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 496

District of Hamilton Quarter ending 30 September 1910 Registrar James Shiner Bond

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

29 July 1910

Henry John Irvine
Ada Muriel Bateman

Henry John Irvine
Ada Muriel Bateman
💍 1910/4015

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Domestic duties

25
23

Hamilton
Hamilton

3 years
5 years

Presbyterian Church, Hamilton East

10/4216

29 July 1910

Rev. Alex. Low.

No	45
Date of Notice	29 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry John Irvine	Ada Muriel Bateman
	💍 1910/4015
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Domestic duties
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	3 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Hamilton East
Folio	10/4216
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Alex. Low.

1 August 1910

Herbert Sulley Farmilo
Annie Maisey

Herbert Sulley Farmilo
Annie Maisey
💍 1910/4276

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper
Home duties

29
23

Hamilton
Rukuhia

3 days
1 year

Mr Maisey's house, Meadowbank, Ohaupo Road, Hamilton

10/3937

1 August 1910

Rev. J. Douglas Mill.

No	46
Date of Notice	1 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Sulley Farmilo	Annie Maisey
	💍 1910/4276
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper	Home duties
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Rukuhia
Length of Residence	3 days	1 year
Marriage Place	Mr Maisey's house, Meadowbank, Ohaupo Road, Hamilton
Folio	10/3937
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 August 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Douglas Mill.

2 August 1910

Ernest Albert Taylor
Violet May Watson

Ernest Albert Taylor
Violet May Watson
💍 1910/3915

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm labourer
Domestic duties

24
22

Eureka
Eureka

2 weeks
12 months

Registrar's Office, Hamilton

10/4139

2 August 1910

J. S. Bond, Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton

No	47
Date of Notice	2 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Albert Taylor	Violet May Watson
	💍 1910/3915
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm labourer	Domestic duties
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Eureka	Eureka
Length of Residence	2 weeks	12 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Hamilton
Folio	10/4139
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 August 1910
Officiating Minister	J. S. Bond, Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton

3 August 1910

Charles Gordon Garaway
Annie Wishart

Charles Gordon Garaway
Annie Wishart
💍 1910/4016

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Guard
Home duties

25
22

Hamilton
Hamilton

14 days
5 years

Mrs Wishart's Residence, London Street, Hamilton

10/4217

3 August 1910

Rev. Alex. Low.

No	48
Date of Notice	3 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Gordon Garaway	Annie Wishart
	💍 1910/4016
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Guard	Home duties
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	14 days	5 years
Marriage Place	Mrs Wishart's Residence, London Street, Hamilton
Folio	10/4217
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 August 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Alex. Low.

14 August 1910

Robert Alexander Richardson
Patience Isabel Taylor

Robert Alexander Richardson
Patience Isabel Taylor
💍 1910/5727

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic duties

24
20

Tauwhare
Matangi

24 years
10 years

St Peters Church of England, Hamilton

10/6059

David Taylor, Father of bride.

14 August 1910

Rev. E. M. Bowie.

No	49
Date of Notice	14 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Alexander Richardson	Patience Isabel Taylor
	💍 1910/5727
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic duties
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Tauwhare	Matangi
Length of Residence	24 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St Peters Church of England, Hamilton
Folio	10/6059
Consent	David Taylor, Father of bride.
Date of Certificate	14 August 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. M. Bowie.

18 August 1910

George Rashleigh
Elsie May Harris

George Rushleigh
Elsie May Harris
💍 1910/5249

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter
Domestic duties

26
18

Hamilton
Hamilton

10 weeks
10 weeks

Residence of Mrs Mahon, Victoria Street, Hamilton

10/5563

Elizabeth Harris, mother of bride.

18 August 1910

Rev. Job. Benning

No	50
Date of Notice	18 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Rashleigh	Elsie May Harris
BDM Match (97%)	George Rushleigh	Elsie May Harris
	💍 1910/5249
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter	Domestic duties
Age	26	18
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	10 weeks	10 weeks
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs Mahon, Victoria Street, Hamilton
Folio	10/5563
Consent	Elizabeth Harris, mother of bride.
Date of Certificate	18 August 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Job. Benning

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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).