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 728

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

534

12 May 1910

Henry William White
Kitty Burness Andrews

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

24
17

Newmarket
Ponsonby

3 years
3 months

House of Mr & Mrs B. Hooker, 1 O'Neil St.

Caroline Hooker, mother of bride

12 May 1910

Rev. R. Raine, Prim. Methodist

No	534
Date of Notice	12 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry William White	Kitty Burness Andrews
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	24	17
Dwelling Place	Newmarket	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	3 years	3 months
Marriage Place	House of Mr & Mrs B. Hooker, 1 O'Neil St.
Folio
Consent	Caroline Hooker, mother of bride
Date of Certificate	12 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Raine, Prim. Methodist

535

13 May 1910

Hjalmar Fredrik Thomsen
Ellen Rosina Elizabeth Armstrong

Hjalmar Fredrik Thronsen
Ellen Georgina Elizabeth Armstrong
💍 1910/2805

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

38
37

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
4 days

St. Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden

10/2863

13 May 1910

Rev. E. J. Garland, Anglican

No	535
Date of Notice	13 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hjalmar Fredrik Thomsen	Ellen Rosina Elizabeth Armstrong
BDM Match (90%)	Hjalmar Fredrik Thronsen	Ellen Georgina Elizabeth Armstrong
	💍 1910/2805
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	38	37
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden
Folio	10/2863
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. Garland, Anglican

536

13 May 1910

Samuel Dale Underdown
Martha Underdown

Samuel Dale
Martha Underdown
💍 1910/5408

Bachelor
Spinster

Boilermaker

26
26

Grey Lynn
Grey Lynn

10 months
10 months

Methodist Mission Hall, East St., Auckland

10/5730

13 May 1910

Rev. Jas. Wilson, Methodist

No	536
Date of Notice	13 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Dale Underdown	Martha Underdown
BDM Match (76%)	Samuel Dale	Martha Underdown
	💍 1910/5408
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Boilermaker
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Grey Lynn	Grey Lynn
Length of Residence	10 months	10 months
Marriage Place	Methodist Mission Hall, East St., Auckland
Folio	10/5730
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Jas. Wilson, Methodist

537

13 May 1910

Arthur Thomas Atkins
Dorothy Caroline Atkins

Arthur Thomas Mayes
Toocay Caroline Atkins
💍 1910/1893

Bachelor
Spinster

Stonemason

23
25

Auckland
Parnell

1 year
Life Parnell

House of Father of Bride, Salisbury St.

10/1987

Father of Bride

13 May 1910

Rev. Fr. Meagher, Roman Catholic

No	537
Date of Notice	13 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Thomas Atkins	Dorothy Caroline Atkins
BDM Match (79%)	Arthur Thomas Mayes	Toocay Caroline Atkins
	💍 1910/1893
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stonemason
Age	23	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Parnell
Length of Residence	1 year	Life Parnell
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride, Salisbury St.
Folio	10/1987
Consent	Father of Bride
Date of Certificate	13 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Fr. Meagher, Roman Catholic

538

13 May 1910

Cyril Rice Williams
Jean Fraser

Cyril Rice Williams
Jean Fraser
💍 1910/1929

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Officer

36
27

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

Registrar's Office, Auckland

10/2123

13 May 1910

Culpan, Registrar

No	538
Date of Notice	13 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cyril Rice Williams	Jean Fraser
	💍 1910/1929
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Officer
Age	36	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	10/2123
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Culpan, Registrar

539

13 May 1910

Barnett Innes Jones
Florence Gertrude Allham

Garnett Tinsley Jones
Florence Gertrude Altham
💍 1910/2158

Bachelor
Spinster

Mechanic

27
25

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
2 months

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

10/2186

13 May 1910

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Anglican

No	539
Date of Notice	13 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Barnett Innes Jones	Florence Gertrude Allham
BDM Match (84%)	Garnett Tinsley Jones	Florence Gertrude Altham
	💍 1910/2158
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mechanic
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	2 months
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	10/2186
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Anglican

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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).