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 809

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

19 January 1910

Percy Robert Cawdron
Harriett Buristaph

Percy Robert Cawdron
Harriett Murtagh
💍 1910/381

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

36
25

Auckland
Epsom

25 years
6 years

St. James Church, Auckland

10/150

19 January 1910

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	61
Date of Notice	19 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Robert Cawdron	Harriett Buristaph
BDM Match (89%)	Percy Robert Cawdron	Harriett Murtagh
	💍 1910/381
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	36	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Epsom
Length of Residence	25 years	6 years
Marriage Place	St. James Church, Auckland
Folio	10/150
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

19 January 1910

William Henry Young
Maudie Clark

William Henry Young
Maudie Clark
💍 1910/284

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

23
20

Parnell
Auckland

3 years
Life, 29 Newton Road, Auckland

House of Mr. Henry Clark, 29 Newton Road, Auckland

10/256

Henry Clark, father

19 January 1910

Rev. W. Ready, Methodist

No	62
Date of Notice	19 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Young	Maudie Clark
	💍 1910/284
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Parnell	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	Life, 29 Newton Road, Auckland
Marriage Place	House of Mr. Henry Clark, 29 Newton Road, Auckland
Folio	10/256
Consent	Henry Clark, father
Date of Certificate	19 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Ready, Methodist

19 January 1910

Andrew Davidson Allan
Alma Airedale Hedge Allan

Andrew Davidson
Alma Airedale Madge Allan
💍 1910/1769

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

20
18

Auckland
Auckland

Life
Life, 16 Arthur Street, Ponsonby

Home of Mrs. A. Allan, 16 Arthur Street, Ponsonby

10/1926

John Davidson, father; Henry Allan, father

19 January 1910

Rev. W. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	63
Date of Notice	19 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Davidson Allan	Alma Airedale Hedge Allan
BDM Match (82%)	Andrew Davidson	Alma Airedale Madge Allan
	💍 1910/1769
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	20	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	Life, 16 Arthur Street, Ponsonby
Marriage Place	Home of Mrs. A. Allan, 16 Arthur Street, Ponsonby
Folio	10/1926
Consent	John Davidson, father; Henry Allan, father
Date of Certificate	19 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Walker, Church of Our Father

19 January 1910

Benjamin Irwin Sollard
Edith Lilian Salkin

Benjamin Irwin Bollard
Edith Lilian Batkin
💍 1910/5933

Bachelor
Spinster

Merchant

37
25

Avondale
Mount Albert

26 years
6 years

St. Luke's Church, Mount Albert

10/133

19 January 1910

Rev. D. J. Parry, Anglican

No	64
Date of Notice	19 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Benjamin Irwin Sollard	Edith Lilian Salkin
BDM Match (93%)	Benjamin Irwin Bollard	Edith Lilian Batkin
	💍 1910/5933
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Merchant
Age	37	25
Dwelling Place	Avondale	Mount Albert
Length of Residence	26 years	6 years
Marriage Place	St. Luke's Church, Mount Albert
Folio	10/133
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. J. Parry, Anglican

20 January 1910

Robert Roycroft Walters
Ellen Lydia Patricks

Robert Roycroft
Ellen Lydia Walters
💍 1910/252

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

24
26

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
12 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

10/222

20 January 1910

Rev. H. F. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	65
Date of Notice	20 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Roycroft Walters	Ellen Lydia Patricks
BDM Match (68%)	Robert Roycroft	Ellen Lydia Walters
	💍 1910/252
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	24	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	12 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	10/222
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. F. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

20 January 1910

Maurice Stephenson
Ellen Ingham

Maurice Stephenson
Ellen Ingham
💍 1910/8223

Bachelor
Spinster

Foreman

23
22

Ellerslie
Epsom

2 1/2 years
2 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

10/19

20 January 1910

Thomas Culpan, Registrar

No	66
Date of Notice	20 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Maurice Stephenson	Ellen Ingham
	💍 1910/8223
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Foreman
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Ellerslie	Epsom
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	10/19
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Thomas Culpan, 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).