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 815

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1910 Registrar T. 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

11 January 1910

Lancelot Gerald Hennis
Idonia Alice Marie Steward

Laurence Gerald Hemno
Idonia Alice Marie Steward
💍 1910/342

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

28
21

Auckland
Auckland

Life
1 year 7 months

House of Mr H. R. Safnall, Mason's Avenue, Herne Bay

10/314

11 January 1910

Rev. W. Jellie, Unitarian

No	31
Date of Notice	11 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lancelot Gerald Hennis	Idonia Alice Marie Steward
BDM Match (82%)	Laurence Gerald Hemno	Idonia Alice Marie Steward
	💍 1910/342
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	1 year 7 months
Marriage Place	House of Mr H. R. Safnall, Mason's Avenue, Herne Bay
Folio	10/314
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Jellie, Unitarian

11 January 1910

Thomas Edward Gooding
Hilda Maud Fraser

Thomas Edward Gooding
Hilda Maud Fraser
💍 1910/176

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

28
23

Devonport
Devonport

5 years
Life

Holy Trinity Church, Devonport

10/77

11 January 1910

Rev. W. H. Sutton, Anglican

No	32
Date of Notice	11 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Edward Gooding	Hilda Maud Fraser
	💍 1910/176
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Devonport	Devonport
Length of Residence	5 years	Life
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Devonport
Folio	10/77
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. Sutton, Anglican

11 January 1910

Coleston James Rosser
Emily Smith

Coleston James Rosser
Emily Smith
💍 1910/343

William Joseph Doyle
Emily Smith
💍 1911/1189

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

25
21

Remuera
Newmarket

25
21

Primitive Methodist Church, Alexandra

10/315

11 January 1910

Rev. J. Cocker, Primitive Methodist

No	33
Date of Notice	11 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Coleston James Rosser	Emily Smith
	💍 1910/343
BDM Match (64%)	William Joseph Doyle	Emily Smith
	💍 1911/1189
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Remuera	Newmarket
Length of Residence	25	21
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Alexandra
Folio	10/315
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Cocker, Primitive Methodist

11 January 1910

John James O'Meara
Agnes Mary Webb

John James O'Meara
Agnes May Webb
💍 1910/379

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

25
22

Arch Hill
Ponsonby

11 years
6 years

House of Mrs A. Webb, Dernleigh St, Auckland

10/148

11 January 1910

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	34
Date of Notice	11 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John James O'Meara	Agnes Mary Webb
BDM Match (97%)	John James O'Meara	Agnes May Webb
	💍 1910/379
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Arch Hill	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	11 years	6 years
Marriage Place	House of Mrs A. Webb, Dernleigh St, Auckland
Folio	10/148
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

11 January 1910

John Sherry Forster
Katherine Violet Forster

John Sherry
Katherine Violet Forster
💍 1910/247

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

35
23

Auckland
Auckland

8 years
18 months

St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

10/218

11 January 1910

Rev. W. J. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	35
Date of Notice	11 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Sherry Forster	Katherine Violet Forster
BDM Match (79%)	John Sherry	Katherine Violet Forster
	💍 1910/247
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	35	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 years	18 months
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	10/218
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

12 January 1910

Thomas Henry Hawkins
Ida Impett

Thomas Henry Hawkins
Ida Impett
💍 1910/8216

Bachelor
Spinster

Ships Steward

25
24

Auckland
Auckland

2 months
6 months

Registrar's Office, Auckland

10/12

12 January 1910

T. Culpan, Registrar

No	36
Date of Notice	12 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Henry Hawkins	Ida Impett
	💍 1910/8216
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ships Steward
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 months	6 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	10/12
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 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).