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 Registrar J. Gulpan

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

8 January 1909

Samuel Ernest Bridgart
Eleanor Shanley

Samuel Ernest Bridgart
Eleanor Stanley
💍 1909/244

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman

32
26

Auckland
Auckland

2 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

09/81

8 January 1909

J. Gulpan, Registrar

No	19
Date of Notice	8 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Ernest Bridgart	Eleanor Shanley
BDM Match (97%)	Samuel Ernest Bridgart	Eleanor Stanley
	💍 1909/244
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman
Age	32	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	09/81
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 January 1909
Officiating Minister	J. Gulpan, Registrar

8 January 1909

Rothes Mckain Meek
Sarah Ann Wood

Rothes McKain Meek
Sarah Ann Wood
💍 1909/851

Divorcee
Spinster

Fireman

31
33

Auckland
114 Wellington Street

31 years
3 weeks

House of mother of bridegroom, 114 Wellington Street

09/524

8 January 1909

Rev. G. Clement, Primitive Methodist

No	20
Date of Notice	8 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Rothes Mckain Meek	Sarah Ann Wood
BDM Match (97%)	Rothes McKain Meek	Sarah Ann Wood
	💍 1909/851
Condition	Divorcee	Spinster
Profession	Fireman
Age	31	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	114 Wellington Street
Length of Residence	31 years	3 weeks
Marriage Place	House of mother of bridegroom, 114 Wellington Street
Folio	09/524
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 January 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Clement, Primitive Methodist

8 January 1909

Victor Roy Skinner
Lydia Maud Bingeman

Victor Roy Skinner
Lydia Maud Bingeman
💍 1909/523

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

21
23

Auckland
Auckland

21 years

St. Andrew's Church, Auckland

09/386

8 January 1909

Rev. A. A. Murray, Presbyterian

No	21
Date of Notice	8 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Victor Roy Skinner	Lydia Maud Bingeman
	💍 1909/523
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	21	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	21 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church, Auckland
Folio	09/386
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 January 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. A. Murray, Presbyterian

8 January 1909

James Drummond
Isabel Johnston

James Drummond
Isabel Johnston
💍 1909/266

Widower
Spinster

School Master

30
29

Auckland
Ponsonby

30 years
29 years

House of father of bride, Marine Parade, Ponsonby

09/105

8 January 1909

Rev. A. C. M. Caldwell, Presbyterian

No	22
Date of Notice	8 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Drummond	Isabel Johnston
	💍 1909/266
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	School Master
Age	30	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	30 years	29 years
Marriage Place	House of father of bride, Marine Parade, Ponsonby
Folio	09/105
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 January 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. C. M. Caldwell, Presbyterian

9 January 1909

Edwin Gittos
Julia Jessie Stevens

Edwin Gittos
Julia Jessie Stevens
💍 1909/637

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Employee

29
29

Auckland
Mt. Roskill

8 days
2 weeks

House of sister of bride, Brixton Road, Mt. Roskill

09/206

9 January 1909

Rev. W. Gittos, Methodist

No	23
Date of Notice	9 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin Gittos	Julia Jessie Stevens
	💍 1909/637
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employee
Age	29	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Mt. Roskill
Length of Residence	8 days	2 weeks
Marriage Place	House of sister of bride, Brixton Road, Mt. Roskill
Folio	09/206
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 January 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Gittos, Methodist

9 January 1909

William Clarke
Julia May Mahony

William Clarke
Julia May Mahony
💍 1909/241

Bachelor
Spinster

Cordial Maker

32
25

Auckland
Auckland

8 days
5 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

09/78

9 January 1909

J. Gulpan, Registrar

No	24
Date of Notice	9 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Clarke	Julia May Mahony
	💍 1909/241
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cordial Maker
Age	32	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 days	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	09/78
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 January 1909
Officiating Minister	J. Gulpan, 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).