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 760

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 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

346

29 March 1910

Daniel Moran
Lillian Catherine Syms

Daniel Moran
Lillian Catherine Syms
💍 1910/299

Bachelor
Spinster

Boilermaker

35
29

Auckland
Auckland

6 days
6 days

Home of Mrs. B. Holan, 3 Elizabeth St., Ponsonby

10/245

29 March 1910

Rev. W. Edge, Roman Catholic

No	346
Date of Notice	29 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel Moran	Lillian Catherine Syms
	💍 1910/299
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Boilermaker
Age	35	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 days	6 days
Marriage Place	Home of Mrs. B. Holan, 3 Elizabeth St., Ponsonby
Folio	10/245
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Edge, Roman Catholic

347

29 March 1910

James Bradill
Frances Louise Arndt

James Madill
Frances Louise Arndt
💍 1910/375

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

35
30

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
18 years

St. Sepulchre's Church

10/127

29 March 1910

Rev. W. Reese, Anglican

No	347
Date of Notice	29 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Bradill	Frances Louise Arndt
BDM Match (92%)	James Madill	Frances Louise Arndt
	💍 1910/375
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	35	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	18 years
Marriage Place	St. Sepulchre's Church
Folio	10/127
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Reese, Anglican

348

29 March 1910

Edward John Williams
Eliza Clementina Harris

Edward John Williams
Eliza Clementina Harris
💍 1910/197

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheep Farmer

33
27

Auckland
Otahuhu

4 days
7 years

Presbyterian Church, Epsom

10/193

29 March 1910

Rev. W. Trotter, Presbyterian

No	348
Date of Notice	29 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward John Williams	Eliza Clementina Harris
	💍 1910/197
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheep Farmer
Age	33	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Otahuhu
Length of Residence	4 days	7 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Epsom
Folio	10/193
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Trotter, Presbyterian

349

30 March 1910

Thomas Wilson
Ellen Agnes James

Thomas Wilson
Ellen Agnes James
💍 1910/382

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

26
26

Auckland
Onehunga

3 days
2 months

St. Mark's Church, Remuera

10/128

30 March 1910

Rev. W. Beatty, Anglican

No	349
Date of Notice	30 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Wilson	Ellen Agnes James
	💍 1910/382
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Onehunga
Length of Residence	3 days	2 months
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church, Remuera
Folio	10/128
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beatty, Anglican

350

30 March 1910

William Alexander Wilkie
Ethel Margaret Rice

William Alexander Wilkie
Ethel Margaret Rice
💍 1910/373

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

51
28

Auckland
Mt. Eden

3 days
Life

St. Sepulchre's Church, Auckland

10/143

30 March 1910

Rev. W. Reese, Anglican

No	350
Date of Notice	30 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Alexander Wilkie	Ethel Margaret Rice
	💍 1910/373
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	51	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Mt. Eden
Length of Residence	3 days	Life
Marriage Place	St. Sepulchre's Church, Auckland
Folio	10/143
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Reese, Anglican

351

30 March 1910

Percival Arthur Dempster
Adeline Muriel Dempster

Divorced (Decree absolute 25 February 1910)
Spinster

Manager

30
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

Methodist Church, Pitt St., Auckland

10/291

30 March 1910

Rev. W. Ready, Methodist

No	351
Date of Notice	30 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percival Arthur Dempster	Adeline Muriel Dempster
Condition	Divorced (Decree absolute 25 February 1910)	Spinster
Profession	Manager
Age	30	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt St., Auckland
Folio	10/291
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Ready, Methodist

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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).