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).

Page 802

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

103

31 January 1910

John Wade
Kathleen Dudley

John Wade
Kathleen Dudley
💍 1910/255

Bachelor
Spinster

Coachman

28
24

Auckland
Epsom

6 months
5 months

St. Patrick's Cathedral

10/225

31 January 1910

Rev. H. H. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	103
Date of Notice	31 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Wade	Kathleen Dudley
	💍 1910/255
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coachman
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Epsom
Length of Residence	6 months	5 months
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	10/225
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. H. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

104

31 January 1910

James Robert Ford
Mary Theresa Faulkner

James Robert Ford
Mary Theresa Faulkner
💍 1910/186

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Guard

26
21

Parnell
Remuera

3 years
4 years

St. Mary's Cathedral

10/81

31 January 1910

Rev. J. Fisher, Anglican

No	104
Date of Notice	31 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Robert Ford	Mary Theresa Faulkner
	💍 1910/186
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Guard
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Parnell	Remuera
Length of Residence	3 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral
Folio	10/81
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Fisher, Anglican

105

31 January 1910

John Algernon Howell Francis
Helen Mary Prosse

John Algernon Howe Francis
Helen Mary Grosse
💍 1910/8332

Widower
Spinster

Mariner

34
29

Auckland
Mt. Roskill

9 years
2 years

Trinity Church, Devonport

10/115

31 January 1910

Ven. Arch. W. Calder, Anglican

No	105
Date of Notice	31 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Algernon Howell Francis	Helen Mary Prosse
BDM Match (94%)	John Algernon Howe Francis	Helen Mary Grosse
	💍 1910/8332
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Mariner
Age	34	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Mt. Roskill
Length of Residence	9 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Trinity Church, Devonport
Folio	10/115
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Ven. Arch. W. Calder, Anglican

106

31 January 1910

Francis Hawkins
Minnie Johanna Redding

Francis Hawkins
Minnie Johanna Redding
💍 1910/134

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

32
28

Auckland
Auckland

29 years
3 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

10/29

31 January 1910

T. Culpan, Registrar

No	106
Date of Notice	31 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Hawkins	Minnie Johanna Redding
	💍 1910/134
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	32	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	29 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	10/29
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1910
Officiating Minister	T. Culpan, Registrar

107

1 February 1910

Frederick Robinson
Elizabeth McFarrey

Frederick Robinson
Elizabeth McGarry
💍 1910/5361

Bachelor
Spinster

Artilleryman

28
39

Devonport
Devonport

3 years
14 months

Roman Catholic Church

10/11

1 February 1910

Rev. J. Furlong, Roman Catholic

No	107
Date of Notice	1 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Robinson	Elizabeth McFarrey
BDM Match (94%)	Frederick Robinson	Elizabeth McGarry
	💍 1910/5361
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Artilleryman
Age	28	39
Dwelling Place	Devonport	Devonport
Length of Residence	3 years	14 months
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church
Folio	10/11
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Furlong, Roman Catholic

108

1 February 1910

Charles Oscar Swanberg
Florence Elizabeth Weatherhead

Charles Oscar Swanberg
Florence Elizabeth Weatherhead
💍 1910/233

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

33
26

Auckland
Ponsonby

1 year 6 months
2 years

St. James' Church, Auckland

10/155

1 February 1910

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	108
Date of Notice	1 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Oscar Swanberg	Florence Elizabeth Weatherhead
	💍 1910/233
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	33	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	1 year 6 months	2 years
Marriage Place	St. James' Church, Auckland
Folio	10/155
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, 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).