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 189

District of Thames Quarter ending 30 June 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

3 May 1910

Francis Thomas Marson
Alice Matilda Lomas

Francis Thomas Marson
Alice Matilda Lomas
💍 1910/5214

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

21
19

Thames
Thames

3 years
19 years

In the house of Mrs Lomas Beach Road Thames

10/5356

Henrietta Josephine Johan Lomas (Mother)

3 May 1910

Rev I. Trestrail Methodist Church of Australasia

No	21
Date of Notice	3 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Thomas Marson	Alice Matilda Lomas
	💍 1910/5214
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	3 years	19 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs Lomas Beach Road Thames
Folio	10/5356
Consent	Henrietta Josephine Johan Lomas (Mother)
Date of Certificate	3 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev I. Trestrail Methodist Church of Australasia

6 May 1910

Thomas Grundy
Mary Ann Ingerson

Thomas Grundy
Mary Ann Ingerson
💍 1910/2211

Widower 1908
Widow

Engine driver
Domestic duties

66
62

Thames
Thames

42 years
30 years

In the house of Mr Grundy Davy Street

10/2315

6 May 1910

Y. Simms Salvation Army

No	22
Date of Notice	6 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Grundy	Mary Ann Ingerson
	💍 1910/2211
Condition	Widower 1908	Widow
Profession	Engine driver	Domestic duties
Age	66	62
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	42 years	30 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr Grundy Davy Street
Folio	10/2315
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Y. Simms Salvation Army

21 May 1910

John Ward Jull
Frances Driver

John Ward Jull
Frances Driver
💍 1910/2266

Bachelor
Spinster

Fruit Grower
Domestic duties

30
33

Thames
Thames

10 months
3 days

In the house of Mr E. H. Taylor Parawai

10/2225

21 May 1910

E. H. Taylor Church of Christ

No	23
Date of Notice	21 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Ward Jull	Frances Driver
	💍 1910/2266
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fruit Grower	Domestic duties
Age	30	33
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	10 months	3 days
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr E. H. Taylor Parawai
Folio	10/2225
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 May 1910
Officiating Minister	E. H. Taylor Church of Christ

25 May 1910

Ronald McKenzie Cameron
Elsie Wallace Brownlee

Ronald McKenzie Cameron
Elsie Wallace Brownlee
💍 1910/2188

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker
Domestic duties

25
20

Thames
Thames

25 years
20 years

In the house of Rev. J Milne Rolleston St Thames

10/2316

Henry Brownlee (Father)

25 May 1910

Rev J Milne Presbyterian

No	24
Date of Notice	25 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ronald McKenzie Cameron	Elsie Wallace Brownlee
	💍 1910/2188
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker	Domestic duties
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	25 years	20 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Rev. J Milne Rolleston St Thames
Folio	10/2316
Consent	Henry Brownlee (Father)
Date of Certificate	25 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev J Milne Presbyterian

28 May 1910

Richard Jenkin Trebilcock
Lily May Rowe

Richard Jenkin Trebilcock
Lily May Rowe
💍 1910/5215

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

28
23

Thames
Thames

28 years
23 years

In the house of Mr M. D. Rowe Taraka

10/5357

28 May 1910

Rev I Trestrail Methodist Church of Australasia

No	25
Date of Notice	28 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Jenkin Trebilcock	Lily May Rowe
	💍 1910/5215
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	28 years	23 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr M. D. Rowe Taraka
Folio	10/5357
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev I Trestrail Methodist Church of Australasia

7 June 1910

Pererangi Maui Tepere
Lavinia Rose Anderson
widow 9th July 1909

Pererangi Maui Tepere
Lavinia Rose Anderson
💍 1910/2176

Bachelor
Widow

Bushman
Domestic Duties

21
30

Matatoki
Matatoki

21 years
5 years

In the Roman Catholic Church, Willoughby St, Thames

10/2278

7 June 1910

Rev H. G. Tigar, Roman Catholic

No	26
Date of Notice	7 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Pererangi Maui Tepere	Lavinia Rose Anderson widow 9th July 1909
	💍 1910/2176
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Bushman	Domestic Duties
Age	21	30
Dwelling Place	Matatoki	Matatoki
Length of Residence	21 years	5 years
Marriage Place	In the Roman Catholic Church, Willoughby St, Thames
Folio	10/2278
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev H. G. Tigar, 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).