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

186

23 February 1910

Ernest Dalrymple Mackie
Mary Harriet Teresa Newrick

Ernest Dalrymple Mackie
Mary Harriet Teresa Newick
💍 1910/353

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

24
20

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
4 days

Primitive Methodist Church, Eden Terrace

10/324

Eugene McSweeney, Father of Bride (by adoption)

23 February 1910

Rev. I. H. Lyon, Primitive Methodist

No	186
Date of Notice	23 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Dalrymple Mackie	Mary Harriet Teresa Newrick
BDM Match (98%)	Ernest Dalrymple Mackie	Mary Harriet Teresa Newick
	💍 1910/353
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Eden Terrace
Folio	10/324
Consent	Eugene McSweeney, Father of Bride (by adoption)
Date of Certificate	23 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. I. H. Lyon, Primitive Methodist

187

23 February 1910

Morton Russell Curtis
Leslie Harrington Paine

Morton Russell Curtis
Leslie Harrington Paine
💍 1910/278

Bachelor
Spinster

Tanner

28
21

Devonport
Devonport

2 years
3 years

House of J. Hammond, Domain Road, Devonport

10/274

23 February 1910

Rev. R. Taylor, Methodist

No	187
Date of Notice	23 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Morton Russell Curtis	Leslie Harrington Paine
	💍 1910/278
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tanner
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Devonport	Devonport
Length of Residence	2 years	3 years
Marriage Place	House of J. Hammond, Domain Road, Devonport
Folio	10/274
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Taylor, Methodist

188

23 February 1910

Thomas James Sheppard
Kellie Elizabeth Emmeline Hewson

Thomas James Sheppard
Nellie Elizabeth Emmeline Hewson
💍 1910/121

Bachelor
Spinster

Cook

26
17

Auckland
Auckland

1 year 7 months
Life

Registrar's Office, Auckland

10/40

Joseph Hewson, Father

23 February 1910

Registrar

No	188
Date of Notice	23 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas James Sheppard	Kellie Elizabeth Emmeline Hewson
BDM Match (98%)	Thomas James Sheppard	Nellie Elizabeth Emmeline Hewson
	💍 1910/121
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cook
Age	26	17
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year 7 months	Life
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	10/40
Consent	Joseph Hewson, Father
Date of Certificate	23 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar

189

24 February 1910

Ivan Panac
Kate Rosa

Ivan Farac
Kate Posa
💍 1910/292

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

29
26

Auckland
Auckland

1 month
12 days

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

10/238

24 February 1910

Rev. J. Ganna, Roman Catholic

No	189
Date of Notice	24 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ivan Panac	Kate Rosa
BDM Match (84%)	Ivan Farac	Kate Posa
	💍 1910/292
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	29	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 month	12 days
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	10/238
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Ganna, Roman Catholic

190

24 February 1910

Ernest John Saunders
Elizabeth Ann Buchanan

Ernest John Saunders
Elizabeth Ann Buchanan
💍 1910/279

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

34
27

Devonport
Devonport

2 years
Life

House of E. Buchanan, Queen's Parade, Devonport

10/215

24 February 1910

Rev. R. Taylor, Methodist

No	190
Date of Notice	24 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest John Saunders	Elizabeth Ann Buchanan
	💍 1910/279
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	34	27
Dwelling Place	Devonport	Devonport
Length of Residence	2 years	Life
Marriage Place	House of E. Buchanan, Queen's Parade, Devonport
Folio	10/215
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Taylor, Methodist

191

24 February 1910

Albert Edward Deveson
Sarah Ann Jaspers

Albert Edward Deveson
Sarah Ann Jaspers
💍 1910/172

Bachelor
Spinster

Commission Agent

32
30

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
3 years

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

10/91

24 February 1910

Rev. G. P. Pillans, Anglican

No	191
Date of Notice	24 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Edward Deveson	Sarah Ann Jaspers
	💍 1910/172
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commission Agent
Age	32	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	10/91
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. P. Pillans, 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).