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 504

District of Hamilton Quarter ending 31 March 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

24 January 1910

William Waite
Elenor Effie Janner

William Waite
Ellion Effie Tanner
💍 1910/5248

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver
Home duties

24
22

Hamilton
Hamilton

2 1/2 years
4 years

Primitive Methodist Church, Hamilton

10/5762

24 January 1910

Rev. Job Benning, Hamilton

No	7
Date of Notice	24 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Waite	Elenor Effie Janner
BDM Match (89%)	William Waite	Ellion Effie Tanner
	💍 1910/5248
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver	Home duties
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Hamilton
Folio	10/5762
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Job Benning, Hamilton

25 January 1910

James McLaren Malcolm
Emily Christian Honeybun

James McLaren Malcolm
Emily Christian Honeybun
💍 1910/594

Bachelor
Spinster

Stud Master
Domestic servant

32
25

Cambridge
Hamilton

2 1/2 years
25 years

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton

10/420

25 January 1910

Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton

No	8
Date of Notice	25 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James McLaren Malcolm	Emily Christian Honeybun
	💍 1910/594
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stud Master	Domestic servant
Age	32	25
Dwelling Place	Cambridge	Hamilton
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton
Folio	10/420
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton

26 January 1910

Thomas Moore
Mary Ann Anderson M. R. Gould

Thomas Moore
Mary Ann Anderson
💍 1910/595

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer
Home duties

60
50

Hamilton
Hamilton

3 days
3 days

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton

10/421

26 January 1910

Deputy-Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton

No	9
Date of Notice	26 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Moore	Mary Ann Anderson M. R. Gould
BDM Match (79%)	Thomas Moore	Mary Ann Anderson
	💍 1910/595
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer	Home duties
Age	60	50
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton
Folio	10/421
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Deputy-Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton

28 January 1910

Thomas William Heffron
Mary Smith

Thomos William Heffson
Mary Smith
💍 1910/6074

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber
Home duties

23
24

Hamilton
Hamilton

7 years
2 years

St. Marys Roman Catholic Church, Hamilton

10/6149

28 January 1910

Rev. Joseph Croke Darby, Hamilton

No	10
Date of Notice	28 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas William Heffron	Mary Smith
BDM Match (95%)	Thomos William Heffson	Mary Smith
	💍 1910/6074
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber	Home duties
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	7 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Marys Roman Catholic Church, Hamilton
Folio	10/6149
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Joseph Croke Darby, Hamilton

4 February 1910

James Devery
Lily Evangeline McLean

James Devery
Lily Evangeline McLean
💍 1910/6075

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller
Domestic

27
22

Frankton
Frankton

3 days
5 weeks

St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Hamilton

10/6150

4 February 1910

Rev. Joseph Croke Darby, Hamilton

No	11
Date of Notice	4 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Devery	Lily Evangeline McLean
	💍 1910/6075
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller	Domestic
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Frankton	Frankton
Length of Residence	3 days	5 weeks
Marriage Place	St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Hamilton
Folio	10/6150
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Joseph Croke Darby, Hamilton

4 February 1910

Stuart Gordon MacKenzie
Ellen May Christini

Stuart Gordon Mackenzie
Ellen May Christini
💍 1910/591

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Home duties

26
21

Hamilton
Hamilton

7 days
7 days

St Andrew's Presbyterian Manse, Hamilton East

10/417

4 February 1910

Rev. Alexander Gow, Hamilton

No	12
Date of Notice	4 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stuart Gordon MacKenzie	Ellen May Christini
BDM Match (98%)	Stuart Gordon Mackenzie	Ellen May Christini
	💍 1910/591
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Home duties
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	7 days	7 days
Marriage Place	St Andrew's Presbyterian Manse, Hamilton East
Folio	10/417
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Alexander Gow, Hamilton

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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).