gideon Lawrence Taylor
Elizabeth Barnett Massey

Gideon Lawrence Taylor
Elizabeth Barnett Massey
💍 1909/533

Bachelor
Spinster

Dentist

26
25

Auckland
Auckland

26 years
25 years

Presbyterian Church

09/395

20 March 1909

Rev. A. G. Wedderspoon, Presbyterian

No	296
Date of Notice	20 March 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gideon Lawrence Taylor	Elizabeth Barnett Massey
	💍 1909/533
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dentist
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	26 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church
Folio	09/395
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 March 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. G. Wedderspoon, 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).