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 694

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

730

2 July 1910

Conway Sinclaire
Ellen Lyons

Conway Sinclaire
Ellen Lyons
💍 1910/3806

Bachelor
Divorced (Decree absolute 29 June 1910)

Miner

34
39

Auckland
Arch Hill

5 years
3 years

Registrar's Office

10/4055

2 July 1910

Dep. Registrar

No	730
Date of Notice	2 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Conway Sinclaire	Ellen Lyons
	💍 1910/3806
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced (Decree absolute 29 June 1910)
Profession	Miner
Age	34	39
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Arch Hill
Length of Residence	5 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	10/4055
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Dep. Registrar

731

2 July 1910

Arthur Smith
Dolichus Mary Humphry

Arthur Smith
Dolichus May Murphy
💍 1910/5163

Arthur Smith
Ethel Abigail Sarah Clapham
💍 1911/1170

Arthur Smith
Mary McPhee
💍 1911/1350

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman

36
29

Auckland
Auckland

8 years
28 years

Cathedral

10/5451

2 July 1910

Rev. G. Holbrook

No	731
Date of Notice	2 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Smith	Dolichus Mary Humphry
BDM Match (91%)	Arthur Smith	Dolichus May Murphy
	💍 1910/5163
BDM Match (65%)	Arthur Smith	Ethel Abigail Sarah Clapham
	💍 1911/1170
BDM Match (64%)	Arthur Smith	Mary McPhee
	💍 1911/1350
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman
Age	36	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 years	28 years
Marriage Place	Cathedral
Folio	10/5451
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Holbrook

732

4 July 1910

Joseph Mackworth West
Margaret Montgomerie

Joseph Mackworth West
Margaret Montgomery
💍 1910/3789

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

36
29

Auckland
Arch Hill

12 years
28 years

St. Peter's Church, Reat-Road

10/3986

4 July 1910

Rev. R. Ferguson

No	732
Date of Notice	4 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Mackworth West	Margaret Montgomerie
BDM Match (95%)	Joseph Mackworth West	Margaret Montgomery
	💍 1910/3789
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	36	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Arch Hill
Length of Residence	12 years	28 years
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Reat-Road
Folio	10/3986
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Ferguson

733

4 July 1910

Charles Percy Linthorn
Ethel Maud Parker

Charles Percy Linkhorn
Ethel Maud Parker
💍 1910/3786

Bachelor
Spinster

Plasterer

24
24

Auckland
Devonport

12 years
Life

Church of Christ, Ponsonby Road

10/3984

4 July 1910

Dora T. Turner

No	733
Date of Notice	4 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Percy Linthorn	Ethel Maud Parker
BDM Match (98%)	Charles Percy Linkhorn	Ethel Maud Parker
	💍 1910/3786
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plasterer
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Devonport
Length of Residence	12 years	Life
Marriage Place	Church of Christ, Ponsonby Road
Folio	10/3984
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Dora T. Turner

734

4 July 1910

Sydney Lampson
Elizabeth Mary Allan

Sydney Sampson
Elizabeth Mary Allan
💍 1910/4026

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

26
27

Arch Hill
Kingsland

16 years
5 years

Home of Mother of Bridegroom, Russell St, Arch Hill

10/4007

4 July 1910

Mr. G. Davies

No	734
Date of Notice	4 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney Lampson	Elizabeth Mary Allan
BDM Match (96%)	Sydney Sampson	Elizabeth Mary Allan
	💍 1910/4026
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	26	27
Dwelling Place	Arch Hill	Kingsland
Length of Residence	16 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Home of Mother of Bridegroom, Russell St, Arch Hill
Folio	10/4007
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Mr. G. Davies

735

4 July 1910

Tom Hardley
Elizabeth Thomson

Tom Yardley
Elizabeth Thomson
💍 1910/3808

Bachelor
Widow (9 August 1892)

Labourer

43
49

Auckland
Auckland

2 months
3 months

Registrar's Office

10/4057

4 July 1910

Registrar

No	735
Date of Notice	4 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Tom Hardley	Elizabeth Thomson
BDM Match (95%)	Tom Yardley	Elizabeth Thomson
	💍 1910/3808
Condition	Bachelor	Widow (9 August 1892)
Profession	Labourer
Age	43	49
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 months	3 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	10/4057
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 July 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).