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

450

20 April 1910

Thomas Arthur Turner
Florence Rebecca Oliver

Thomas Arthur Turner
Florence Rebecca Oliver
💍 1910/5407

Bachelor
Widow

Farmer

44
33

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

House of Mr. Lucas, Symonds Terrace, Mt. Roskill

10/1579

20 April 1910

Rev. J. Wilson, Methodist

No	450
Date of Notice	20 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Arthur Turner	Florence Rebecca Oliver
	💍 1910/5407
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Farmer
Age	44	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	House of Mr. Lucas, Symonds Terrace, Mt. Roskill
Folio	10/1579
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilson, Methodist

451

20 April 1910

Malcolm de Lomas
Lilian Henrietta Matilda Jones

Malcolm McInnes
Lilian Henrietta Matilda Jones
💍 1910/2128

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

28
26

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

House of Mr. Herbert Scott, Marlborough St., Mt. Eden

10/2056

20 April 1910

Rev. J. Cook, Methodist

No	451
Date of Notice	20 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Malcolm de Lomas	Lilian Henrietta Matilda Jones
BDM Match (78%)	Malcolm McInnes	Lilian Henrietta Matilda Jones
	💍 1910/2128
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	House of Mr. Herbert Scott, Marlborough St., Mt. Eden
Folio	10/2056
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Cook, Methodist

452

20 April 1910

Joseph Slott Barber
Edith Elliott

Joseph Stott
Edith Elliott
💍 1910/3531

Bachelor
Spinster

Barber

27
27

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
2 months

House of Mr. R. Welsh, Collingwood St., Auckland

10/3701

20 April 1910

Rev. R. Raine, Primitive Methodist

No	452
Date of Notice	20 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Slott Barber	Edith Elliott
BDM Match (79%)	Joseph Stott	Edith Elliott
	💍 1910/3531
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Barber
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	2 months
Marriage Place	House of Mr. R. Welsh, Collingwood St., Auckland
Folio	10/3701
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Raine, Primitive Methodist

453

20 April 1910

Thomas Henry Danhard
Kate Emma Butcher

Thomas Henry Tankard
Kate Emma Butcher
💍 1910/2148

Bachelor
Spinster

Jeweller

25
25

Auckland
Auckland

10 days
6 months

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

10/2182

20 April 1910

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Anglican

No	453
Date of Notice	20 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Henry Danhard	Kate Emma Butcher
BDM Match (95%)	Thomas Henry Tankard	Kate Emma Butcher
	💍 1910/2148
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Jeweller
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 days	6 months
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	10/2182
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Anglican

454

20 April 1910

Harold Benjamin Bristow
Florence Mabel Humphries

Harold Benjamin Bristow
Florence Mabel Humphries
💍 1910/5375

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman

21
24

Arch Hill
Arch Hill

3 years
Life

Methodist Mission Hall, East St., Auckland

10/1564

20 April 1910

Rev. W. Ready, Methodist

No	454
Date of Notice	20 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Benjamin Bristow	Florence Mabel Humphries
	💍 1910/5375
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman
Age	21	24
Dwelling Place	Arch Hill	Arch Hill
Length of Residence	3 years	Life
Marriage Place	Methodist Mission Hall, East St., Auckland
Folio	10/1564
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Ready, Methodist

455

20 April 1910

Edwin George Young
Florence Alice Macrow

Edwin George Young
Florence Ann Macrow
💍 1910/2036

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

30
21

Auckland
Auckland

Life
20 years

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

10/2180

20 April 1910

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Anglican

No	455
Date of Notice	20 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin George Young	Florence Alice Macrow
BDM Match (91%)	Edwin George Young	Florence Ann Macrow
	💍 1910/2036
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	30	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	10/2180
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 April 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).