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 819

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1910 Registrar Bulpan

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

4 January 1910

Richard Mansfield
Annie Riddell

Richard Mansfield
Annie Riddell
💍 1910/8235

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

35
24

Auckland
Auckland

5 weeks
4 days

Registrar's Office, Auckland

10/7

4 January 1910

Bulpan, Registrar

No	7
Date of Notice	4 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Mansfield	Annie Riddell
	💍 1910/8235
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	35	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 weeks	4 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	10/7
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Bulpan, Registrar

4 January 1910

John Meehan
Alice Elizabeth Huchstep

John Meehan
Alice Elizabeth Huckstep
💍 1910/1778

Widower (3 September 1909)
Widow (1881)

Labourer

40
58

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
30 years

Home of Rev. M. Walker, 80 Howe St, Auckland

10/1923

4 January 1910

Rev. M. Walker, Rector of St. Paul's

No	8
Date of Notice	4 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Meehan	Alice Elizabeth Huchstep
BDM Match (98%)	John Meehan	Alice Elizabeth Huckstep
	💍 1910/1778
Condition	Widower (3 September 1909)	Widow (1881)
Profession	Labourer
Age	40	58
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	30 years
Marriage Place	Home of Rev. M. Walker, 80 Howe St, Auckland
Folio	10/1923
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Rector of St. Paul's

4 January 1910

Albert Sibby
Florence Irene Surke

Albert Bibby
Florence Irene Burke
💍 1910/8234

Bachelor
Spinster

Wool Classer

23
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
3 months

Registrar's Office, Auckland

10/6

4 January 1910

Bulpan, Registrar

No	9
Date of Notice	4 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Sibby	Florence Irene Surke
BDM Match (93%)	Albert Bibby	Florence Irene Burke
	💍 1910/8234
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Wool Classer
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	3 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	10/6
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Bulpan, Registrar

4 January 1910

Lionel Hugh Ditchener
Helen Frances Elizabeth Reals

Lionel Hugh Titchener
Helen Frances Elizabeth Sceats
💍 1910/8349

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist

27
23

Auckland
Mt. Albert

5 years
2 years

St. Alban's Church, Mt. Roskill

10/108

4 January 1910

Rev. H. S. H. Duffield, Anglican

No	10
Date of Notice	4 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lionel Hugh Ditchener	Helen Frances Elizabeth Reals
BDM Match (93%)	Lionel Hugh Titchener	Helen Frances Elizabeth Sceats
	💍 1910/8349
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Mt. Albert
Length of Residence	5 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Alban's Church, Mt. Roskill
Folio	10/108
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. S. H. Duffield, Anglican

4 January 1910

Vaikai Plover
Pupuri Wherow

Bachelor
Spinster

ariki

21
21

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
Life

Maori Meeting House, Orakei

10/252

4 January 1910

Rev. H. Patto, Methodist

No	11
Date of Notice	4 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Vaikai Plover	Pupuri Wherow
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	ariki
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	Life
Marriage Place	Maori Meeting House, Orakei
Folio	10/252
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Patto, Methodist

4 January 1910

Richard Nelson
Annie Maria Southgate

Richard Nelson Warin
Annie Maria Southgate
💍 1910/374

Widower (24 October 1906)
Spinster

Engine Driver

45
45

Auckland
Auckland

2 months
2 months

St. James Manse, Auckland

10/144

4 January 1910

Rev. R. H. Walker, Presbyterian

No	12
Date of Notice	4 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Nelson	Annie Maria Southgate
BDM Match (85%)	Richard Nelson Warin	Annie Maria Southgate
	💍 1910/374
Condition	Widower (24 October 1906)	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver
Age	45	45
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 months	2 months
Marriage Place	St. James Manse, Auckland
Folio	10/144
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. H. 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).