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 754

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

379

4 April 1910

William Piles Pardington
Marguerite Mary Furey

William Giles Pardington
Marguerita Mary Furey
💍 1910/2101

Bachelor
Spinster

Foreman

22
22

Auckland
Auckland

Life
Life

Sacred Heart Church

10/1971

4 April 1910

Rev O Doyle, Roman Catholic

No	379
Date of Notice	4 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Piles Pardington	Marguerite Mary Furey
BDM Match (96%)	William Giles Pardington	Marguerita Mary Furey
	💍 1910/2101
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Foreman
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	Sacred Heart Church
Folio	10/1971
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev O Doyle, Roman Catholic

380

5 April 1910

George Macpherson Dale
Magdalene Brown Cochran

George Macpherson Pole
Magdalene Brown Cochran
💍 1910/2293

Bachelor
Spinster

Independent means

54
40

Mt. Eden
Mt. Eden

4 years
4 years

St. Barnabas Church

10/2303

5 April 1910

Rev E Sutherland, Anglican

No	380
Date of Notice	5 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Macpherson Dale	Magdalene Brown Cochran
BDM Match (95%)	George Macpherson Pole	Magdalene Brown Cochran
	💍 1910/2293
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Independent means
Age	54	40
Dwelling Place	Mt. Eden	Mt. Eden
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church
Folio	10/2303
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev E Sutherland, Anglican

381

5 April 1910

James Johnston Johnstone
Elizabeth Margaret Johnstone

James Johnston
Elizabeth Margaret Johnstone
💍 1910/2288

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener

42
31

Remuera
Remuera

9 years
10 years

Home of Mrs French, Bellmont Terrace

10/2299

5 April 1910

Rev D Scott, Presbyterian

No	381
Date of Notice	5 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Johnston Johnstone	Elizabeth Margaret Johnstone
BDM Match (79%)	James Johnston	Elizabeth Margaret Johnstone
	💍 1910/2288
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener
Age	42	31
Dwelling Place	Remuera	Remuera
Length of Residence	9 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Home of Mrs French, Bellmont Terrace
Folio	10/2299
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev D Scott, Presbyterian

382

6 April 1910

Ernest Osborne Townsend
Isabel Dorothy Nicholson

Ferrars Ernest Osborne Townshend
Isabel Dorothy Ferrars Nicholson
💍 1910/2323

Bachelor
Spinster

Draughtsman

28
24

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
5 years

Home of Mrs Nicholson, Bay Road

10/2335

6 April 1910

Rev M J Furlong, Roman Catholic

No	382
Date of Notice	6 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Osborne Townsend	Isabel Dorothy Nicholson
BDM Match (73%)	Ferrars Ernest Osborne Townshend	Isabel Dorothy Ferrars Nicholson
	💍 1910/2323
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draughtsman
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Home of Mrs Nicholson, Bay Road
Folio	10/2335
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev M J Furlong, Roman Catholic

383

6 April 1910

Clive Andrew Best
Susan Mary Coster

Clive Aubrey Best
Susan Mary Ann Coster
💍 1910/1951

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmhand

26
20

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
4 months

Registrar's Office

10/2096

Matilda Freeth, formerly Coster, mother

6 April 1910

Registrar

No	383
Date of Notice	6 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Clive Andrew Best	Susan Mary Coster
BDM Match (82%)	Clive Aubrey Best	Susan Mary Ann Coster
	💍 1910/1951
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmhand
Age	26	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	4 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	10/2096
Consent	Matilda Freeth, formerly Coster, mother
Date of Certificate	6 April 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).