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 816

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

10 January 1910

Loughlin Summons
Eleanor Rogan

Loughlin Gannon
Eleanor Rogan
💍 1910/245

Bachelor
Spinster

Draughtsman

29
28

Epsom
Devonport

15 years
life

All Souls' Church, Devonport

10/216

10 January 1910

Rev. J. Durlong, Roman Catholic

No	25
Date of Notice	10 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Loughlin Summons	Eleanor Rogan
BDM Match (84%)	Loughlin Gannon	Eleanor Rogan
	💍 1910/245
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draughtsman
Age	29	28
Dwelling Place	Epsom	Devonport
Length of Residence	15 years	life
Marriage Place	All Souls' Church, Devonport
Folio	10/216
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Durlong, Roman Catholic

10 January 1910

Herbert Alexander Thomas Prattan
Elizabeth Anne Siffleet

Herbert Alexander Thomas Grattan
Elizabeth Anne Siffleet
💍 1910/8215

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

42
28

Avondale
Auckland

2 years
10 months

Registrar's Office, Auckland

10/11

10 January 1910

Registrar

No	26
Date of Notice	10 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Alexander Thomas Prattan	Elizabeth Anne Siffleet
BDM Match (98%)	Herbert Alexander Thomas Grattan	Elizabeth Anne Siffleet
	💍 1910/8215
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	42	28
Dwelling Place	Avondale	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	10 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	10/11
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar

10 January 1910

Frederick Rose
Eva Christina Barber

Frederick Cox
Eva Christina Barber
💍 1910/246

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

25
24

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
life

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

10/217

10 January 1910

Rev. H. J. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	27
Date of Notice	10 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Rose	Eva Christina Barber
BDM Match (89%)	Frederick Cox	Eva Christina Barber
	💍 1910/246
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	life
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	10/217
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. J. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

11 January 1910

Alexander Winks
Lottie Winks

Alexander Winks Amon
Lottie Winks
💍 1910/377

Bachelor
Spinster

Run Holder

30
29

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
life

St. Andrew's Church, Auckland

10/146

11 January 1910

Rev. A. A. Murray, Presbyterian

No	28
Date of Notice	11 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Winks	Lottie Winks
BDM Match (88%)	Alexander Winks Amon	Lottie Winks
	💍 1910/377
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Run Holder
Age	30	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	life
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church, Auckland
Folio	10/146
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. A. Murray, Presbyterian

11 January 1910

George William Fowles
Agnes Elizabeth Bradocks

George William Fowles
Agnes Elizabeth Madocks
💍 1910/1767

Widower
Spinster

Watchmaker

64
44

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
4 days

House of Mr. Walker, 80 Howe St., Auckland

10/1924

11 January 1910

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	29
Date of Notice	11 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George William Fowles	Agnes Elizabeth Bradocks
BDM Match (96%)	George William Fowles	Agnes Elizabeth Madocks
	💍 1910/1767
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Watchmaker
Age	64	44
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	4 days
Marriage Place	House of Mr. Walker, 80 Howe St., Auckland
Folio	10/1924
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

11 January 1910

Henry Holmes
Ann Isabell Dickinson

Henry Holmes
Amy Isabell Dickinson
💍 1910/378

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

33
31

Auckland
Auckland

6 days
6 days

House of Mr. Allen, Devonport

10/147

11 January 1910

Rev. A. A. Murray, Presbyterian

No	30
Date of Notice	11 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Holmes	Ann Isabell Dickinson
BDM Match (95%)	Henry Holmes	Amy Isabell Dickinson
	💍 1910/378
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	33	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 days	6 days
Marriage Place	House of Mr. Allen, Devonport
Folio	10/147
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. A. Murray, 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).