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 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

334

24 March 1910

William Waring Thomas
Mabel Alice Wilson

William Waring
Mabel Alice Wilson
💍 1910/316

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

22
19

Kingsland
Kingsland

3 days
5 years

Methodist Church

10/288

John Wilson, Father

24 March 1910

Rev. A. R. Potter, Methodist

No	334
Date of Notice	24 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Waring Thomas	Mabel Alice Wilson
BDM Match (83%)	William Waring	Mabel Alice Wilson
	💍 1910/316
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	22	19
Dwelling Place	Kingsland	Kingsland
Length of Residence	3 days	5 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church
Folio	10/288
Consent	John Wilson, Father
Date of Certificate	24 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. R. Potter, Methodist

335

24 March 1910

Ebenezer Harpes Christal
Leah Martha Ander

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

27
41

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
6 months

St. Andrew's Manse, Wynyard St, Auckland

10/1991

24 March 1910

Rev. A. A. Murray, Presbyterian

No	335
Date of Notice	24 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ebenezer Harpes Christal	Leah Martha Ander
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	27	41
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	6 months
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Manse, Wynyard St, Auckland
Folio	10/1991
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. A. Murray, Presbyterian

336

29 March 1910

Frederick James Dattle
Mary Head Pitt

Frederick James Jottle
Mary Madge Pitt
💍 1910/383

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

29
26

Auckland
Onehunga

5 days
24 years

St. Peter's Church

10/129

29 March 1910

Rev. J. Haselden, Anglican

No	336
Date of Notice	29 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick James Dattle	Mary Head Pitt
BDM Match (82%)	Frederick James Jottle	Mary Madge Pitt
	💍 1910/383
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	29	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Onehunga
Length of Residence	5 days	24 years
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church
Folio	10/129
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Haselden, Anglican

337

29 March 1910

Samuel Herbert Griffith Cornish
Mabel Parley

Samuel Herbet Griffith Cornish
Mabel Carley
💍 1910/362

Widower (2 August 1908)
Spinster

Bootmaker

30
27

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
4 days

Home of Mr. G. R. Payne, Disraeli St, Grey Lynn

10/310

29 March 1910

Rev. R. Ready, Methodist

No	337
Date of Notice	29 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Herbert Griffith Cornish	Mabel Parley
BDM Match (94%)	Samuel Herbet Griffith Cornish	Mabel Carley
	💍 1910/362
Condition	Widower (2 August 1908)	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	30	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Home of Mr. G. R. Payne, Disraeli St, Grey Lynn
Folio	10/310
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Ready, Methodist

338

29 March 1910

Peter John Hoefoed
Margaret Lanigan

Peter John Koeford
Margaret Lanigan
💍 1910/298

Bachelor
Spinster

Linotype Operator

35
25

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
6 days

Sacred Heart Church, Ponsonby

10/244

29 March 1910

Rev. M. Edge, Roman Catholic

No	338
Date of Notice	29 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter John Hoefoed	Margaret Lanigan
BDM Match (94%)	Peter John Koeford	Margaret Lanigan
	💍 1910/298
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Linotype Operator
Age	35	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	6 days
Marriage Place	Sacred Heart Church, Ponsonby
Folio	10/244
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Edge, Roman Catholic

339

29 March 1910

William John Brookland McDermott
Louisa Eliza McDermott

William John Brooking
Louisa Eliza McDermott
💍 1910/384

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

28
19

Auckland
Kingsland

3 days
6 months

St. Sepulchre's Church

10/130

James McDermott, Father

29 March 1910

Rev. A. Reere, Anglican

No	339
Date of Notice	29 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Brookland McDermott	Louisa Eliza McDermott
BDM Match (80%)	William John Brooking	Louisa Eliza McDermott
	💍 1910/384
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	28	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Kingsland
Length of Residence	3 days	6 months
Marriage Place	St. Sepulchre's Church
Folio	10/130
Consent	James McDermott, Father
Date of Certificate	29 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Reere, 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).