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

862

13 August 1910

Peter Milks
Emily Theodosia Roch Welham

Peter Miiks Perica
Emily Theodisia Roch Welham
💍 1910/3879

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

22
19

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
life

Registrar's office

10/4103

27 August 1910

Registrar

No	862
Date of Notice	13 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Milks	Emily Theodosia Roch Welham
BDM Match (76%)	Peter Miiks Perica	Emily Theodisia Roch Welham
	💍 1910/3879
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	22	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	life
Marriage Place	Registrar's office
Folio	10/4103
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 August 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar

863

13 August 1910

John Langdon
Mary Ellen Ryan

John Grayden
Mary Ellen Ryan
💍 1910/5262

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

28
25

Bay Lynn
Richmond

10 years
5 years

Sacred Heart Church

10/5494

13 August 1910

Rev. M. Edge

No	863
Date of Notice	13 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Langdon	Mary Ellen Ryan
BDM Match (79%)	John Grayden	Mary Ellen Ryan
	💍 1910/5262
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Bay Lynn	Richmond
Length of Residence	10 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Sacred Heart Church
Folio	10/5494
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 August 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Edge

864

15 August 1910

Oscar William Day Tabor
Rose Collier

Oscar William Day Tabor
Rose Collier
💍 1910/3928

Bachelor
Spinster

Proprietor (Cheese Factory)

32
26

Auckland
Northcote

5 days
6 months

Church of England, Northcote

10/4179

15 August 1910

Rev. A. G. Smith

No	864
Date of Notice	15 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Oscar William Day Tabor	Rose Collier
	💍 1910/3928
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Proprietor (Cheese Factory)
Age	32	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Northcote
Length of Residence	5 days	6 months
Marriage Place	Church of England, Northcote
Folio	10/4179
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 August 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. G. Smith

865

15 August 1910

Edwin John Hodges
Louise Marie Horning

Edwin John Hodges
Louise Marie Horning
💍 1910/5098

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

28
30

Auckland
Auckland

2 1/2 years
10 years

House of Rev. Jellie, 29 O'Runga Rd, Bay Lynn

10/5334

15 August 1910

Rev. G. Jellie

No	865
Date of Notice	15 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin John Hodges	Louise Marie Horning
	💍 1910/5098
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	28	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	10 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. Jellie, 29 O'Runga Rd, Bay Lynn
Folio	10/5334
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 August 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Jellie

866

15 August 1910

Richard Henry Hobday
Evelyn Grace La Trobe

Richard Henry Hobday
Evelyn Crisp La Trobe
💍 1910/3929

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk in Holy Orders

31
28

Auckland
Takapuna

4 days
4 years

St. Peter's Church, Takapuna

10/4181

15 August 1910

Rev. A. G. Smith

No	866
Date of Notice	15 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Henry Hobday	Evelyn Grace La Trobe
BDM Match (91%)	Richard Henry Hobday	Evelyn Crisp La Trobe
	💍 1910/3929
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk in Holy Orders
Age	31	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Takapuna
Length of Residence	4 days	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Takapuna
Folio	10/4181
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 August 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. G. Smith

867

15 August 1910

Harry Percy Hawkins
Audrey Sarita Brassey

Harry Percy Hawkins Whinam
Audrey Sarita Brassey
💍 1910/8319

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

34
27

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
10 years

St. Paul's Church, Auckland

10/3946

15 August 1910

Rev. C. A. B. Watson

No	867
Date of Notice	15 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Percy Hawkins	Audrey Sarita Brassey
BDM Match (87%)	Harry Percy Hawkins Whinam	Audrey Sarita Brassey
	💍 1910/8319
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	34	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church, Auckland
Folio	10/3946
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 August 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. A. B. Watson

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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).