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

150

14 February 1910

Philip Charles Willis
Charlotte Florence Infuller

Philip Charles Willis
Charlotte Florence McGinley
💍 1910/327

Bachelor
Spinster

Mariner

31
23

Auckland
Auckland

4 1/2 years
20 years

House of Mr & Mrs Infuller, Jervois Road, Ponsonby

10/298

14 February 1910

Rev. H.S. Braik, Congregational

No	150
Date of Notice	14 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Philip Charles Willis	Charlotte Florence Infuller
BDM Match (89%)	Philip Charles Willis	Charlotte Florence McGinley
	💍 1910/327
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mariner
Age	31	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 1/2 years	20 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr & Mrs Infuller, Jervois Road, Ponsonby
Folio	10/298
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. H.S. Braik, Congregational

151

14 February 1910

Joseph Archibald Averill
Harriet Letitia Harris

George Whitefield Averill
Harriet Letitia Harris
💍 1910/8338

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

31
31

Henderson
Henderson

3 years
4 days

St. Sepulchre's Church, Auckland

10/120

14 February 1910

Rev. R.L. Reese, Anglican

No	151
Date of Notice	14 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Archibald Averill	Harriet Letitia Harris
BDM Match (74%)	George Whitefield Averill	Harriet Letitia Harris
	💍 1910/8338
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	31	31
Dwelling Place	Henderson	Henderson
Length of Residence	3 years	4 days
Marriage Place	St. Sepulchre's Church, Auckland
Folio	10/120
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. R.L. Reese, Anglican

152

14 February 1910

Joseph Thomas Lander
Ellen Harding

George Thomas Lander
Ellen Harding
💍 1910/167

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

21
17

Takapuna
Devonport

11 months
11 months

Holy Trinity Church, Devonport

10/86

Joseph Harding, father

14 February 1910

Rev. G.H. Sutton, Anglican

No	152
Date of Notice	14 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Thomas Lander	Ellen Harding
BDM Match (85%)	George Thomas Lander	Ellen Harding
	💍 1910/167
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	21	17
Dwelling Place	Takapuna	Devonport
Length of Residence	11 months	11 months
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Devonport
Folio	10/86
Consent	Joseph Harding, father
Date of Certificate	14 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. G.H. Sutton, Anglican

153

15 February 1910

Robert Muir
Jessie Lacey

Robert Muir
Jessie Lacey
💍 1910/348

Bachelor
Spinster

Chemist

36
26

Mt. Roskill
Ponsonby

12 years
3 years

Church of Christ, Ponsonby

10/320

15 February 1910

Rev. A.J. Turner, Church of Christ

No	153
Date of Notice	15 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Muir	Jessie Lacey
	💍 1910/348
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chemist
Age	36	26
Dwelling Place	Mt. Roskill	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	12 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Church of Christ, Ponsonby
Folio	10/320
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A.J. Turner, Church of Christ

154

15 February 1910

Joseph Henry Spence
Kathleen Mary Pope

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

26
20

Auckland
Mt. Roskill

3 days
20 years

Primitive Methodist Church, Eden Terrace

10/321

Edmund Pope, father

15 February 1910

Rev. J.H. Lyon, Primitive Methodist

No	154
Date of Notice	15 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Henry Spence	Kathleen Mary Pope
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	26	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Mt. Roskill
Length of Residence	3 days	20 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Eden Terrace
Folio	10/321
Consent	Edmund Pope, father
Date of Certificate	15 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J.H. Lyon, Primitive Methodist

155

16 February 1910

John Wylie Kingwell
Maud Allison

John Kingwell Wylie
Maud Allison
💍 1910/168

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

31
27

Auckland
Newmarket

3 days
3 years

St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell

10/87

16 February 1910

Rev. F.H. Murray, Anglican

No	155
Date of Notice	16 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Wylie Kingwell	Maud Allison
BDM Match (68%)	John Kingwell Wylie	Maud Allison
	💍 1910/168
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	31	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Newmarket
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell
Folio	10/87
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. F.H. Murray, 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).