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. Culpan

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

6 January 1909

Huntley Dryden
Marion Draper

Huntley Dryden
Marion Aitken Frater
💍 1909/522

Bachelor
Spinster

Master Mariner

26
26

Auckland
Auckland

1 week
2 yrs

St Andrews Church, Alten Road

09/385

6 January 1909

Rev. A. A. Murray, Presbyterian

No	7
Date of Notice	6 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Huntley Dryden	Marion Draper
BDM Match (78%)	Huntley Dryden	Marion Aitken Frater
	💍 1909/522
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Master Mariner
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 week	2 yrs
Marriage Place	St Andrews Church, Alten Road
Folio	09/385
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 January 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. A. Murray, Presbyterian

6 January 1909

William James Ingusby
Emily Elizabeth Whitney

William James Inglesby
Emily Elizabeth Whitney
💍 1909/648

Bachelor
Spinster

Joiner

23
24

Auckland
Onehunga

1 year
3 days

House of Mr W. Pritchard, Onehunga

09/378

6 January 1909

Rev. A. W. Scott, Presbyterian

No	8
Date of Notice	6 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William James Ingusby	Emily Elizabeth Whitney
BDM Match (95%)	William James Inglesby	Emily Elizabeth Whitney
	💍 1909/648
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Joiner
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Onehunga
Length of Residence	1 year	3 days
Marriage Place	House of Mr W. Pritchard, Onehunga
Folio	09/378
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 January 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. W. Scott, Presbyterian

6 January 1909

Francis John McCarthy
Lucy Coldicutt

Francis John McCarthy
Lucy Coldicutt
💍 1909/509

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

30
26

Auckland
Auckland

24 yrs
Do.

St Patricks Cathedral, Auckland

09/421

6 January 1909

Rev. M. Meagher, Roman Catholic

No	9
Date of Notice	6 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis John McCarthy	Lucy Coldicutt
	💍 1909/509
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	30	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 yrs	Do.
Marriage Place	St Patricks Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	09/421
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 January 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Meagher, Roman Catholic

6 January 1909

Harry Arnold Robertson
Elizabeth Gertrude Turner

Harry Arnold Robertson
Elizabeth Gertrude Turner
💍 1909/578

Bachelor
Spinster

Settler

24
26

Auckland
Mt Roskill

24 yrs
Do.

House of Mr J. L. Turner, Mt Roskill

09/477

6 January 1909

Rev. R. Sommerville, Presbyterian

No	10
Date of Notice	6 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Arnold Robertson	Elizabeth Gertrude Turner
	💍 1909/578
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Settler
Age	24	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Mt Roskill
Length of Residence	24 yrs	Do.
Marriage Place	House of Mr J. L. Turner, Mt Roskill
Folio	09/477
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 January 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Sommerville, Presbyterian

7 January 1909

Claude Garner
Isabel Hall

Claude Garner
Isabel Hall
💍 1909/248

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

22
23

Auckland
Auckland

2 yrs
23 yrs

St Marks Church, Remuera

09/101

7 January 1909

Rev. W. Beatty, Anglican

No	11
Date of Notice	7 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Claude Garner	Isabel Hall
	💍 1909/248
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	22	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 yrs	23 yrs
Marriage Place	St Marks Church, Remuera
Folio	09/101
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 January 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beatty, Anglican

7 January 1909

Vincent Ferrara
Julia Scott

Vincent Ferrara
Julia Scott
💍 1909/234

Widower
Spinster

Cook

40
33

Auckland
Auckland

18 mos
3 yrs

Registrar's Office, Auckland

09/77

7 January 1909

J. Culpan, Registrar

No	12
Date of Notice	7 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Vincent Ferrara	Julia Scott
	💍 1909/234
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Cook
Age	40	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 mos	3 yrs
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	09/77
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 January 1909
Officiating Minister	J. Culpan, 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).