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 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

885

22 August 1910

Norman Cecil Smith
Elsie Emma Alice Esther Rosina Ind

Norman Cecil Smith
Elsie Emma Alice Esther Rosina Floyd
💍 1910/5168

Bachelor
Spinster

Chef

30
23

Panmure
Auckland

28 years
3 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral

10/5458

22 August 1910

Rev. H. Holbrook

No	885
Date of Notice	22 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Norman Cecil Smith	Elsie Emma Alice Esther Rosina Ind
BDM Match (94%)	Norman Cecil Smith	Elsie Emma Alice Esther Rosina Floyd
	💍 1910/5168
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chef
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Panmure	Auckland
Length of Residence	28 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	10/5458
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 August 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Holbrook

886

22 August 1910

Frank John Peller
Elizabeth Lilian Matthews

Frank John Pelley
Elizabeth Lilian Matthews
💍 1910/3939

Bachelor
Spinster

Mariner

20
20

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
9 years

Home of Rev. R. Raine, Collingwood St.

10/4188

Elizabeth Peller, mother of groom; Elizabeth Matthews, mother of bride

22 August 1910

Rev. R. Raine

No	886
Date of Notice	22 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank John Peller	Elizabeth Lilian Matthews
BDM Match (97%)	Frank John Pelley	Elizabeth Lilian Matthews
	💍 1910/3939
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mariner
Age	20	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Home of Rev. R. Raine, Collingwood St.
Folio	10/4188
Consent	Elizabeth Peller, mother of groom; Elizabeth Matthews, mother of bride
Date of Certificate	22 August 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Raine

887

23 August 1910

Cecil Joseph Johnston
Harriet Elizabeth Brown

Cecil George Johnston
Harriet Elizabeth Brown
💍 1910/5629

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

18
19

Kingsland
Kingsland

10 years
4 years

Home of Mother of Bridegroom, New North Rd.

10/5430

Agnes Johnston, mother of groom; Brothers Brown, father of bride

23 August 1910

Rev. J. Wilson

No	887
Date of Notice	23 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cecil Joseph Johnston	Harriet Elizabeth Brown
BDM Match (86%)	Cecil George Johnston	Harriet Elizabeth Brown
	💍 1910/5629
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	18	19
Dwelling Place	Kingsland	Kingsland
Length of Residence	10 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Home of Mother of Bridegroom, New North Rd.
Folio	10/5430
Consent	Agnes Johnston, mother of groom; Brothers Brown, father of bride
Date of Certificate	23 August 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilson

888

23 August 1910

Frederick Richard Webb
Sarah Ruby Ellis

Frederick Richard Webb
Sarah Ruby Ellis
💍 1910/3842

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

25
27

Onehunga
Auckland

19 years
1 year

Methodist Life Church, Pitt St.

10/4039

23 August 1910

Rev. R. Ready

No	888
Date of Notice	23 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Richard Webb	Sarah Ruby Ellis
	💍 1910/3842
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Onehunga	Auckland
Length of Residence	19 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Methodist Life Church, Pitt St.
Folio	10/4039
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 August 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Ready

889

23 August 1910

Charles Denman Gorby
Annie McPherson Bruce

Charles Tennent Forsyth Connelly
Annie McGregor Bruce
💍 1910/3901

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

36
22

Auckland
Auckland

13 years
6 years

Registrar's Office

10/4101

23 August 1910

Registrar

No	889
Date of Notice	23 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Denman Gorby	Annie McPherson Bruce
BDM Match (62%)	Charles Tennent Forsyth Connelly	Annie McGregor Bruce
	💍 1910/3901
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	36	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	13 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	10/4101
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 August 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar

890

23 August 1910

John Henderson
Mabel Alice Starr

John Henderson
Mabel Alice Starr
💍 1910/3900

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

23
21

Devonport
Takapuna

1 year
5 years

Registrar's Office

10/4100

23 August 1910

Registrar

No	890
Date of Notice	23 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Henderson	Mabel Alice Starr
	💍 1910/3900
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Devonport	Takapuna
Length of Residence	1 year	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	10/4100
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 August 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar

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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).