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

234

8 March 1910

Alexander Aitken Sach
Jane Race Bain

Alexander Aitken
Jane Grace Bain Whitton Hore
💍 1910/227

Bachelor
Widow

Blacksmith

27
26

Auckland
Auckland

2 1/2 years
1 1/2 years

St. Andrews Church

10/192

8 March 1910

Rev. A. A. Murray, Presbyterian

No	234
Date of Notice	8 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Aitken Sach	Jane Race Bain
BDM Match (61%)	Alexander Aitken	Jane Grace Bain Whitton Hore
	💍 1910/227
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	1 1/2 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrews Church
Folio	10/192
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. A. Murray, Presbyterian

235

8 March 1910

Walter George Dick Salter
Mary Anne Chaplin

Walter George Rix
Mary Annie Chaplin
💍 1910/314

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

21
17

Eden Terrace
Stanley Bay

Life
Life

Home of Rev. A. Chaplin, Stanley Bay

10/78

Father

8 March 1910

Rev. R. Taylor, Methodist

No	235
Date of Notice	8 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter George Dick Salter	Mary Anne Chaplin
BDM Match (77%)	Walter George Rix	Mary Annie Chaplin
	💍 1910/314
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	21	17
Dwelling Place	Eden Terrace	Stanley Bay
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	Home of Rev. A. Chaplin, Stanley Bay
Folio	10/78
Consent	Father
Date of Certificate	8 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Taylor, Methodist

236

8 March 1910

William Palmer Strange
Agnes Imrie Spencer

William Palmer Strange
Agnes Myra Spencer
💍 1910/181

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

23
21

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
Life

All Saints Church, Ponsonby

10/99

8 March 1910

Rev. Arch. W. Calder, Anglican

No	236
Date of Notice	8 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Palmer Strange	Agnes Imrie Spencer
BDM Match (89%)	William Palmer Strange	Agnes Myra Spencer
	💍 1910/181
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	Life
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Ponsonby
Folio	10/99
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Arch. W. Calder, Anglican

237

8 March 1910

John Peter Race
Elizabeth Bright

John Peter Grace
Elizabeth Bright
💍 1910/8342

Bachelor
Widow

Engine Driver

33
42

Auckland
Auckland

1 month
6 months

St. Andrews Church, Epsom

10/124

8 March 1910

Rev. J. G. Russell, Anglican

No	237
Date of Notice	8 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Peter Race	Elizabeth Bright
BDM Match (94%)	John Peter Grace	Elizabeth Bright
	💍 1910/8342
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Engine Driver
Age	33	42
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 month	6 months
Marriage Place	St. Andrews Church, Epsom
Folio	10/124
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. G. Russell, Anglican

238

8 March 1910

John Henshilwood
Florence Louisa Boyd

John Hensmlwood
Florence Louisa Boyd
💍 1910/228

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

30
24

Auckland
Richmond

3 days
1 month

Home of Mr. Hutchinson, Richmond

10/173

8 March 1910

Rev. R. Dawson, Presbyterian

No	238
Date of Notice	8 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Henshilwood	Florence Louisa Boyd
BDM Match (94%)	John Hensmlwood	Florence Louisa Boyd
	💍 1910/228
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Richmond
Length of Residence	3 days	1 month
Marriage Place	Home of Mr. Hutchinson, Richmond
Folio	10/173
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Dawson, Presbyterian

239

8 March 1910

Thomas O'Halloran
Annie Eleanor Hinds

Thomas O'Halloran
Annie Eleanor Hinds
💍 1910/459

Bachelor
Divorced

Veterinary

42
47

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
6 months

Home of Rev. Jellie, Crummer Road, Grey Lynn

10/332

8 March 1910

Rev. Jellie, Unitarian

No	239
Date of Notice	8 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas O'Halloran	Annie Eleanor Hinds
	💍 1910/459
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced
Profession	Veterinary
Age	42	47
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	6 months
Marriage Place	Home of Rev. Jellie, Crummer Road, Grey Lynn
Folio	10/332
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Jellie, Unitarian

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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).