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 053

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

262

9 March 1909

Clement Cecil Smith
Agnes Elizabeth Davidson

Clement Cecil Smith
Agnes Elizabeth Davidson
💍 1909/601

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

26
43

Auckland
Auckland

26 years
16 years

Registrar's Office

09/494

9 March 1909

S. L. G. Pan, Registrar

No	262
Date of Notice	9 March 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Clement Cecil Smith	Agnes Elizabeth Davidson
	💍 1909/601
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	26	43
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	26 years	16 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	09/494
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 March 1909
Officiating Minister	S. L. G. Pan, Registrar

263

10 March 1909

George Charles Best
Winifred Ellen Slack

George Charles Best
Winifred Ellen Bluck
💍 1909/333

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Official

28
30

Auckland
Auckland

7 years
2 years

St. Matthew's Church

09/195

10 March 1909

Rev. W. E. Pillans, Anglican

No	263
Date of Notice	10 March 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Charles Best	Winifred Ellen Slack
BDM Match (95%)	George Charles Best	Winifred Ellen Bluck
	💍 1909/333
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Official
Age	28	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	09/195
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Pillans, Anglican

264

10 March 1909

Peter Christian Berthelsen
Eveleen Willis

Peter Christian Berthelsen
Eveleen Willis
💍 1909/473

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

23
28

Auckland
East Tamaki

8 days
20 years

House of Father of Bride

09/336

10 March 1909

Rev. A. Doull, Presbyterian

No	264
Date of Notice	10 March 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Christian Berthelsen	Eveleen Willis
	💍 1909/473
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	23	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	East Tamaki
Length of Residence	8 days	20 years
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride
Folio	09/336
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Doull, Presbyterian

265

10 March 1909

William Alexander Drummond
Ethel Sabina Sanders

William Alexander Drummond
Ethel Sabina Sanders
💍 1909/605

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

38
25

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
2 1/2 years

Registrar's Office

09/497

10 March 1909

S. L. G. Pan, Registrar

No	265
Date of Notice	10 March 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Alexander Drummond	Ethel Sabina Sanders
	💍 1909/605
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	38	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	2 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	09/497
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 1909
Officiating Minister	S. L. G. Pan, Registrar

266

10 March 1909

Frederick Arthur Sinclair
Mabel Webster

Frederick Arthur Sinclair
Mabel Webster
💍 1909/513

Bachelor
Spinster

Steward

28
25

Auckland
Auckland

14 years
2 months

St. Thomas' Church

09/425

10 March 1909

Rev. J. W. Pigott, Anglican

No	266
Date of Notice	10 March 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Arthur Sinclair	Mabel Webster
	💍 1909/513
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Steward
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	14 years	2 months
Marriage Place	St. Thomas' Church
Folio	09/425
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. W. Pigott, Anglican

267

10 March 1909

Ernest Frank Andrews
Mary Davies

Ernest Frank Andrews
Mary Davies
💍 1909/653

Bachelor
Spinster

Dairyman

32
24

Auckland
Avondale

20 years
3 years

Primitive Methodist Church

09/522

10 March 1909

Rev. J. Clement, Methodist

No	267
Date of Notice	10 March 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Frank Andrews	Mary Davies
	💍 1909/653
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dairyman
Age	32	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Avondale
Length of Residence	20 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church
Folio	09/522
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Clement, Methodist

268

10 March 1909

Frederick Hugh Arbuthnott Innes
Anna Kathleen Borlase

Frederick Hugh Arbuthnott Innes
Anna Kathleen Borlase
💍 1909/436

Bachelor
Spinster

Analytical Chemist

23
24

Auckland
Parnell

1 week
5 years

St. Mary's Cathedral

09/298

10 March 1909

Rev. A. H. Colvile, Anglican

No	268
Date of Notice	10 March 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Hugh Arbuthnott Innes	Anna Kathleen Borlase
	💍 1909/436
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Analytical Chemist
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Parnell
Length of Residence	1 week	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral
Folio	09/298
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. H. Colvile, Anglican

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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).