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

115

2 February 1910

Eric Oswald Mueller
Genevieve Hofman Armsher

Eric Oswald Mueller
Genevieve Hogan
💍 1910/256

Bachelor
Spinster

Ironmonger

27
25

Remuera
Parnell

14 years
Life

Home of J. & A. Blaikie, Farnham St, Parnell

10/226

2 February 1910

Rev. M. Meagher, Roman Catholic

No	115
Date of Notice	2 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Eric Oswald Mueller	Genevieve Hofman Armsher
BDM Match (79%)	Eric Oswald Mueller	Genevieve Hogan
	💍 1910/256
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ironmonger
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Remuera	Parnell
Length of Residence	14 years	Life
Marriage Place	Home of J. & A. Blaikie, Farnham St, Parnell
Folio	10/226
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Meagher, Roman Catholic

116

2 February 1910

Edington Godwin Sackville
Alice Vera Latimer

Erdington Goodwin
Alice Vera Latimer
💍 1910/8333

Bachelor
Spinster

Auctioneer

29
27

Epsom
Ponsonby

20 years
Life

St. Aidan's Church, Remuera

10/116

2 February 1910

Rev. H. Seatty, Anglican

No	116
Date of Notice	2 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edington Godwin Sackville	Alice Vera Latimer
BDM Match (76%)	Erdington Goodwin	Alice Vera Latimer
	💍 1910/8333
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Auctioneer
Age	29	27
Dwelling Place	Epsom	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	20 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. Aidan's Church, Remuera
Folio	10/116
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Seatty, Anglican

117

3 February 1910

Charles Henry Matthews
Florence Maud Kendall

Charles Henry Matthews
Florence Maud Kendall
💍 1910/8334

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

25
21

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
5 days

St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell

10/117

3 February 1910

Rev. H. A. Favell, Anglican

No	117
Date of Notice	3 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Henry Matthews	Florence Maud Kendall
	💍 1910/8334
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	5 days
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell
Folio	10/117
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. A. Favell, Anglican

118

3 February 1910

Thomas William Bullen
Flora Pearce

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

27
27

Mt. Eden
Kingsland

6 months
1 year

Registrar's Office, Auckland

10/32

3 February 1910

Suepan Registrar

No	118
Date of Notice	3 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas William Bullen	Flora Pearce
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Mt. Eden	Kingsland
Length of Residence	6 months	1 year
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	10/32
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Suepan Registrar

119

3 February 1910

Robert Henry Broadfield
Nellie Anthony

Robert Henry Broadfield
Nellie Anthony
💍 1910/136

Bachelor
Spinster

Trainer

23
23

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
1 year

Registrar's Office, Auckland

10/31

3 February 1910

Suepan Registrar

No	119
Date of Notice	3 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Henry Broadfield	Nellie Anthony
	💍 1910/136
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Trainer
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	1 year
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	10/31
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Suepan Registrar

120

4 February 1910

John Fitzgerald
Louisa Riff's

John Fitzgerald
Louisa Griggs
💍 1910/289

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

37
32

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
1 1/2 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

10/227

4 February 1910

Rev. J. Ormond, Roman Catholic

No	120
Date of Notice	4 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Fitzgerald	Louisa Riff's
BDM Match (81%)	John Fitzgerald	Louisa Griggs
	💍 1910/289
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	37	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	1 1/2 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	10/227
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Ormond, Roman Catholic

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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).