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

257

14 March 1910

Harry Branch Sumner
Alice Baldwin

Harry Sumner
Alice Baldwin
💍 1910/461

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

31
31

Grey Lynn
Grey Lynn

2 years
9 months

House of Mrs. Foster, Grey Lynn

10/334

14 March 1910

Rev. R. Raine, Primitive Methodist

No	257
Date of Notice	14 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Branch Sumner	Alice Baldwin
BDM Match (82%)	Harry Sumner	Alice Baldwin
	💍 1910/461
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	31	31
Dwelling Place	Grey Lynn	Grey Lynn
Length of Residence	2 years	9 months
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. Foster, Grey Lynn
Folio	10/334
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Raine, Primitive Methodist

258

14 March 1910

Joseph Leonard Rowland
Emma Pethybridge

George Limond Hawland Christian
Emma Pethybridge
💍 1910/8204

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

25
22

Auckland
Grey Lynn

9 months
9 months

Oddfellows Hall, Cook St, Auckland

10/6095

14 March 1910

Rev. J. Slack, People's Mission

No	258
Date of Notice	14 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Leonard Rowland	Emma Pethybridge
BDM Match (65%)	George Limond Hawland Christian	Emma Pethybridge
	💍 1910/8204
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Grey Lynn
Length of Residence	9 months	9 months
Marriage Place	Oddfellows Hall, Cook St, Auckland
Folio	10/6095
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Slack, People's Mission

259

14 March 1910

Victor John Owen
Margaret Ellen Judd

Victor John Owens
Margarette Ellen Judd
💍 1910/447

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

37
20

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
7 days

Congregational Church, Beresford St, Auckland

10/344

Thomas Judd, Father

14 March 1910

Rev. J. McKenzie, Congregational

No	259
Date of Notice	14 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Victor John Owen	Margaret Ellen Judd
BDM Match (92%)	Victor John Owens	Margarette Ellen Judd
	💍 1910/447
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	37	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	7 days
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Beresford St, Auckland
Folio	10/344
Consent	Thomas Judd, Father
Date of Certificate	14 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. McKenzie, Congregational

260

15 March 1910

George Ashby Graves
Isabella Lachlan

George Ashley Graves
Isabella McLachlan
💍 1910/8035

Bachelor
Spinster

Marine Engineer

32
23

Parnell
Mt. Roskill

6 months
3 months

Presbyterian Manse, Onehunga

10/179

15 March 1910

Rev. D. Scott, Presbyterian

No	260
Date of Notice	15 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Ashby Graves	Isabella Lachlan
BDM Match (89%)	George Ashley Graves	Isabella McLachlan
	💍 1910/8035
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Marine Engineer
Age	32	23
Dwelling Place	Parnell	Mt. Roskill
Length of Residence	6 months	3 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Onehunga
Folio	10/179
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. Scott, Presbyterian

261

15 March 1910

William Bond
Letty Addison

William Bond
Letty Addison
💍 1910/207

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

25
25

Ponsonby
Grey Lynn

2 years
2 years

Home of Mrs. Carney, Auckland

10/180

15 March 1910

Rev. R. Sommerville, Presbyterian

No	261
Date of Notice	15 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Bond	Letty Addison
	💍 1910/207
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Ponsonby	Grey Lynn
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Home of Mrs. Carney, Auckland
Folio	10/180
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Sommerville, Presbyterian

262

15 March 1910

Samuel Hetherington
Margaret Cole Matilda Mackie

Samuel Hetherington
Margaret Matilda Cole MacKie
💍 1910/204

Widower
Spinster

Merchant

69
42

Auckland
Auckland

1 month
2 years

Presbyterian Manse, Parnell

10/199

15 March 1910

Rev. J. Simpson, Presbyterian

No	262
Date of Notice	15 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Hetherington	Margaret Cole Matilda Mackie
BDM Match (80%)	Samuel Hetherington	Margaret Matilda Cole MacKie
	💍 1910/204
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Merchant
Age	69	42
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 month	2 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Parnell
Folio	10/199
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Simpson, Presbyterian

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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).