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

26 January 1910

Christopher Morgan Rockett
Alice Maud Murphy

Christopher Morgan Crockett
Alice Maud Murphy
💍 1910/115

Bachelor
Spinster

a. B. & Mr. Navy

23
21

Auckland
Ponsonby

1 month
life

Registrar's office Auckland

10/26

26 January 1910

C. W. E. Culpan, Registrar

No	91
Date of Notice	26 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Christopher Morgan Rockett	Alice Maud Murphy
BDM Match (96%)	Christopher Morgan Crockett	Alice Maud Murphy
	💍 1910/115
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	a. B. & Mr. Navy
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	1 month	life
Marriage Place	Registrar's office Auckland
Folio	10/26
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 January 1910
Officiating Minister	C. W. E. Culpan, Registrar

27 January 1910

Oliver Stanley Pascoine
Janet Brunton Parron

Oliver Stanley Gascoine
Janet Brunton Carron
💍 1910/265

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

21
22

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
14 years

House of Rev. J. Wilson, 27 West St.

10/261

27 January 1910

Rev. J. Wilson, Methodist

No	92
Date of Notice	27 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Oliver Stanley Pascoine	Janet Brunton Parron
BDM Match (95%)	Oliver Stanley Gascoine	Janet Brunton Carron
	💍 1910/265
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	14 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. J. Wilson, 27 West St.
Folio	10/261
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilson, Methodist

27 January 1910

Henry Brasham Stainton
Bessie Milne McKenzie

Henry Gashom Stainton
Bessie Milne McKemmie
💍 1910/232

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist

24
22

Hamilton
Mt. Roskill

1 day
9 years

St. Andrew's Church, Auckland

10/154

27 January 1910

Rev. J. E. Bertram, Presbyterian

No	93
Date of Notice	27 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Brasham Stainton	Bessie Milne McKenzie
BDM Match (88%)	Henry Gashom Stainton	Bessie Milne McKemmie
	💍 1910/232
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Mt. Roskill
Length of Residence	1 day	9 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church, Auckland
Folio	10/154
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. E. Bertram, Presbyterian

28 January 1910

William Alfred Crowhurst
Mildred Filmer Ansell

William Albert George Crowhurst
Mildred Filmer Ansell
💍 1910/126

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

25
23

Newmarket
Onehunga

2 years
life

Registrar's office Auckland

10/27

28 January 1910

C. W. E. Culpan, Registrar

No	94
Date of Notice	28 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Alfred Crowhurst	Mildred Filmer Ansell
BDM Match (86%)	William Albert George Crowhurst	Mildred Filmer Ansell
	💍 1910/126
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Newmarket	Onehunga
Length of Residence	2 years	life
Marriage Place	Registrar's office Auckland
Folio	10/27
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1910
Officiating Minister	C. W. E. Culpan, Registrar

28 January 1910

John George Solder
Bertha Ford

John George Bolders
Bertha Govan
💍 1910/347

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

47
41

Auckland
Mt. Roskill

4 days
3 months

Primitive Methodist Church, Eden Terrace

10/319

28 January 1910

Rev. J. H. Lyon, Primitive Methodist

No	95
Date of Notice	28 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John George Solder	Bertha Ford
BDM Match (78%)	John George Bolders	Bertha Govan
	💍 1910/347
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	47	41
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Mt. Roskill
Length of Residence	4 days	3 months
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Eden Terrace
Folio	10/319
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Lyon, Primitive Methodist

28 January 1910

Leander Hasenfape
Maud Mary Humphrey

Leander Hasengage
Maud Mary Dunfoy
💍 1910/254

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

33
29

Devonport
Auckland

3 years
20 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

10/224

28 January 1910

Rev. G. D. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	96
Date of Notice	28 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leander Hasenfape	Maud Mary Humphrey
BDM Match (77%)	Leander Hasengage	Maud Mary Dunfoy
	💍 1910/254
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	33	29
Dwelling Place	Devonport	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	10/224
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. D. Holbrook, 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).