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

19 January 1909

Matthew William Wayward Cummins
Violet Revalyn Ada Machune

Matthew William Wayward Cummins
Violet Evelyn Ada MacKune
💍 1909/423

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

23
23

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

All Saints Church Ponsonby

09/286

19 January 1909

Ven. Arch W. Calder, Anglican

No	67
Date of Notice	19 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Matthew William Wayward Cummins	Violet Revalyn Ada Machune
BDM Match (92%)	Matthew William Wayward Cummins	Violet Evelyn Ada MacKune
	💍 1909/423
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	All Saints Church Ponsonby
Folio	09/286
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1909
Officiating Minister	Ven. Arch W. Calder, Anglican

20 January 1909

Walter Charles Miller
Mabel Adelene Grant

Walter Charles Miller
Mabel Adelene Grant
💍 1909/425

Bachelor
Spinster

Jeweller

33
27

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
15 years

All Saints Church Ponsonby

09/288

20 January 1909

Ven. Arch W. Calder, Anglican

No	68
Date of Notice	20 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Charles Miller	Mabel Adelene Grant
	💍 1909/425
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Jeweller
Age	33	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	15 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church Ponsonby
Folio	09/288
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1909
Officiating Minister	Ven. Arch W. Calder, Anglican

20 January 1909

Auguste Frederick Patching
Emily Mary Houston

Auguste Frederick Patching
Emily May Houston
💍 1909/663

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

23
20

Auckland
Auckland

1 month
3 days

St. Pauls Church Auckland

09/550

R. Houston, Father

20 January 1909

Rev. C. A. B. Watson, Anglican

No	69
Date of Notice	20 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Auguste Frederick Patching	Emily Mary Houston
BDM Match (97%)	Auguste Frederick Patching	Emily May Houston
	💍 1909/663
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 month	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Pauls Church Auckland
Folio	09/550
Consent	R. Houston, Father
Date of Certificate	20 January 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. A. B. Watson, Anglican

21 January 1909

Harry Warman
Selina Maud Johnson

Harry Warman
Selina Maud Johnson
💍 1909/551

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman

32
21

Auckland
Auckland

2 months
2 months

House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street, Auckland

09/444

21 January 1909

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	70
Date of Notice	21 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Warman	Selina Maud Johnson
	💍 1909/551
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman
Age	32	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 months	2 months
Marriage Place	House of Rev. M. Walker, Wellington Street, Auckland
Folio	09/444
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

21 January 1909

Frank Naylor
Emmie Louisa Kent

Frank Naylor
Emmie Louisa Kent
💍 1909/462

Widower
Spinster

Plasterer

38
42

Auckland
Auckland

18 months
4 days

Methodist Parsonage, Hopetoun Street, Auckland

09/324

21 January 1909

Rev. J. A. Luscford, Methodist

No	71
Date of Notice	21 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Naylor	Emmie Louisa Kent
	💍 1909/462
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Plasterer
Age	38	42
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 months	4 days
Marriage Place	Methodist Parsonage, Hopetoun Street, Auckland
Folio	09/324
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Luscford, Methodist

21 January 1909

Lionel Samuel Andrew Marmont
Phoebe Beryl Cox

Lionel Samuel Andrew Marmont
Phoebe Beryl Cox
💍 1909/475

Bachelor
Spinster

Plasterer

25
22

Auckland
Auckland

14 years
5 years

St. Sepulchres Church, Khyber Pass

09/338

21 January 1909

Rev. H. Reeve, Anglican

No	72
Date of Notice	21 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lionel Samuel Andrew Marmont	Phoebe Beryl Cox
	💍 1909/475
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plasterer
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	14 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Sepulchres Church, Khyber Pass
Folio	09/338
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Reeve, 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).