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 807

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

24 January 1910

Parker Jasher
Margaret Josephine Molloy

Parker Tasker Upton
Margaret Josephine Molloy
💍 1910/388

Bachelor
Spinster

Stationer

32
24

Ponsonby
Auckland

life
1 year

All Saints Church, Ponsonby

10/134

24 January 1910

Rev. W. R. Scatliff, Anglican

No	93
Date of Notice	24 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Parker Jasher	Margaret Josephine Molloy
BDM Match (79%)	Parker Tasker Upton	Margaret Josephine Molloy
	💍 1910/388
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stationer
Age	32	24
Dwelling Place	Ponsonby	Auckland
Length of Residence	life	1 year
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Ponsonby
Folio	10/134
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. R. Scatliff, Anglican

24 January 1910

Thomas Harold Hodson
Clarissa Finch

Thomas Harold Hodgson
Clarissa Finch
💍 1910/286

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

24
25

Auckland
Morningside

life
life

Methodist Church, Kingsland

10/258

24 January 1910

Rev. W. R. Potter, Methodist

No	94
Date of Notice	24 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Harold Hodson	Clarissa Finch
BDM Match (98%)	Thomas Harold Hodgson	Clarissa Finch
	💍 1910/286
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Morningside
Length of Residence	life	life
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Kingsland
Folio	10/258
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. R. Potter, Methodist

24 January 1910

Duncan David Sexton
Isabel Hill

Duncan David Sexton
Isabel Hill
💍 1910/184

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

32
30

Ponsonby
Ponsonby

5 years
20 years

St. Matthews Church, Auckland

10/79

24 January 1910

Rev. W. E. Pilling, Anglican

No	95
Date of Notice	24 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Duncan David Sexton	Isabel Hill
	💍 1910/184
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	32	30
Dwelling Place	Ponsonby	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	5 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church, Auckland
Folio	10/79
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Pilling, Anglican

24 January 1910

Anthony Sutton
Amelia Lenthall

Anthony Sutton
Amelia Lentell
💍 1910/199

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

30
28

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
2 years

House of Mrs. Walker, 9 York St., Parnell

10/195

24 January 1910

Rev. J. M. Simpson, Presbyterian

No	96
Date of Notice	24 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Anthony Sutton	Amelia Lenthall
BDM Match (93%)	Anthony Sutton	Amelia Lentell
	💍 1910/199
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	30	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	2 years
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. Walker, 9 York St., Parnell
Folio	10/195
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. M. Simpson, Presbyterian

24 January 1910

James Watson
Bertha Kennerley

James Watson
Bertha Kinnesley
💍 1910/345

Widower
Spinster

Sawmill Hand

35
32

Auckland
Auckland

16 years
31 years

House of J. Kennerley, 97 Richmond Rd., Auckland

10/317

24 January 1910

Rev. J. Clement, Primitive Methodist

No	97
Date of Notice	24 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Watson	Bertha Kennerley
BDM Match (94%)	James Watson	Bertha Kinnesley
	💍 1910/345
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Sawmill Hand
Age	35	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	16 years	31 years
Marriage Place	House of J. Kennerley, 97 Richmond Rd., Auckland
Folio	10/317
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Clement, Primitive Methodist

24 January 1910

Thomas Henry Pavill
Mary Maud Sandford

Thomas Henry Cavill
Mary May Sandford
💍 1910/8227

Bachelor
Spinster

Printer

40
33

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
7 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

10/22

24 January 1910

J. Culpan, Registrar

No	98
Date of Notice	24 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Henry Pavill	Mary Maud Sandford
BDM Match (92%)	Thomas Henry Cavill	Mary May Sandford
	💍 1910/8227
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Printer
Age	40	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	10/22
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1910
Officiating Minister	J. 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).