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 643

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

1027

6 October 1910

Walter Seal Jerrom
Pauline Annie Jones

Walter Bert Jerrom
Pauline Annie Jones
💍 1910/6103

Bachelor
Spinster

Foreman

22
20

Grey Lynn
Auckland

6 months
life

Home of Bride's father, 112 Nelson St, Auckland

10/634

William John Jones, father

6 October 1910

Rev. R. L. Walker

No	1027
Date of Notice	6 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Seal Jerrom	Pauline Annie Jones
BDM Match (92%)	Walter Bert Jerrom	Pauline Annie Jones
	💍 1910/6103
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Foreman
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Grey Lynn	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	life
Marriage Place	Home of Bride's father, 112 Nelson St, Auckland
Folio	10/634
Consent	William John Jones, father
Date of Certificate	6 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker

1028

6 October 1910

Joseph O'Leary
Elizabeth Heaney

Joseph O'Leary
Elizabeth Heaney
💍 1910/6130

Bachelor
Widow (20 October 1908)

Mechanic

27
38

Ponsonby
Auckland

1 1/2 years
22 years

Roman Catholic Church, Onehunga

10/6440

6 October 1910

Rev. W. O'Mahoney

No	1028
Date of Notice	6 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph O'Leary	Elizabeth Heaney
	💍 1910/6130
Condition	Bachelor	Widow (20 October 1908)
Profession	Mechanic
Age	27	38
Dwelling Place	Ponsonby	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 1/2 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Onehunga
Folio	10/6440
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. O'Mahoney

1029

7 October 1910

Russell Martin Lightband
Lira Jane Purdie

Russell Martin Lightband
Sara Jane Purdie
💍 1910/7603

Widower (20 May 1909)
Spinster

Journalist

34
38

Northcote
Northcote

11 years
25 years

St. Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden

10/8009

7 October 1910

Rev. E. J. McFarland

No	1029
Date of Notice	7 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Russell Martin Lightband	Lira Jane Purdie
BDM Match (94%)	Russell Martin Lightband	Sara Jane Purdie
	💍 1910/7603
Condition	Widower (20 May 1909)	Spinster
Profession	Journalist
Age	34	38
Dwelling Place	Northcote	Northcote
Length of Residence	11 years	25 years
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden
Folio	10/8009
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. McFarland

1030

8 October 1910

Bertram Allison Blythe
Constance Blythe

Bertram Allison
Constance Blythe
💍 1910/5897

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

23
18

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
4 years

Holy Trinity Church, Devonport

10/6213

Robert Blythe, father

8 October 1910

Rev. W. Sutton

No	1030
Date of Notice	8 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bertram Allison Blythe	Constance Blythe
BDM Match (84%)	Bertram Allison	Constance Blythe
	💍 1910/5897
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Devonport
Folio	10/6213
Consent	Robert Blythe, father
Date of Certificate	8 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Sutton

1031

8 October 1910

William Hiscox Austin
Emma Austin

William Nixon
Emma Austin
💍 1910/7622

Widower (21 January 1893)
Spinster

Platelayer

50
33

Epsom
Epsom

5 years
2 years

House of G. Deacon, Greenlane

10/7958

8 October 1910

Rev. W. Johnston

No	1031
Date of Notice	8 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Hiscox Austin	Emma Austin
BDM Match (76%)	William Nixon	Emma Austin
	💍 1910/7622
Condition	Widower (21 January 1893)	Spinster
Profession	Platelayer
Age	50	33
Dwelling Place	Epsom	Epsom
Length of Residence	5 years	2 years
Marriage Place	House of G. Deacon, Greenlane
Folio	10/7958
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Johnston

1032

10 October 1910

Francis William Stothol
Elizabeth Hulley Henley

Francis William Stokoe
Elizabeth Little Grace Hinley
💍 1910/5957

Bachelor
Spinster

Writer

31
33

Auckland
Mt. Roskill

3 years
9 months

Dwelling of Dr. Philpotts, Parnes Avenue, Mt. Roskill

10/6284

10 October 1910

Rev. W. White

No	1032
Date of Notice	10 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis William Stothol	Elizabeth Hulley Henley
BDM Match (75%)	Francis William Stokoe	Elizabeth Little Grace Hinley
	💍 1910/5957
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Writer
Age	31	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Mt. Roskill
Length of Residence	3 years	9 months
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Dr. Philpotts, Parnes Avenue, Mt. Roskill
Folio	10/6284
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. White

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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).