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).

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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

510

6 May 1910

Francis Whitmore
Kathleen Margaret Beatrice Noble

Francis Whitmore Brabant
Kathleen Margaret Beatrice Noble
💍 1910/2157

Bachelor
Spinster

Company Manager

36
26

Devonport
Devonport

12 years
6 months

A Matthew's Church, Auckland

10/2185

6 May 1910

Rev. W. G. P. Lallam, Anglican

No	510
Date of Notice	6 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Whitmore	Kathleen Margaret Beatrice Noble
BDM Match (83%)	Francis Whitmore Brabant	Kathleen Margaret Beatrice Noble
	💍 1910/2157
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Company Manager
Age	36	26
Dwelling Place	Devonport	Devonport
Length of Residence	12 years	6 months
Marriage Place	A Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	10/2185
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. G. P. Lallam, Anglican

511

6 May 1910

Roye Joseph Glascow
Florence Horn

George Joseph Flaxman
Florence Horn
💍 1910/2044

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

31
29

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
2 months

Methodist Church, Avondale

10/2057

6 May 1910

Rev. J. S. Book, Methodist

No	511
Date of Notice	6 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Roye Joseph Glascow	Florence Horn
BDM Match (79%)	George Joseph Flaxman	Florence Horn
	💍 1910/2044
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	31	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	2 months
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Avondale
Folio	10/2057
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. S. Book, Methodist

512

6 May 1910

William Henry Lees
Christina Edna Berryman

William Henry Lees
Christina Edna Berryman
💍 1910/1925

Bachelor
Spinster

Gas Service Man

24
22

Auckland
Auckland

18 months
14 months

Registrar's Office, Auckland

10/2119

6 May 1910

J. W. Parr, Registrar

No	512
Date of Notice	6 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Lees	Christina Edna Berryman
	💍 1910/1925
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gas Service Man
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 months	14 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	10/2119
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 May 1910
Officiating Minister	J. W. Parr, Registrar

513

6 May 1910

Frank Boswell
Florence Corrings

Frank Boswell Buckland
Florence Scorringi
💍 1910/2184

Bachelor
Spinster

Foreman

42
26

Mount Eden
Mount Eden

6 months
15 months

A James' Manse, Auckland

10/2263

6 May 1910

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	513
Date of Notice	6 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Boswell	Florence Corrings
BDM Match (71%)	Frank Boswell Buckland	Florence Scorringi
	💍 1910/2184
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Foreman
Age	42	26
Dwelling Place	Mount Eden	Mount Eden
Length of Residence	6 months	15 months
Marriage Place	A James' Manse, Auckland
Folio	10/2263
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

514

6 May 1910

Ernest Charles W. X. Nees
Florence Prindle Eastwood

Ernest Charles Wykes
Florence Gertrude Eastwood
💍 1910/2109

Bachelor
Spinster

Dentist

28
27

Devonport
Devonport

3 years
4 years

Home of Mrs. A. Eastwood, Vauxhall Rd, Devonport

10/1979

6 May 1910

Rev. J. E. Bertram, Presbyterian

No	514
Date of Notice	6 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Charles W. X. Nees	Florence Prindle Eastwood
BDM Match (74%)	Ernest Charles Wykes	Florence Gertrude Eastwood
	💍 1910/2109
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dentist
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Devonport	Devonport
Length of Residence	3 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Home of Mrs. A. Eastwood, Vauxhall Rd, Devonport
Folio	10/1979
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. E. Bertram, Presbyterian

515

7 May 1910

Alfred Charles Dimmock
Clara Ellen Fielding

Alfred Charles Dimmock
Clara Ellen Guilding
💍 1910/2419

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

27
25

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
6 months

Home of Rev. W. Jellie, Summer Rd, Grey Lynn

10/2236

7 May 1911

Rev. W. Jellie, Unitarian

No	515
Date of Notice	7 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Charles Dimmock	Clara Ellen Fielding
BDM Match (93%)	Alfred Charles Dimmock	Clara Ellen Guilding
	💍 1910/2419
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	6 months
Marriage Place	Home of Rev. W. Jellie, Summer Rd, Grey Lynn
Folio	10/2236
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 May 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Jellie, Unitarian

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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).