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).

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District of Thames Quarter ending 30 September 1910 Registrar William H 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

23 August 1910

Roderick McRae
Ethel May Woods

Roderick McRae
Ethel May Woods
💍 1910/4019

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

35
25

Thames
Thames

8 months
25 years

In the house of Mr Woods, Upper Sealey St, Thames

10/3992

23 August 1910

Rev. J Milne, Presbyterian

No	36
Date of Notice	23 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Roderick McRae	Ethel May Woods
	💍 1910/4019
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	35	25
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	8 months	25 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr Woods, Upper Sealey St, Thames
Folio	10/3992
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 August 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J Milne, Presbyterian

1 September 1910

Alfred Edward Court
Frances Hudson

Alfred Edward Court
Frances Hudson
💍 1910/4039

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper
Domestic duties

30
23

Thames
Thames

13 years
23 years

In the house of Mr R.B Hudson, Parawai, Thames

10/3996

1 September 1910

Rev W.H Hinton, Baptist

No	37
Date of Notice	1 September 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Edward Court	Frances Hudson
	💍 1910/4039
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper	Domestic duties
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	13 years	23 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr R.B Hudson, Parawai, Thames
Folio	10/3996
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 September 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev W.H Hinton, Baptist

2 September 1910

William John Findlay
Dorothy Gray

William John Findlay
Dorothy Gray
💍 1910/4030

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraph linesman
Domestic servant

22
19

Thames
Thames

22 years
5 years

In the house of Mr G. Harding, Mackay St, Thames

10/3993

George L. Harding, Step-father

2 September 1910

Rev J Milne, Presbyterian

No	38
Date of Notice	2 September 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Findlay	Dorothy Gray
	💍 1910/4030
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraph linesman	Domestic servant
Age	22	19
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	22 years	5 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr G. Harding, Mackay St, Thames
Folio	10/3993
Consent	George L. Harding, Step-father
Date of Certificate	2 September 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev J Milne, Presbyterian

10 September 1910

Charles David Young
Isabella Harriet Gilpin

Charles David Young
Isabella Harriet Gilpin
💍 1910/3813

Widower, June 1905
Spinster

Wheelwright
Domestic duties

33
26

Thames
Thames

1 day
26 years

St. Georges Church, Mackay St, Thames

10/4044

14 September 1910

Dr O'Callaghan, Church of England

No	39
Date of Notice	10 September 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles David Young	Isabella Harriet Gilpin
	💍 1910/3813
Condition	Widower, June 1905	Spinster
Profession	Wheelwright	Domestic duties
Age	33	26
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	1 day	26 years
Marriage Place	St. Georges Church, Mackay St, Thames
Folio	10/4044
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 September 1910
Officiating Minister	Dr O'Callaghan, Church of England

13 September 1910

Edward Ernest Murray
Sarah Buckley

Edward Ernest Murray
Sarah Buckley
💍 1910/5093

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Driver
Domestic duties

32
29

Thames
Thames

3 days
1 month

Roman Catholic Church, Willoughby St, Thames

10/5330

13 September 1910

Rev H. G. Tigan, Roman Catholic

No	40
Date of Notice	13 September 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Ernest Murray	Sarah Buckley
	💍 1910/5093
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver	Domestic duties
Age	32	29
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	3 days	1 month
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Willoughby St, Thames
Folio	10/5330
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 September 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev H. G. Tigan, 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).