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 685

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

978

18 July 1910

James Edward O'Raughnessy
Martha Jane Maxwell

James Edward O'Shaughnessy
Martha Jane Maxwell
💍 1910/5348

Bachelor
Widow

Barman

37
40

Kingsland
Kingsland

2 years
5 years

St. Benedict's Church

10/5504

18 July 1910

Rev. J. B. Parran

No	978
Date of Notice	18 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Edward O'Raughnessy	Martha Jane Maxwell
BDM Match (96%)	James Edward O'Shaughnessy	Martha Jane Maxwell
	💍 1910/5348
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Barman
Age	37	40
Dwelling Place	Kingsland	Kingsland
Length of Residence	2 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church
Folio	10/5504
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Parran

979

18 July 1910

Alfred Derrick Waldron
Isabella Mary Waldron

Alfred Herrick
Isabella Mary Waldron
💍 1910/5095

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinetmaker

22
24

Auckland
Newmarket

10 years
1 year 9 months

House of Mr. A. Ditter

10/5331

18 July 1910

Rev. J. Jellie

No	979
Date of Notice	18 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Derrick Waldron	Isabella Mary Waldron
BDM Match (80%)	Alfred Herrick	Isabella Mary Waldron
	💍 1910/5095
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinetmaker
Age	22	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Newmarket
Length of Residence	10 years	1 year 9 months
Marriage Place	House of Mr. A. Ditter
Folio	10/5331
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Jellie

980

18 July 1910

Herbert Henry Brittain
Dora Jane Hamman

Herbert Henry Brittain
Dora Jane Hannan
💍 1910/3837

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

31
27

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
30 days

Methodist Church, Pitt St.

10/4035

18 July 1910

Rev. W. Ready

No	980
Date of Notice	18 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Henry Brittain	Dora Jane Hamman
BDM Match (94%)	Herbert Henry Brittain	Dora Jane Hannan
	💍 1910/3837
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	31	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	30 days
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt St.
Folio	10/4035
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Ready

981

18 July 1910

Andrew Edward Irwin
Isabella Long Irwin

Andrew Edward Irwin
Isabella McKenzie
💍 1910/4007

Bachelor
Spinster

Merchant

38
42

Auckland
Onehunga

10 years
Life

St. Andrew's Church, Allen Rd.

10/4231

18 July 1910

Rev. R. L. Walker

No	981
Date of Notice	18 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Edward Irwin	Isabella Long Irwin
BDM Match (76%)	Andrew Edward Irwin	Isabella McKenzie
	💍 1910/4007
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Merchant
Age	38	42
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Onehunga
Length of Residence	10 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church, Allen Rd.
Folio	10/4231
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker

982

19 July 1910

Marion Arthur Deverich
Antonietta Horwich

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

30
24

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
2 days

St. Patrick's Cathedral

10/5453

19 July 1910

Rev. J. J. Holbrook

No	982
Date of Notice	19 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Marion Arthur Deverich	Antonietta Horwich
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	2 days
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	10/5453
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Holbrook

983

19 July 1910

Rose Reid Henderson
Janet Dickson Stewart

George Reid Henderson
Janet Dixon Stewart
💍 1910/4283

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Messenger

26
25

Auckland
Mt. Roskill

9 years
6 months

Church of Christ, Dominion Rd.

10/3937

19 July 1910

Mr. H. Hinshead

No	983
Date of Notice	19 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Rose Reid Henderson	Janet Dickson Stewart
BDM Match (83%)	George Reid Henderson	Janet Dixon Stewart
	💍 1910/4283
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Messenger
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Mt. Roskill
Length of Residence	9 years	6 months
Marriage Place	Church of Christ, Dominion Rd.
Folio	10/3937
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Mr. H. Hinshead

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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).