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 641

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 December 1910 Registrar Thomas Culpan

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

1038

11 October 1910

Edward James Perrean
Julia Louisa Lyons

Edward James Perreau
Julia Louisa Lyons
💍 1910/7167

Bachelor
Spinster

Millhand

30
32

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
6 months

St. Benedicts Church

10/7510

11 October 1910

Rev. G.H. Gillan

No	1038
Date of Notice	11 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward James Perrean	Julia Louisa Lyons
BDM Match (98%)	Edward James Perreau	Julia Louisa Lyons
	💍 1910/7167
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Millhand
Age	30	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	6 months
Marriage Place	St. Benedicts Church
Folio	10/7510
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. G.H. Gillan

1039

11 October 1910

Herbert William Cooke
Agnes Blanche Garland

Herbert William Cooke
Agnes Blanche Garland
💍 1910/6028

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

26
27

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
5 years

St. Andrews Church, Symonds Street, Auckland

10/6255

11 October 1910

Rev. A.A. Murray

No	1039
Date of Notice	11 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert William Cooke	Agnes Blanche Garland
	💍 1910/6028
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	26	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrews Church, Symonds Street, Auckland
Folio	10/6255
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A.A. Murray

1040

11 October 1910

Charles Wallace Murdoch
Ethel Loxley Hall

Charles Wallace Murdoch
Ethel Loxley Hall
💍 1910/6041

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

32
31

Auckland
Auckland

9 months
23 years

Home of Father of Bride, Albert Road, Devonport

10/6466

11 October 1910

Rev. J.E. Bertram

No	1040
Date of Notice	11 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Wallace Murdoch	Ethel Loxley Hall
	💍 1910/6041
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	32	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 months	23 years
Marriage Place	Home of Father of Bride, Albert Road, Devonport
Folio	10/6466
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J.E. Bertram

1041

13 October 1910

Frederick Samuel Parker
Rose Esther Wilcose

Fredrick Samuel Parker
Rose Esther Wilcox
💍 1910/7573

Bachelor
Spinster

Salvation Army Officer

30
27

Auckland
Auckland

9 months
7 months

Salvation Army Hall, Devonport

10/7952

13 October 1910

Brigadier J.H. Bray

No	1041
Date of Notice	13 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Samuel Parker	Rose Esther Wilcose
BDM Match (93%)	Fredrick Samuel Parker	Rose Esther Wilcox
	💍 1910/7573
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salvation Army Officer
Age	30	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 months	7 months
Marriage Place	Salvation Army Hall, Devonport
Folio	10/7952
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Brigadier J.H. Bray

1042

14 October 1910

Maunoell Frederick Harcripe
Kathleen Leero

Widower
Widow

Engineer

53
54

Auckland
Auckland

37 years
37 years

Home of Bride, 68 Albany Road, Ponsonby, Auckland

10/8234

14 October 1910

Rev. J. Wilson

No	1042
Date of Notice	14 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Maunoell Frederick Harcripe	Kathleen Leero
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Engineer
Age	53	54
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	37 years	37 years
Marriage Place	Home of Bride, 68 Albany Road, Ponsonby, Auckland
Folio	10/8234
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilson

1043

14 October 1910

William Bennett
Era Emilia Howey

William Bennett
Eva Emilia Howley
💍 1910/5856

Bachelor
Spinster

Striker N.Z.R.

24
22

Auckland
Auckland

14 years
6 years

Home of Father of Bridegroom, Rumins Avenue, Kingsland, Auckland

10/6245

14 October 1910

Rev. J.H. Lyon

No	1043
Date of Notice	14 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Bennett	Era Emilia Howey
BDM Match (94%)	William Bennett	Eva Emilia Howley
	💍 1910/5856
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Striker N.Z.R.
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	14 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Home of Father of Bridegroom, Rumins Avenue, Kingsland, Auckland
Folio	10/6245
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J.H. Lyon

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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).