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).

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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

14 January 1910

Sidney Stringer
Pearl Gabrette Bedford

Sidney Stunger Olney
Pearl Casrette Petford
💍 1910/5674

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor

27
25

Auckland
Epsom

Life
Life

Baptist Church

10/6031

14 January 1910

Rev. A. Elliot, Baptist

No	43
Date of Notice	14 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sidney Stringer	Pearl Gabrette Bedford
BDM Match (71%)	Sidney Stunger Olney	Pearl Casrette Petford
	💍 1910/5674
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Epsom
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	Baptist Church
Folio	10/6031
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Elliot, Baptist

14 January 1910

Donald Albert McPherson
Rose Langford Davey

Donald Albert McPherson
Rose Langford Gavey
💍 1910/8328

Bachelor
Spinster

School Teacher

24
31

Auckland
Onehunga

11 days

St. Peter's Church

10/111

14 January 1910

Rev. G. W. Young, Anglican

No	44
Date of Notice	14 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Donald Albert McPherson	Rose Langford Davey
BDM Match (97%)	Donald Albert McPherson	Rose Langford Gavey
	💍 1910/8328
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	School Teacher
Age	24	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Onehunga
Length of Residence	11 days
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church
Folio	10/111
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. W. Young, Anglican

14 January 1910

Henry Here Parker
Margaret Boyd

Henry Kerr
Margaret Boyd
💍 1910/239

Widower (27 April 1907)
Widow (4 Oct 1905)

31
33

Auckland
Auckland

2 yrs

St. Andrew's Church

10/202

14 January 1910

Rev. A. A. Burnside, Presbyterian

No	45
Date of Notice	14 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Here Parker	Margaret Boyd
BDM Match (76%)	Henry Kerr	Margaret Boyd
	💍 1910/239
Condition	Widower (27 April 1907)	Widow (4 Oct 1905)
Profession
Age	31	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 yrs
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church
Folio	10/202
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. A. Burnside, Presbyterian

15 January 1910

Herbert Kirk McDougall
Kathleen Maria Perths Twilley

Herbert Kirk McDougall
Kathleen Maria Perks Turley
💍 1910/8329

Bachelor
Spinster

Law Clerk

26
20

Auckland
Grey Lynn

10 mos.
112

Home of the Father of Bride, Summer Rd, Grey Lynn

10/805

Alfred Twilley, Father

15 January 1910

Rev. G. E. Lush, Anglican

No	46
Date of Notice	15 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Kirk McDougall	Kathleen Maria Perths Twilley
BDM Match (91%)	Herbert Kirk McDougall	Kathleen Maria Perks Turley
	💍 1910/8329
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Law Clerk
Age	26	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Grey Lynn
Length of Residence	10 mos.	112
Marriage Place	Home of the Father of Bride, Summer Rd, Grey Lynn
Folio	10/805
Consent	Alfred Twilley, Father
Date of Certificate	15 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. E. Lush, Anglican

15 January 1910

Leslie William Reals
Edith Emma Eyre

Leslie William Keals
Edith Emma Eyre
💍 1910/198

Bachelor
Spinster

Settler

26
26

Auckland
Papatoetoe

3 mos.
3 mos.

Home of Mrs. Eyre, Papatoetoe

10/194

15 January 1910

Rev. A. Donell, Presbyterian

No	47
Date of Notice	15 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie William Reals	Edith Emma Eyre
BDM Match (98%)	Leslie William Keals	Edith Emma Eyre
	💍 1910/198
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Settler
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Papatoetoe
Length of Residence	3 mos.	3 mos.
Marriage Place	Home of Mrs. Eyre, Papatoetoe
Folio	10/194
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Donell, Presbyterian

15 January 1910

Horace Charles McCabe
Ethel Mary Persson

Horace Charles McCabe
Ethel May Persson
💍 1910/8219

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser

33
23

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
4 days

Registrar's Office, Auckland

10/15

15 January 1910

Registrar

No	48
Date of Notice	15 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Horace Charles McCabe	Ethel Mary Persson
BDM Match (97%)	Horace Charles McCabe	Ethel May Persson
	💍 1910/8219
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser
Age	33	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	10/15
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 January 1910
Officiating Minister	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).