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

109

1 February 1910

Michael Joseph Lyons
Agatha Meehan

Michael Joseph Lyon
Agatha Meehan
💍 1910/8388

Bachelor
Spinster

Artilleryman

30
24

Devonport
Devonport

1 year
4 years

Roman Catholic Church, Devonport

10/156

1 February 1910

Rev. M. J. Furlong, Roman Catholic

No	109
Date of Notice	1 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Michael Joseph Lyons	Agatha Meehan
BDM Match (98%)	Michael Joseph Lyon	Agatha Meehan
	💍 1910/8388
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Artilleryman
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Devonport	Devonport
Length of Residence	1 year	4 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Devonport
Folio	10/156
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. J. Furlong, Roman Catholic

110

2 February 1910

Frank Raymond Cowrie
Pauline Cowrie

Frank Raymond
Pauline Comrie
💍 1910/187

Bachelor
Widow

Miner

24
32

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

St. Matthew's Church

10/82

2 February 1910

Rev. W. E. Allan, Anglican

No	110
Date of Notice	2 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Raymond Cowrie	Pauline Cowrie
BDM Match (79%)	Frank Raymond	Pauline Comrie
	💍 1910/187
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Miner
Age	24	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	10/82
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Allan, Anglican

111

2 February 1910

Herbert Hassall Barton
Lydia Marion Porter

Herbert Hassall
Lydia Marian Porter
💍 1910/323

Bachelor
Spinster

Dresser

23
21

Remuera
Epsom

1 year
6 years

Baptist Church, Epsom

10/295

2 February 1910

Rev. R. A. Newpton, Baptist

No	111
Date of Notice	2 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Hassall Barton	Lydia Marion Porter
BDM Match (81%)	Herbert Hassall	Lydia Marian Porter
	💍 1910/323
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dresser
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Remuera	Epsom
Length of Residence	1 year	6 years
Marriage Place	Baptist Church, Epsom
Folio	10/295
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. A. Newpton, Baptist

112

2 February 1910

Charles Scott Abbot
Emma Abraham

Charles Scott Abbot
Emma Abraham
💍 1910/266

Widower
Widow

Farmer

62
60

Auckland
Auckland

1 month
1 month

Methodist Mission Hall, East St., Newton

10/262

2 February 1910

Rev. J. Wilson, Methodist

No	112
Date of Notice	2 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Scott Abbot	Emma Abraham
	💍 1910/266
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Farmer
Age	62	60
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 month	1 month
Marriage Place	Methodist Mission Hall, East St., Newton
Folio	10/262
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilson, Methodist

113

2 February 1910

Henry Joachim Larsen
Mary Dobie Davie

Henry Joachim Larsen
May Gebbie Davie
💍 1910/324

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinet-maker

31
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
5 years

House of Rev. A. S. Braith, Cross St., Newton

10/296

2 February 1910

Rev. A. S. Braith, Congregational

No	113
Date of Notice	2 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Joachim Larsen	Mary Dobie Davie
BDM Match (88%)	Henry Joachim Larsen	May Gebbie Davie
	💍 1910/324
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinet-maker
Age	31	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	5 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. A. S. Braith, Cross St., Newton
Folio	10/296
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. S. Braith, Congregational

114

2 February 1910

Samuel Harold Parker
Leila Maud French

Samuel Harold Carter
Leila May French
💍 1910/135

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

27
21

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
4 days

Registrar's Office, Auckland

10/30

2 February 1910

Thomas Culpan, Registrar

No	114
Date of Notice	2 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Harold Parker	Leila Maud French
BDM Match (89%)	Samuel Harold Carter	Leila May French
	💍 1910/135
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	10/30
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 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).