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 Gisborne Quarter ending 31 March 1910 Registrar Henry Ewart Hill

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

2166

17 January 1910

Arthur Holberton
Maraea Ahuriri

Bachelor
Spinster

Insurance Agent
Domestic Duties

34 years
17 years

Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Gisborne

3 1/2 months
about 2 years

Office of The Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

Put in Regis mar. reg. as no. 6541 but not solemnized. Note: Marriage certificate was issued in this case, but so far no marriage has been solemnized.

17 January 1910

Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

No	2166
Date of Notice	17 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Holberton	Maraea Ahuriri
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Insurance Agent	Domestic Duties
Age	34 years	17 years
Dwelling Place	Gisborne, Poverty Bay	Gisborne
Length of Residence	3 1/2 months	about 2 years
Marriage Place	Office of The Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne
Folio	Put in Regis mar. reg. as no. 6541 but not solemnized. Note: Marriage certificate was issued in this case, but so far no marriage has been solemnized.
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

2167

18 January 1910

Alfred John Wood
Isobel Mary Douglas Mahoney

Alfred John Wood Kemp
Isobel Mary Douglas Mahoney
💍 1910/876

Bachelor
Spinster

Manager
Domestic Duties

28 years
25 years

Poverty Bay
Wellington

1 week
14 days

Office of The Registrar of Marriages, Wellington

10/934

18 January 1910

Registrar of Marriages, Wellington

No	2167
Date of Notice	18 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred John Wood	Isobel Mary Douglas Mahoney
BDM Match (88%)	Alfred John Wood Kemp	Isobel Mary Douglas Mahoney
	💍 1910/876
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Manager	Domestic Duties
Age	28 years	25 years
Dwelling Place	Poverty Bay	Wellington
Length of Residence	1 week	14 days
Marriage Place	Office of The Registrar of Marriages, Wellington
Folio	10/934
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Wellington

2168

19 January 1910

James Patrick Ryan
Hannah Higgins

James Patrick Ryan
Hannah Higgins
💍 1910/567

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

27 years
18 years

Ma Rauri, Poverty Bay
Gisborne, Poverty Bay

About 3 years
About 13 months

Private Nursing Home, Nurse Hallam's, Palmerston Road, Gisborne

10/395

Daniel Higgins (Father)

19 January 1910

Rev. Thomas Crane, Roman Catholic Minister

No	2168
Date of Notice	19 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Patrick Ryan	Hannah Higgins
	💍 1910/567
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	27 years	18 years
Dwelling Place	Ma Rauri, Poverty Bay	Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	About 3 years	About 13 months
Marriage Place	Private Nursing Home, Nurse Hallam's, Palmerston Road, Gisborne
Folio	10/395
Consent	Daniel Higgins (Father)
Date of Certificate	19 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas Crane, Roman Catholic Minister

2169

20 January 1910

William Henry Vette
Susan Boyd

William Henry Vette
Susan Boyd
💍 1910/569

Bachelor
Spinster

Station Hand
Domestic Duties

22 years
25 years

Matawhero, Poverty Bay
Matawhero, Poverty Bay

About 6 years
All life

Private Residence of The Bride's Parents, Matawhero

10/395

20 January 1910

Rev. Edgar Ward, Church of England

No	2169
Date of Notice	20 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Vette	Susan Boyd
	💍 1910/569
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Station Hand	Domestic Duties
Age	22 years	25 years
Dwelling Place	Matawhero, Poverty Bay	Matawhero, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	About 6 years	All life
Marriage Place	Private Residence of The Bride's Parents, Matawhero
Folio	10/395
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Edgar Ward, Church of England

2170

20 January 1910

John Frostick
Beatrice Mary Callear

John Frostick
Beatrice Mary Galleas Hill
💍 1910/568

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman
Domestic Duties

26 years
26 years

Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Te Karaka, Poverty Bay

About 4 years
About 4 years

The Presbyterian Church, Gisborne

10/394

20 January 1910

Rev. Ernest William Walker, Presbyterian Minister

No	2170
Date of Notice	20 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Frostick	Beatrice Mary Callear
BDM Match (87%)	John Frostick	Beatrice Mary Galleas Hill
	💍 1910/568
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman	Domestic Duties
Age	26 years	26 years
Dwelling Place	Gisborne, Poverty Bay	Te Karaka, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	About 4 years	About 4 years
Marriage Place	The Presbyterian Church, Gisborne
Folio	10/394
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Ernest William Walker, Presbyterian Minister

2171

26 January 1910

William Davidson
Alice Marjorie Macdonald

William Davidson
Alice Marjorie Macdonald
💍 1910/580

Bachelor
Spinster

Schoolmaster
Schoolmistress

27 years
22 years

Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Manutuke, Poverty Bay

About 4 weeks
About 4 weeks

The Presbyterian Church, Gisborne

10/382

26 January 1910

Rev. William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

No	2171
Date of Notice	26 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Davidson	Alice Marjorie Macdonald
	💍 1910/580
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Schoolmaster	Schoolmistress
Age	27 years	22 years
Dwelling Place	Gisborne, Poverty Bay	Manutuke, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	About 4 weeks	About 4 weeks
Marriage Place	The Presbyterian Church, Gisborne
Folio	10/382
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

2172

26 January 1910

Henry John Andrew
Thirza Emma Allen Reynolds

Henry John Andrew
Thirza Emma Allen Reynolds
💍 1910/570

Widower
Spinster

Bootmaker
Domestic Duties

59 years
40 years

Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Gisborne, Whatatupoko, Poverty Bay

About 16 years
About 20 years

Private Residence of Reynolds, Father of Bride, Whatatupoko

10/396

26 January 1910

Rev. John A. Hochore, Methodist Minister

No	2172
Date of Notice	26 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry John Andrew	Thirza Emma Allen Reynolds
	💍 1910/570
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker	Domestic Duties
Age	59 years	40 years
Dwelling Place	Gisborne, Poverty Bay	Gisborne, Whatatupoko, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	About 16 years	About 20 years
Marriage Place	Private Residence of Reynolds, Father of Bride, Whatatupoko
Folio	10/396
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. John A. Hochore, Methodist Minister

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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).