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 661

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 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

920

5 September 1910

William Henry Charles Dilby
Isabella Louisa McLeod

William Henry Charles Tilly
Isabella Louisa McLeod
💍 1910/4285

Bachelor
Widow

Carpenter

41
39

Auckland
Auckland

8 years
2 years

St. Andrew's Manse

10/3916

5 September 1910

Rev. A. A. Murray

No	920
Date of Notice	5 September 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Charles Dilby	Isabella Louisa McLeod
BDM Match (96%)	William Henry Charles Tilly	Isabella Louisa McLeod
	💍 1910/4285
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Carpenter
Age	41	39
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Manse
Folio	10/3916
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 September 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. A. Murray

921

5 September 1910

Horace Joseph Smith
Mabel Harriet Tarrant

Horace Joseph Smith
Mabel Harriett Tarrant
💍 1910/5441

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

24
25

Auckland
Auckland

2 months
1 year 5 months

Dwelling of Mrs. Alice Owen, "Hungah", Auckland

10/5688

5 September 1910

Rev. J. Cocker

No	921
Date of Notice	5 September 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Horace Joseph Smith	Mabel Harriet Tarrant
BDM Match (98%)	Horace Joseph Smith	Mabel Harriett Tarrant
	💍 1910/5441
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 months	1 year 5 months
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Mrs. Alice Owen, "Hungah", Auckland
Folio	10/5688
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 September 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Cocker

922

5 September 1910

Bertram Norman Reid
Marion Mary McMillan

Bertram Norman Reid
Marion May McMillan
💍 1910/3962

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

23
17

Devonport
Devonport

8 years
3 years

Dwelling of Mrs. A. McMillan, Queen St., Onehunga

10/3907

Ann Jane McMillan, mother

5 September 1910

Rev. J. E. Bertram

No	922
Date of Notice	5 September 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bertram Norman Reid	Marion Mary McMillan
BDM Match (98%)	Bertram Norman Reid	Marion May McMillan
	💍 1910/3962
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	23	17
Dwelling Place	Devonport	Devonport
Length of Residence	8 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Mrs. A. McMillan, Queen St., Onehunga
Folio	10/3907
Consent	Ann Jane McMillan, mother
Date of Certificate	5 September 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. E. Bertram

923

5 September 1910

Archibald Allan Murdoch
Emma Ellen Henderson

Archibald Allan Murdoch McLean
Emma Ellen Henderson
💍 1910/3903

Archibald Edward Shaw
Ellen Henderson
💍 1911/667

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

22
20

Grey Lynn
Newmarket

5 years
1 1/2 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

10/4127

Archibald Henderson, father

5 September 1910

Registrar

No	923
Date of Notice	5 September 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archibald Allan Murdoch	Emma Ellen Henderson
BDM Match (88%)	Archibald Allan Murdoch McLean	Emma Ellen Henderson
	💍 1910/3903
BDM Match (64%)	Archibald Edward Shaw	Ellen Henderson
	💍 1911/667
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Grey Lynn	Newmarket
Length of Residence	5 years	1 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	10/4127
Consent	Archibald Henderson, father
Date of Certificate	5 September 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar

924

5 September 1910

Wallace Norman Munro
Florence Helen Anderson

Wallace Norman Munro
Florence Helen Anderson
💍 1910/3827

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

30
35

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
Life

St. Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden

10/4017

5 September 1910

Rev. E. McFarland

No	924
Date of Notice	5 September 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wallace Norman Munro	Florence Helen Anderson
	💍 1910/3827
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	30	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden
Folio	10/4017
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 September 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. McFarland

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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).