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

15 January 1910

William Pearce
Eva Theodosia Jackson

William Pearce
Eva Theodosia Jackson
💍 1910/283

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

30
28

Auckland
Remuera

4 years
2 years

Methodist Church, Newmarket

10/255

15 January 1910

Rev. E. Boe, Methodist

No	49
Date of Notice	15 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Pearce	Eva Theodosia Jackson
	💍 1910/283
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	30	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Remuera
Length of Residence	4 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Newmarket
Folio	10/255
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Boe, Methodist

17 January 1910

John Charles Holloway
Emily Irene Hull

John Charles Holloway
Emily Fenne
💍 1910/8220

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

36
20

Auckland
Devonport

Life
13 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

10/16

31 January 1910

Registrar

No	50
Date of Notice	17 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Charles Holloway	Emily Irene Hull
BDM Match (75%)	John Charles Holloway	Emily Fenne
	💍 1910/8220
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	36	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Devonport
Length of Residence	Life	13 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	10/16
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar

17 January 1910

William Patrick Ryan
Catherine Anastasia Pratt

William Patrick Ryan
Catherine Anastasia Pratt
💍 1910/248

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

29
28

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
11 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

10/219

17 January 1910

Rev. F. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	51
Date of Notice	17 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Patrick Ryan	Catherine Anastasia Pratt
	💍 1910/248
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	29	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	11 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	10/219
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

17 January 1910

Robert Hugh Parker
Augusta Fleming

Robert Hugh Parker
Augusta Fleming
💍 1910/249

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

30
30

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
4 years

St. John's Church, Parnell

10/220

17 January 1910

Rev. M. Meagher, Roman Catholic

No	52
Date of Notice	17 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Hugh Parker	Augusta Fleming
	💍 1910/249
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	30	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	4 years
Marriage Place	St. John's Church, Parnell
Folio	10/220
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Meagher, Roman Catholic

18 January 1910

Allison Joseph Penning
Agnes Ellen Bignell

Allison Joseph Gunning
Agnes Ellen Wigmore
💍 1910/8221

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

24
19

Remuera
Kingsland

5 years
4 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

10/17

Allan Bignell, father

18 January 1910

Registrar

No	53
Date of Notice	18 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Allison Joseph Penning	Agnes Ellen Bignell
BDM Match (82%)	Allison Joseph Gunning	Agnes Ellen Wigmore
	💍 1910/8221
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	24	19
Dwelling Place	Remuera	Kingsland
Length of Residence	5 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	10/17
Consent	Allan Bignell, father
Date of Certificate	18 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar

18 January 1910

John Thomas Ward
Elizabeth Violet Smith

John Thomas Ward
Elizabeth Violet Smith
💍 1910/8330

Bachelor
Spinster

Iron Moulder

25
22

Parnell
Auckland

2 years
6 years

St. Sepulchre's Church, Auckland

10/113

18 January 1910

Rev. F. P. Emiles, Anglican

No	54
Date of Notice	18 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Thomas Ward	Elizabeth Violet Smith
	💍 1910/8330
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Iron Moulder
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Parnell	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	6 years
Marriage Place	St. Sepulchre's Church, Auckland
Folio	10/113
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. P. Emiles, 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).