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 710

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 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

640

13 June 1910

Thomas Ernest Youngman
Gertrude Frances Cahill

Thomas Ernest Youngman
Gertrude Frances Cahill
💍 1910/1880

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist

26
23

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
12 years

St. Andrew's Church

10/1998

13 June 1910

Rev. A. Murray

No	640
Date of Notice	13 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Ernest Youngman	Gertrude Frances Cahill
	💍 1910/1880
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	12 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church
Folio	10/1998
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Murray

641

13 June 1910

William David Jackson
Rose Elizabeth Bird

William David Jackson
Rose Elizabeth Bird
💍 1910/1894

Bachelor
Widow

Foreman

24
22

Parnell
Parnell

2 1/2 years
8 months

St. John's Roman Catholic Church

10/1988

13 June 1910

Rev. M. Edge

No	641
Date of Notice	13 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William David Jackson	Rose Elizabeth Bird
	💍 1910/1894
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Foreman
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Parnell	Parnell
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	8 months
Marriage Place	St. John's Roman Catholic Church
Folio	10/1988
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Edge

642

13 June 1910

Kenneth Rofston Kelly
Ivy Lenore Fibbs

Kenneth George Newton Kelly
Ivy Lenore Gribble
💍 1910/5472

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

27
27

Eden Terrace
Eden Terrace

22 years
12 years

Methodist Church, Pitt St.

10/5437

13 June 1910

Rev. James Wilson

No	642
Date of Notice	13 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Kenneth Rofston Kelly	Ivy Lenore Fibbs
BDM Match (72%)	Kenneth George Newton Kelly	Ivy Lenore Gribble
	💍 1910/5472
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Eden Terrace	Eden Terrace
Length of Residence	22 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt St.
Folio	10/5437
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. James Wilson

643

13 June 1910

William John Trubshaw
Alice Violet Garland

William John Trubshaw
Alice Violet Garland
💍 1910/2297

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor

40
29

Remuera
Remuera

1 month
1 month

St. Mark's Church

10/2284

13 June 1910

Rev. W. Beatty

No	643
Date of Notice	13 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Trubshaw	Alice Violet Garland
	💍 1910/2297
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor
Age	40	29
Dwelling Place	Remuera	Remuera
Length of Residence	1 month	1 month
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church
Folio	10/2284
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beatty

644

13 June 1910

James Pollen Griffiths
Mercedes Hansko

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

41
27

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
6 years

Registrar's Office

10/2154

13 June 1910

Registrar

No	644
Date of Notice	13 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Pollen Griffiths	Mercedes Hansko
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	41	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	10/2154
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar

645

13 June 1910

Christopher Daniel Pellars
Ruth Howlett

Christopher Daniel Sellars
Ruth Howlett
💍 1910/5161

Bachelor
Spinster

Joiner

22
22

Ponsonby
Auckland

6 years
8 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral

10/5449

13 June 1910

Rev. H. H. Holbrook

No	645
Date of Notice	13 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Christopher Daniel Pellars	Ruth Howlett
BDM Match (98%)	Christopher Daniel Sellars	Ruth Howlett
	💍 1910/5161
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Joiner
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Ponsonby	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	8 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	10/5449
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. H. Holbrook

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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).