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 032

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

127

3 February 1909

Regement Kirby Andrews Dines Halstead
Joy Geddes

Regement Kirby Andrews Dines Halstead
Ivy Geddes McNab
💍 1909/563

Bachelor
Spinster

Shipping Clerk

27
25

Auckland
Auckland

27 years
25 years

St. James Church, Auckland

09/433

3 February 1909

Rev. R. D. Walker, Presbyterian

No	127
Date of Notice	3 February 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Regement Kirby Andrews Dines Halstead	Joy Geddes
BDM Match (75%)	Regement Kirby Andrews Dines Halstead	Ivy Geddes McNab
	💍 1909/563
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shipping Clerk
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	27 years	25 years
Marriage Place	St. James Church, Auckland
Folio	09/433
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. D. Walker, Presbyterian

128

3 February 1909

Dimmock Barkworth
Jessie Bernice Stacey

Dimmock Barkworth
Jessie Bernice Stacey
💍 1909/240

Bachelor
Spinster

Master Mariner

31
35

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
10 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

09/100

3 February 1909

Y. Culpan, Registrar

No	128
Date of Notice	3 February 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Dimmock Barkworth	Jessie Bernice Stacey
	💍 1909/240
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Master Mariner
Age	31	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	09/100
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1909
Officiating Minister	Y. Culpan, Registrar

129

3 February 1909

Thomas Hamilton Brooks
Alice Pearson

Thomas Hamilton Brooks
Alice Pearam
💍 1909/537

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

37
31

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
1 year

House of mother of bride, Papatoitoi

09/399

3 February 1909

Rev. H. Mason, Anglican

No	129
Date of Notice	3 February 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Hamilton Brooks	Alice Pearson
BDM Match (88%)	Thomas Hamilton Brooks	Alice Pearam
	💍 1909/537
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	37	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	1 year
Marriage Place	House of mother of bride, Papatoitoi
Folio	09/399
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Mason, Anglican

130

3 February 1909

William John Boswell
Mary White

William John Cowell
Mary White
💍 1909/277

Bachelor
Divorcee

Labourer

38
40

Auckland
Ponsonby

6 years
6 years

St. John's Church, Ponsonby

09/140

3 February 1909

Rev. G. Bond, Methodist

No	130
Date of Notice	3 February 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Boswell	Mary White
BDM Match (95%)	William John Cowell	Mary White
	💍 1909/277
Condition	Bachelor	Divorcee
Profession	Labourer
Age	38	40
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	6 years	6 years
Marriage Place	St. John's Church, Ponsonby
Folio	09/140
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Bond, Methodist

131

4 February 1909

William John Cox
Emily Margaret Currie

William John Cox
Emily Margaret Currie
💍 1909/460

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

36
34

Gisborne
Auckland

5 years
26 years

House of sister of bride, Pollen St.

09/322

3 February 1909

Rev. J. A. Lisaford, Methodist

No	131
Date of Notice	4 February 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Cox	Emily Margaret Currie
	💍 1909/460
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	36	34
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	26 years
Marriage Place	House of sister of bride, Pollen St.
Folio	09/322
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Lisaford, Methodist

132

4 February 1909

John Thomas Wilson
Alice Gertrude Sadgrove

John Thomas Wilson
Alice Gertrude Sadgrove
💍 1909/269

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

24
22

Murdoch Road, Grey Lynn
Auckland

24 years
22 years

House of father of bride, Murdoch Road, Grey Lynn

09/108

4 February 1909

Rev. J. Wilson, Methodist

No	132
Date of Notice	4 February 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Thomas Wilson	Alice Gertrude Sadgrove
	💍 1909/269
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Murdoch Road, Grey Lynn	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	22 years
Marriage Place	House of father of bride, Murdoch Road, Grey Lynn
Folio	09/108
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilson, 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).