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

11 January 1909

Thomas Dodd
Clara Helen Culleton

Thomas Dodd
Clara Helen Culleton
💍 1909/530

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

24
21

Auckland
Auckland

10 days
4 years

St. Benedicts Church, Auckland

09/393

11 January 1909

Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

No	31
Date of Notice	11 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Dodd	Clara Helen Culleton
	💍 1909/530
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 days	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Benedicts Church, Auckland
Folio	09/393
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

11 January 1909

Harold James Heming
Mary Maria Burns

Harold James Fleming
Mary Maria Burns
💍 1909/359

Bachelor
Spinster

Commission Agent

25
21

Auckland
House of M. D. Higgins, Panmure

25 years
25 years

House of M. D. Higgins, Panmure

09/271

11 January 1909

Rev. M. Tormey, Roman Catholic

No	32
Date of Notice	11 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold James Heming	Mary Maria Burns
BDM Match (95%)	Harold James Fleming	Mary Maria Burns
	💍 1909/359
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commission Agent
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	House of M. D. Higgins, Panmure
Length of Residence	25 years	25 years
Marriage Place	House of M. D. Higgins, Panmure
Folio	09/271
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Tormey, Roman Catholic

11 January 1909

Evelyn Conrad McEvan
Myrtle Breamer

Evelyn Conrad McEwan
Myrtle Creamer
💍 1909/645

Bachelor
Spinster

Stationer

25
29

Auckland
House of father of bride, Sherwood Road, Mt. Roskill

10 years
12 years

House of father of bride, Sherwood Road, Mt. Roskill

09/515

11 January 1909

Rev. A. C. Scotter, Methodist

No	33
Date of Notice	11 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Evelyn Conrad McEvan	Myrtle Breamer
BDM Match (94%)	Evelyn Conrad McEwan	Myrtle Creamer
	💍 1909/645
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stationer
Age	25	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	House of father of bride, Sherwood Road, Mt. Roskill
Length of Residence	10 years	12 years
Marriage Place	House of father of bride, Sherwood Road, Mt. Roskill
Folio	09/515
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. C. Scotter, Methodist

11 January 1909

Edward George Senne
Minnie McBarthy

Edward George Lenne
Minnie McCarthy
💍 1909/463

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

32
28

Auckland
House of mother of bride, 21 Nelson Street, Auckland

2 weeks
5 years

House of mother of bride, 21 Nelson Street, Auckland

09/325

11 January 1909

Rev. J. A. Luxford, Methodist

No	34
Date of Notice	11 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward George Senne	Minnie McBarthy
BDM Match (94%)	Edward George Lenne	Minnie McCarthy
	💍 1909/463
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	32	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	House of mother of bride, 21 Nelson Street, Auckland
Length of Residence	2 weeks	5 years
Marriage Place	House of mother of bride, 21 Nelson Street, Auckland
Folio	09/325
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Luxford, Methodist

12 January 1909

James Walter Thomson
Martha Mitchell

James Walter Thomson
Martha Mitchell
💍 1909/246

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

22
22

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
8 days

Registrar's Office, Auckland

09/83

12 January 1909

J. Gulpan, Registrar

No	35
Date of Notice	12 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Walter Thomson	Martha Mitchell
	💍 1909/246
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	8 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	09/83
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 January 1909
Officiating Minister	J. Gulpan, Registrar

12 January 1909

Bernard Augustine Miskell
Catherine Fitzpatrick

Bernard Augustine Miskell
Catherine Fitzpatrick
💍 1909/254

Bachelor
Spinster

Bricklayer

26
24

Auckland
Ponsonby

15 years
20 years

Sacred Heart Church, Ponsonby

09/117

12 January 1909

Rev. M. Edge, Roman Catholic

No	36
Date of Notice	12 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bernard Augustine Miskell	Catherine Fitzpatrick
	💍 1909/254
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bricklayer
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	15 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Sacred Heart Church, Ponsonby
Folio	09/117
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 January 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Edge, Roman Catholic

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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).