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 797

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

132

7 February 1910

William Norman Davidson
Emily May Gilbank

William Norman Davidson
Emily May Milbank
💍 1910/268

Bachelor
Spinster

Carrier

26
23

Rotorua
Arch Hill

4 days
Life

Methodist Mission Hall, East St.

10/264

7 February 1910

Rev. J. Wilson, Methodist

No	132
Date of Notice	7 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Norman Davidson	Emily May Gilbank
BDM Match (97%)	William Norman Davidson	Emily May Milbank
	💍 1910/268
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carrier
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Arch Hill
Length of Residence	4 days	Life
Marriage Place	Methodist Mission Hall, East St.
Folio	10/264
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilson, Methodist

133

7 February 1910

Alfred Ernest Middleton
Catherine Leonard Finlayson

Alfred Ernest Middleton
Catherine Leonard
💍 1910/309

Bachelor
Spinster

Foreman

23
17

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
Life

St. Patrick's Cathedral

10/231

Matthew Leonard Finlayson, father

7 February 1910

Rev. A. G. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	133
Date of Notice	7 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Ernest Middleton	Catherine Leonard Finlayson
BDM Match (82%)	Alfred Ernest Middleton	Catherine Leonard
	💍 1910/309
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Foreman
Age	23	17
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	10/231
Consent	Matthew Leonard Finlayson, father
Date of Certificate	7 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. G. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

134

7 February 1910

James Sadler Stevenson
Clara Alice Wilson

James Sadler
Clara Alice Stevenson
💍 1910/139

Bachelor
Widow

Hairdresser

27
29

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
2 months

Registrar's Office

10/34

7 February 1910

Thomas Culpan, Registrar

No	134
Date of Notice	7 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Sadler Stevenson	Clara Alice Wilson
BDM Match (63%)	James Sadler	Clara Alice Stevenson
	💍 1910/139
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Hairdresser
Age	27	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	2 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	10/34
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Thomas Culpan, Registrar

135

7 February 1910

Leonard Laing Parkes
Emily Archer

Leonard Laing Parkes
Emily Archer
💍 1910/8335

Bachelor
Widow

Farmer

28
26

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
9 months

St. Paul's Church

10/118

7 February 1910

Rev. C. A. B. Watson, Anglican

No	135
Date of Notice	7 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Laing Parkes	Emily Archer
	💍 1910/8335
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Farmer
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	9 months
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church
Folio	10/118
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. A. B. Watson, Anglican

136

7 February 1910

Percival Ernest McCullough
Lily Florence Parks

Percival Ernest Herbus McCullonge
Lily Marea Sparks
💍 1910/303

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

24
23

Auckland
Mt. Roskill

7 years
Life

Home of Mrs. E. Parks, Roope St.

10/248

7 February 1910

Rev. G. H. R. Dusbury, Methodist

No	136
Date of Notice	7 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percival Ernest McCullough	Lily Florence Parks
BDM Match (65%)	Percival Ernest Herbus McCullonge	Lily Marea Sparks
	💍 1910/303
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Mt. Roskill
Length of Residence	7 years	Life
Marriage Place	Home of Mrs. E. Parks, Roope St.
Folio	10/248
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. R. Dusbury, Methodist

137

8 February 1910

Oscar Sandin
Mary Neville

Oscar Sandin
Mary Neville
💍 1910/310

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

31
28

Auckland
Onehunga

3 days
6 years

Roman Catholic Church

10/232

8 February 1910

Rev. D. J. Mahoney, Roman Catholic

No	137
Date of Notice	8 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Oscar Sandin	Mary Neville
	💍 1910/310
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	31	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Onehunga
Length of Residence	3 days	6 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church
Folio	10/232
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. J. Mahoney, Roman Catholic

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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).