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 818

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

5 January 1910

Owen Albert Harris
Annie Wilson Leitch

Owen Albert Stanis Gedye
Annie Wilson Leitch
💍 1910/156

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

24
23

Parnell
Remuera

Life
Life

St. Mark's Church, Remuera

10/74

5 January 1910

Rev. W. Scatliff, Anglican

No	13
Date of Notice	5 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Owen Albert Harris	Annie Wilson Leitch
BDM Match (79%)	Owen Albert Stanis Gedye	Annie Wilson Leitch
	💍 1910/156
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Parnell	Remuera
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church, Remuera
Folio	10/74
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Scatliff, Anglican

5 January 1910

William Henry Young
Edith Annie Sloane

William Henry Young
Edith Annie Sloane
💍 1910/1777

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

28
20

Auckland
Auckland

2 1/2 years
Life

House of Frederick Sloane, 5 Howe Street, Auckland

10/1922

Frederick Sloane, father

5 January 1910

Rev. W. Walker, Church of England

No	14
Date of Notice	5 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Young	Edith Annie Sloane
	💍 1910/1777
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	28	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	Life
Marriage Place	House of Frederick Sloane, 5 Howe Street, Auckland
Folio	10/1922
Consent	Frederick Sloane, father
Date of Certificate	5 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Walker, Church of England

6 January 1910

Stephen Joseph Purves
Ada Gertrude Fischer

Stephen Garvey
Ada Gertrude Fischer
💍 1910/241

Bachelor
Spinster

Police Constable

27
21

Auckland
Ponsonby

3 years
6 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

10/212

6 January 1910

Rev. F. D. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	15
Date of Notice	6 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stephen Joseph Purves	Ada Gertrude Fischer
BDM Match (76%)	Stephen Garvey	Ada Gertrude Fischer
	💍 1910/241
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Police Constable
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	3 years	6 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	10/212
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. D. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

6 January 1910

Charles Bouzaid
Mary Ballaben

Charles Bouzaid
Mary Ballaben
💍 1910/242

Bachelor
Spinster

Phonograph Importer

39
21

Epsom
Auckland

12 years
1 year

Roman Catholic Church, Onehunga

10/213

6 January 1910

Rev. W. F. Mahoney, Roman Catholic

No	16
Date of Notice	6 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Bouzaid	Mary Ballaben
	💍 1910/242
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Phonograph Importer
Age	39	21
Dwelling Place	Epsom	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Onehunga
Folio	10/213
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. F. Mahoney, Roman Catholic

7 January 1910

Thomas O'Nhold Wheeler
Louisa Irwin

Thomas Ockhold Wheeler
Louisa Irwin
💍 1910/376

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

35
25

Waitahere
Waiuku

18 months
15 years

St. David's Church, Auckland

10/145

7 January 1910

Rev. A. A. Murray, Presbyterian

No	17
Date of Notice	7 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas O'Nhold Wheeler	Louisa Irwin
BDM Match (95%)	Thomas Ockhold Wheeler	Louisa Irwin
	💍 1910/376
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	35	25
Dwelling Place	Waitahere	Waiuku
Length of Residence	18 months	15 years
Marriage Place	St. David's Church, Auckland
Folio	10/145
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. A. Murray, Presbyterian

7 January 1910

Herbert Bracewell
Muriel Douglas Clark

Herbert Walker
Muriel Douglas Clark
💍 1910/157

Bachelor
Spinster

Dentist

25
25

Ellerslie
Onehunga

23 years
20 years

St. Peter's Church, Onehunga

10/75

7 January 1910

Rev. J. Haselden, Anglican

No	18
Date of Notice	7 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Bracewell	Muriel Douglas Clark
BDM Match (79%)	Herbert Walker	Muriel Douglas Clark
	💍 1910/157
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dentist
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Ellerslie	Onehunga
Length of Residence	23 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Onehunga
Folio	10/75
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Haselden, Anglican

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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).