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

14 January 1909

Arthur Pegler
Florence Ann McMahon

Arthur Pegler
Florence Anne McMahon
💍 1909/505

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

37
27

Auckland
Auckland

14 years
4 days

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

09/418

14 January 1909

Rev. M. Meagher, Roman Catholic

No	43
Date of Notice	14 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Pegler	Florence Ann McMahon
BDM Match (98%)	Arthur Pegler	Florence Anne McMahon
	💍 1909/505
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	37	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	14 years	4 days
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	09/418
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Meagher, Roman Catholic

14 January 1909

Charles Frederick Dunbar
Edith Constance Lillian Woods

Charles Frederick Dunbar
Edith Constance Lillian Woods
💍 1909/396

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman

22
29

Onehunga
Auckland

22 years
10 years

Church of England, Ellerslie

09/226

14 January 1909

Rev. W. W. Walker, Anglican

No	44
Date of Notice	14 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Frederick Dunbar	Edith Constance Lillian Woods
	💍 1909/396
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman
Age	22	29
Dwelling Place	Onehunga	Auckland
Length of Residence	22 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Ellerslie
Folio	09/226
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. W. Walker, Anglican

15 January 1909

James Joseph Hyle
Elizabeth Evelyn Whiteford

James Joseph Kyle
Elizabeth Evelyn Whiteford
💍 1909/236

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

21
18

Auckland
Auckland

15 years
8 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

09/96

30 January 1909

Rev. M. Meagher, Roman Catholic

No	45
Date of Notice	15 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Joseph Hyle	Elizabeth Evelyn Whiteford
BDM Match (97%)	James Joseph Kyle	Elizabeth Evelyn Whiteford
	💍 1909/236
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 years	8 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	09/96
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Meagher, Roman Catholic

15 January 1909

Thomas Jacobs
Fanny Sweale

Thomas Jacobs
Fanny Weale
💍 1909/225

Widower
Widow

Clerk

64
54

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

09/86

15 January 1909

Y. Gulpan, Registrar

No	46
Date of Notice	15 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Jacobs	Fanny Sweale
BDM Match (92%)	Thomas Jacobs	Fanny Weale
	💍 1909/225
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Clerk
Age	64	54
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	09/86
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 January 1909
Officiating Minister	Y. Gulpan, Registrar

15 January 1909

John Conway
Clara Emily Betts

John Conway
Clara Emily Betts
💍 1909/253

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

36
24

Auckland
Auckland

36 years
24 years

Sacred Heart Church, Ponsonby

09/116

15 January 1909

Rev. M. Edge, Roman Catholic

No	47
Date of Notice	15 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Conway	Clara Emily Betts
	💍 1909/253
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	36	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	36 years	24 years
Marriage Place	Sacred Heart Church, Ponsonby
Folio	09/116
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 January 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Edge, Roman Catholic

15 January 1909

Albert Edward Decht
Maidie Mary Monica Johanna Elise Johansson

Albert Edward Fecht
Maidie Mary Monica Johanna Elice Johannson
💍 1909/2611

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

35
25

Orua Bay
Orua Bay

6 months
10 years

House of father of bride, Orua Bay

09/3803

15 January 1909

Rev. G. B. Budd, Anglican

No	48
Date of Notice	15 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Edward Decht	Maidie Mary Monica Johanna Elise Johansson
BDM Match (95%)	Albert Edward Fecht	Maidie Mary Monica Johanna Elice Johannson
	💍 1909/2611
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	35	25
Dwelling Place	Orua Bay	Orua Bay
Length of Residence	6 months	10 years
Marriage Place	House of father of bride, Orua Bay
Folio	09/3803
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 January 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. B. Budd, 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).