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

235

2 March 1909

Alfred Rackham
Chalmers Stewart Edmston

Bachelor
Spinster

Brickmaker

22
24

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
24 years

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington St.

09/461

2 March 1909

Rev. M. Walker, Church of our Father

No	235
Date of Notice	2 March 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Rackham	Chalmers Stewart Edmston
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Brickmaker
Age	22	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	24 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington St.
Folio	09/461
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 March 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of our Father

236

2 March 1909

Bruce Douglas
Ruth Kemp

Bruce Douglas Stone
Ruth Kemp
💍 1909/587

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

21
22

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
9 years

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington St.

09/460

2 March 1909

Rev. M. Walker, Church of our Father

No	236
Date of Notice	2 March 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bruce Douglas	Ruth Kemp
BDM Match (84%)	Bruce Douglas Stone	Ruth Kemp
	💍 1909/587
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	9 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington St.
Folio	09/460
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 March 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of our Father

237

3 March 1909

Charles Redshaw
Gertrude May Edmonds

Charles Redshaw
Gertrude May Edmonds
💍 1909/457

Bachelor
Spinster

Tallow Melter

23
24

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
24 years

Baptist Tabernacle, Auckland

09/302

3 March 1909

Rev. R. H. Kempton, Baptist

No	237
Date of Notice	3 March 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Redshaw	Gertrude May Edmonds
	💍 1909/457
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tallow Melter
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	24 years
Marriage Place	Baptist Tabernacle, Auckland
Folio	09/302
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 March 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. H. Kempton, Baptist

238

3 March 1909

Frederick Iredale
Marion Riddell

Frederick Iredale
Marion Riddell
💍 1909/331

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

50
21

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
4 years

St. Matthews Church, Auckland

09/194

3 March 1909

Rev. E. Allan, Anglican

No	238
Date of Notice	3 March 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Iredale	Marion Riddell
	💍 1909/331
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	50	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church, Auckland
Folio	09/194
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 March 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Allan, Anglican

239

3 March 1909

Arthur James Rutherford
Lillie Nellie Bennett

Arthur James Rutherford
Millie Nellie Bennett
💍 1909/596

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

27
27

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
12 months

Registrar's Office, Auckland

09/489

3 March 1909

L. E. Wilson, Registrar

No	239
Date of Notice	3 March 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur James Rutherford	Lillie Nellie Bennett
BDM Match (98%)	Arthur James Rutherford	Millie Nellie Bennett
	💍 1909/596
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	12 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	09/489
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 March 1909
Officiating Minister	L. E. Wilson, Registrar

240

3 March 1909

Donald Joseph Teixeira
Rosina Hand

Donald Joseph Teixeira
Roseina Hand
💍 1909/861

Bachelor
Spinster

Marine Officer

33
28

Auckland
Northcote

27 years
15 years

House of Mother of Bride, Northcote

09/528

3 March 1909

Rev. P. G. Robb, Presbyterian

No	240
Date of Notice	3 March 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Donald Joseph Teixeira	Rosina Hand
BDM Match (96%)	Donald Joseph Teixeira	Roseina Hand
	💍 1909/861
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Marine Officer
Age	33	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Northcote
Length of Residence	27 years	15 years
Marriage Place	House of Mother of Bride, Northcote
Folio	09/528
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 March 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. G. Robb, Presbyterian

241

3 March 1909

Wilber Rout
Bertha Bennett

Wilber Rout
Bertha Bennett
💍 1909/597

Bachelor
Spinster

Chemist's Assistant

22
17

Auckland
Auckland

22 years
9 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

09/490

Henry Bennett, father

3 March 1909

L. E. Wilson, Registrar

No	241
Date of Notice	3 March 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wilber Rout	Bertha Bennett
	💍 1909/597
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chemist's Assistant
Age	22	17
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	22 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	09/490
Consent	Henry Bennett, father
Date of Certificate	3 March 1909
Officiating Minister	L. E. Wilson, 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).