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 810

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

18 January 1910

John Ernest Wiseley
Mabel Emily Meikle

John Ernest Wiseley
Mabel Emily Meikle
💍 1910/380

Bachelor
Spinster

Pipe maker

25
22

Mount Eden
Tampaki

life
life

Presbyterian Church

10/149

18 January 1910

Rev. A. Maclean, Presbyterian

No	55
Date of Notice	18 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Ernest Wiseley	Mabel Emily Meikle
	💍 1910/380
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Pipe maker
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Mount Eden	Tampaki
Length of Residence	life	life
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church
Folio	10/149
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Maclean, Presbyterian

18 January 1910

Cecil Percival Ralph
Kate Ralph

Bachelor
Spinster

Marine Officer

29
24

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
22 years

Home of Rev. R. N. Walker, 80 Howe St, Auckland

10/171

18 January 1910

Rev. R. N. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	56
Date of Notice	18 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cecil Percival Ralph	Kate Ralph
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Marine Officer
Age	29	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Home of Rev. R. N. Walker, 80 Howe St, Auckland
Folio	10/171
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. N. Walker, Church of Our Father

19 January 1910

Mate Radonich
Ruby Jane Jack

Mate Radonich
Ruby Jane Jack
💍 1910/251

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

25
18

Riverhead
Auckland

4 months
3 days

St. Patrick's Cathedral

10/221

Andrew Jack, father

19 January 1910

Rev. P. Wright, Roman Catholic

No	57
Date of Notice	19 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Mate Radonich	Ruby Jane Jack
	💍 1910/251
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	25	18
Dwelling Place	Riverhead	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 months	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	10/221
Consent	Andrew Jack, father
Date of Certificate	19 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Wright, Roman Catholic

19 January 1910

Walter Arnold Walker
Ruby Gwendoline Mary Simmonds

Walter Arnold Walker
Ruby Gwendoline May Simmonds
💍 1910/301

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Porter

23
16

Ohahuhu
Ohahuhu

10 months
14 months

Home of Mrs. Martin, 10 Vincent St, Auckland

10/246

Jane Audra Simmonds, mother

19 January 1910

Rev. F. Suckley, Roman Catholic

No	58
Date of Notice	19 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Arnold Walker	Ruby Gwendoline Mary Simmonds
BDM Match (98%)	Walter Arnold Walker	Ruby Gwendoline May Simmonds
	💍 1910/301
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Porter
Age	23	16
Dwelling Place	Ohahuhu	Ohahuhu
Length of Residence	10 months	14 months
Marriage Place	Home of Mrs. Martin, 10 Vincent St, Auckland
Folio	10/246
Consent	Jane Audra Simmonds, mother
Date of Certificate	19 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. Suckley, Roman Catholic

19 January 1910

Percy Charles Raynes
Frances Mary Raynes

Terry Charles Gormley
Frances Mary Raynes
💍 1910/1768

Bachelor
Widow

Commercial Traveller

38
47

Grey Lynn
Remuera

11 months
27 years

Bride's Home, 11 Remuera View Rd, Remuera

10/1925

19 January 1910

Rev. R. N. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	59
Date of Notice	19 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Charles Raynes	Frances Mary Raynes
BDM Match (81%)	Terry Charles Gormley	Frances Mary Raynes
	💍 1910/1768
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	38	47
Dwelling Place	Grey Lynn	Remuera
Length of Residence	11 months	27 years
Marriage Place	Bride's Home, 11 Remuera View Rd, Remuera
Folio	10/1925
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. N. Walker, Church of Our Father

19 January 1910

Frederick John Jones
Henrietta Elizabeth McDonald

Frederick John Jones
Henrietta Elizabeth McDonald
💍 1910/8222

Bachelor
Spinster

Auctioneer & Tobacconist

36
30

Auckland
Auckland

5 1/2 years
5 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

10/18

19 January 1910

T. Culpan, Registrar

No	60
Date of Notice	19 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick John Jones	Henrietta Elizabeth McDonald
	💍 1910/8222
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Auctioneer & Tobacconist
Age	36	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 1/2 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	10/18
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1910
Officiating Minister	T. Culpan, Registrar

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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).