Intentions to Marry, 1910 Auckland, Taranaki

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840442, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1910 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki (1910a), Wellington, , Hawke's Bay, Nelson, Westland (1910b), and Canterbury, Otago, Chatham Islands (1910c).

Page 183

District of Thames Quarter ending 31 December 1910 Registrar William Henry Potts

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

26 November 1910

Frederick Thomas Victor Johnson
Annie Louisa Victoria Rae

Frederick Thomas Victor Johnson
Annie Louisa Victoria Rae
💍 1910/5951

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

21
21

Thames
Wharepoa

1 day
7 years

In the house of Mr Rae, Wharepoa

10/6304

30 November 1910

Rev H.G. Jigar, Roman Catholic

No	47
Date of Notice	26 November 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Thomas Victor Johnson	Annie Louisa Victoria Rae
	💍 1910/5951
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Thames	Wharepoa
Length of Residence	1 day	7 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr Rae, Wharepoa
Folio	10/6304
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 November 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev H.G. Jigar, Roman Catholic

26 November 1910

Richard Arthur Stanley
Ella Viola Tetley

Richard Arthur Stanley
Ella Viola Tetley
💍 1910/6212

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor
Domestic duties

34
23

Thames
Thames

1 week
4 months

Baptist Church, Mary Street, Thames

10/6548

26 November 1910

Rev W H Hinton, Baptist

No	48
Date of Notice	26 November 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Arthur Stanley	Ella Viola Tetley
	💍 1910/6212
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor	Domestic duties
Age	34	23
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	1 week	4 months
Marriage Place	Baptist Church, Mary Street, Thames
Folio	10/6548
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 November 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev W H Hinton, Baptist

5 December 1910

Richard Henry Dovell
Annie Alice Bond

Richard Henry Dovell
Annie Alice Bond
💍 1910/6934

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter
Domestic duties

23
20

Thames
Thames

23 years
20 years

In the house of Mr W.S. Bond, Waiotahi Spur, Thames

10/6645

William S. Bond, Father

5 December 1910

Rev T O'Callaghan, Church of England

No	49
Date of Notice	5 December 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Henry Dovell	Annie Alice Bond
	💍 1910/6934
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter	Domestic duties
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	23 years	20 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr W.S. Bond, Waiotahi Spur, Thames
Folio	10/6645
Consent	William S. Bond, Father
Date of Certificate	5 December 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev T O'Callaghan, Church of England

10 December 1910

Arthur Reginald Choat
Sarah Jane Pike

Arthur Reginald Choat
Sarah Jane McPike
💍 1910/5950

Bachelor
Spinster

Fish Curer
Domestic duties

24
23

Thames
Thames

16 years
23 years

Roman Catholic Church, Willoughby St, Thames

10/6303

10 December 1910

Rev J Canau, Roman Catholic

No	50
Date of Notice	10 December 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Reginald Choat	Sarah Jane Pike
BDM Match (94%)	Arthur Reginald Choat	Sarah Jane McPike
	💍 1910/5950
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fish Curer	Domestic duties
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	16 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Willoughby St, Thames
Folio	10/6303
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 December 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev J Canau, Roman Catholic

13 December 1910

Arthur Leslie Read
Margaret Riddell Smith

Arthur Leslie Read
Margaret Riddell Smith
💍 1910/6575

Bachelor
Spinster

Ironmonger
Domestic duties

27
26

Thames
Thames

27 years
26 years

Presbyterian Church, Pollen Street, Thames

10/6597

13 December 1910

Rev J Milne, Presbyterian

No	51
Date of Notice	13 December 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Leslie Read	Margaret Riddell Smith
	💍 1910/6575
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ironmonger	Domestic duties
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	27 years	26 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Pollen Street, Thames
Folio	10/6597
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 December 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev J Milne, Presbyterian

16 December 1910

Gordon Peter Lamb
Annie Gardener Menzies

Gordon Peter Lamb
Annie Gardiner Menzies
💍 1910/6577

Bachelor
Spinster

Timber Merchant
Domestic duties

29
29

Thames
Thames

1 day
20 years

In the house of Mr R.R. Menzies, Willoughby Street, Thames

10/6599

19 December 1910

Rev J Milne, Presbyterian

No	52
Date of Notice	16 December 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gordon Peter Lamb	Annie Gardener Menzies
BDM Match (98%)	Gordon Peter Lamb	Annie Gardiner Menzies
	💍 1910/6577
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Timber Merchant	Domestic duties
Age	29	29
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	1 day	20 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr R.R. Menzies, Willoughby Street, Thames
Folio	10/6599
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 December 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev J Milne, Presbyterian

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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).