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 722

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

568

23 May 1910

Charles Langdon Reed
Annie Reed

Charles Langdon
Annie Reed
💍 1910/2095

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

28
23

Birkenhead
Kingsland

24 years
3 years

Methodist Church, Kingsland

10/1965

23 May 1910

Rev. A. R. Peatter

No	568
Date of Notice	23 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Langdon Reed	Annie Reed
BDM Match (88%)	Charles Langdon	Annie Reed
	💍 1910/2095
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Birkenhead	Kingsland
Length of Residence	24 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Kingsland
Folio	10/1965
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. R. Peatter

569

23 May 1910

John Kenneth Henderson
Adelaide Beatrice Henderson

John Kenneth Bunting
Adelaide Beatrice Henderson
💍 1910/5170

Bachelor
Spinster

Plasterer

23
20

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
20 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

10/5441

Mary Henderson, mother

23 May 1910

Rev. D. Holbrook

No	569
Date of Notice	23 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Kenneth Henderson	Adelaide Beatrice Henderson
BDM Match (82%)	John Kenneth Bunting	Adelaide Beatrice Henderson
	💍 1910/5170
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plasterer
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	10/5441
Consent	Mary Henderson, mother
Date of Certificate	23 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. Holbrook

570

23 May 1910

John Walter Roff
Lily Lloyd Roff

John Walter Roy Fischer
Lily Lloyd
💍 1910/1891

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

22
23

Takapuna
Takapuna

8 years

St. Peter's Church, Takapuna

10/1985

23 May 1910

Rev. G. P. Monckton

No	570
Date of Notice	23 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Walter Roff	Lily Lloyd Roff
BDM Match (64%)	John Walter Roy Fischer	Lily Lloyd
	💍 1910/1891
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	22	23
Dwelling Place	Takapuna	Takapuna
Length of Residence	8 years
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Takapuna
Folio	10/1985
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. P. Monckton

571

23 May 1910

Henry John Marett
Eva Elizabeth Ingram

Henry John Marrett
Eva Elizabeth Ingham
💍 1910/5411

Bachelor
Spinster

Chauffeur

28
25

Auckland
Newmarket

14 years
14 years

House of Mr. Ingram, Eden A.

10/5932

23 May 1910

Rev. James Wilson

No	571
Date of Notice	23 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry John Marett	Eva Elizabeth Ingram
BDM Match (95%)	Henry John Marrett	Eva Elizabeth Ingham
	💍 1910/5411
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chauffeur
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Newmarket
Length of Residence	14 years	14 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. Ingram, Eden A.
Folio	10/5932
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. James Wilson

572

24 May 1910

James Mantell de Montalk
Lucy Isabel Rentoul

James Mantell de Montalk
Lucy Isabel Du Quesne Rentoul
💍 1910/2806

Bachelor
Spinster

Chemist

30
25

Auckland
Auckland

18 years
2 years

St. Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden

10/2864

24 May 1910

Rev. E. J. MacFarland

No	572
Date of Notice	24 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Mantell de Montalk	Lucy Isabel Rentoul
BDM Match (83%)	James Mantell de Montalk	Lucy Isabel Du Quesne Rentoul
	💍 1910/2806
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chemist
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden
Folio	10/2864
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. MacFarland

573

24 May 1910

Henry Roles Tomlinson
Ada Tomlinson

Henry Vokes
Ada Tomlinson
💍 1910/1969

Divorced (6 September 1902)
Widow (7 September 1908)

Land and Estate Agent

44
30

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
5 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

10/2131

24 May 1910

Registrar

No	573
Date of Notice	24 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Roles Tomlinson	Ada Tomlinson
BDM Match (71%)	Henry Vokes	Ada Tomlinson
	💍 1910/1969
Condition	Divorced (6 September 1902)	Widow (7 September 1908)
Profession	Land and Estate Agent
Age	44	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	10/2131
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 May 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).