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 813

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

12 January 1910

Herbert Cecil Pond
Ida Mildred Smith

Herbert Cecil Pond
Ida Mildred Smith
💍 1910/183

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

31
22

Auckland
Onehunga

3 days
Life

St. Peter's Church, Onehunga

10/78

12 January 1910

Rev. L. Haselden, Anglican

No	37
Date of Notice	12 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Cecil Pond	Ida Mildred Smith
	💍 1910/183
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	31	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Onehunga
Length of Residence	3 days	Life
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Onehunga
Folio	10/78
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. L. Haselden, Anglican

12 January 1910

William James Oliver
Emily Blair Devoe

William James Oliver
Emily Blair
💍 1910/8217

Bachelor
Divorced

Photographer

36
37

Newmarket
Remuera

Life
Life

Registrar's Office, Auckland

10/13

12 January 1910

Thomas Culpan, Registrar

No	38
Date of Notice	12 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William James Oliver	Emily Blair Devoe
BDM Match (82%)	William James Oliver	Emily Blair
	💍 1910/8217
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced
Profession	Photographer
Age	36	37
Dwelling Place	Newmarket	Remuera
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	10/13
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Thomas Culpan, Registrar

12 January 1910

Samuel De'ath Weston
Mary Blanche Elmore

Samuel De Ath Weston
Mary Blanche Elmore
💍 1910/8327

Bachelor
Spinster

Settler

36
29

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
3 years

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

10/110

12 January 1910

Rev. W. C. Gillam, Anglican

No	39
Date of Notice	12 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel De'ath Weston	Mary Blanche Elmore
BDM Match (95%)	Samuel De Ath Weston	Mary Blanche Elmore
	💍 1910/8327
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Settler
Age	36	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	10/110
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. C. Gillam, Anglican

13 January 1910

James Marsden Gaugher
Kathleen Elizabeth Mitchell

James Marsden Caughey
Kathleen Elizabeth Mitchell
💍 1910/275

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

21
20

Mount Albert
Auckland

Life
Life

Methodist Church, Pitt St, Auckland

10/53

Thomas Mitchell, father

13 January 1910

Rev. W. Ready, Methodist

No	40
Date of Notice	13 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Marsden Gaugher	Kathleen Elizabeth Mitchell
BDM Match (95%)	James Marsden Caughey	Kathleen Elizabeth Mitchell
	💍 1910/275
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	21	20
Dwelling Place	Mount Albert	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt St, Auckland
Folio	10/53
Consent	Thomas Mitchell, father
Date of Certificate	13 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Ready, Methodist

13 January 1910

William Christian Nelson
Grace Walton

William Christian Nelson Richard Christiansen
Grace Walton
💍 1910/8218

Widower
Spinster

Labourer

32
21

Auckland
Auckland

1 month
1 month

Registrar's Office, Auckland

10/14

13 January 1910

Thomas Culpan, Registrar

No	41
Date of Notice	13 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Christian Nelson	Grace Walton
BDM Match (77%)	William Christian Nelson Richard Christiansen	Grace Walton
	💍 1910/8218
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	32	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 month	1 month
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	10/14
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Thomas Culpan, Registrar

13 January 1910

Christopher Noble Dunn
Sarah Shepherd

Christopher Blencowe Noble Dunn
Sarah Shepherd
💍 1910/282

Widower
Spinster

Farmer

37
24

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
1 month

Methodist Church, Pitt St, Auckland

10/254

13 January 1910

Rev. W. Ready, Methodist

No	42
Date of Notice	13 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Christopher Noble Dunn	Sarah Shepherd
BDM Match (86%)	Christopher Blencowe Noble Dunn	Sarah Shepherd
	💍 1910/282
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	37	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	1 month
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt St, Auckland
Folio	10/254
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Ready, Methodist

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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).