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 Hamilton Quarter ending 30 June 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

30 April 1910

Robert Neil
Annie Mary Charlotte Hinton

Robert Neil
Annie Mary Charlotte Hinton
💍 1910/2141

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Home duties

26
21

Tauwhare
Matangi

3 years
12 years

Residence of Bride's parents, Matangi

10/2193

30 April 1910

Rev. Clement Houchen

No	26
Date of Notice	30 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Neil	Annie Mary Charlotte Hinton
	💍 1910/2141
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Home duties
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Tauwhare	Matangi
Length of Residence	3 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Bride's parents, Matangi
Folio	10/2193
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Clement Houchen

30 April 1910

Albert Edward Innes
Grace Evangeline Schofield

Albert Edward Innes
Grace Evangeline Schofield
💍 1910/8196

Bachelor
Spinster

Watchmaker
Home duties

24
25

Hamilton
Claudelands

21 years
5 years

St Peter's Church of England, Hamilton

10/6088

30 April 1910

Rev. E. M. Cowie

No	27
Date of Notice	30 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Edward Innes	Grace Evangeline Schofield
	💍 1910/8196
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Watchmaker	Home duties
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Claudelands
Length of Residence	21 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St Peter's Church of England, Hamilton
Folio	10/6088
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. M. Cowie

16 May 1910

Arthur Appleton
Susan Ada May Allwood

Arthur Appleton
Susan Ada May Allwood
💍 1910/2142

Widower
Spinster

Carpenter
Home duties

32
30

Hamilton
Hamilton

3 days
30 years

Residence of bride's parents, Victoria Street, Hamilton

10/2194

16 May 1910

Rev. Alexander Low

No	28
Date of Notice	16 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Appleton	Susan Ada May Allwood
	💍 1910/2142
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Home duties
Age	32	30
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	3 days	30 years
Marriage Place	Residence of bride's parents, Victoria Street, Hamilton
Folio	10/2194
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Alexander Low

17 May 1910

Herbert Arthur Coates
Ann Elizabeth Heddon

Herbert Arthur Coates
Annie Elizabeth Heddon
💍 1910/2053

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Home duties

33
24

Hamilton
Te Akatea, Ngaruawahia

5 days
2 years

Residence of Mr John Heddon, Te Akatea, Ngaruawahia

10/2075

17 May 1910

Rev. A. J. Beck

No	29
Date of Notice	17 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Arthur Coates	Ann Elizabeth Heddon
BDM Match (95%)	Herbert Arthur Coates	Annie Elizabeth Heddon
	💍 1910/2053
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Home duties
Age	33	24
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Te Akatea, Ngaruawahia
Length of Residence	5 days	2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr John Heddon, Te Akatea, Ngaruawahia
Folio	10/2075
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. J. Beck

19 May 1910

William Burns Smith
Evelyn Cora Mayes

William Burns Smith
Evelyn Cora Mayes
💍 1910/2143

Widower
Spinster

Baker
Waitress

28
23

Hamilton
Hamilton

6 years
23 years

Presbyterian Church, Hamilton

10/2195

19 May 1910

Rev. Alexander Low

No	30
Date of Notice	19 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Burns Smith	Evelyn Cora Mayes
	💍 1910/2143
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Baker	Waitress
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	6 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Hamilton
Folio	10/2195
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Alexander Low

24 May 1910

John James Crawford
Mary Ann Hand

John James Crawford
Mary Ann Hand
💍 1910/2166

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Dressmaker

35
26

Auckland
Hamilton

35 years
8 months

At the residence of Mrs Hand, Claudelands

10/2269

24 May 1910

Rev. Robt. L. Walker

No	31
Date of Notice	24 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John James Crawford	Mary Ann Hand
	💍 1910/2166
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Dressmaker
Age	35	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Hamilton
Length of Residence	35 years	8 months
Marriage Place	At the residence of Mrs Hand, Claudelands
Folio	10/2269
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Robt. L. Walker

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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).