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 795

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

144

9 February 1910

William Broad Thorpe
Emily Bott

William Broad Thorpe
Emily Bott
💍 1910/166

Widower
Spinster

Builder

50
40

Mt. Roskill
Epsom

21 years
1 1/2 years

St. Alban's Church

10/85

9 February 1910

Rev. H. S. Wingfield, Anglican

No	144
Date of Notice	9 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Broad Thorpe	Emily Bott
	💍 1910/166
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	50	40
Dwelling Place	Mt. Roskill	Epsom
Length of Residence	21 years	1 1/2 years
Marriage Place	St. Alban's Church
Folio	10/85
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. S. Wingfield, Anglican

145

11 February 1910

William Ernest Cook
Anne Gertrude Justin

William Ernest Cook
Annie Gertrude Justin
💍 1910/270

Bachelor
Spinster

Innkeeper

25
26

Lyttelton
Auckland

1 1/2 years
1 1/2 years

Methodist Church

10/266

11 February 1910

Rev. A. A. Potter, Methodist

No	145
Date of Notice	11 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Ernest Cook	Anne Gertrude Justin
BDM Match (98%)	William Ernest Cook	Annie Gertrude Justin
	💍 1910/270
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Innkeeper
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Lyttelton	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 1/2 years	1 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church
Folio	10/266
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. A. Potter, Methodist

146

11 February 1910

Robert Hall Pissoms
Rhoda Florence McFarlane

Robert Hall Sissons
Rhoda Florence McGarald
💍 1910/8337

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

24
19

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
2 years

St. Matthew's Church

10/119

James McFarlane, Father

11 February 1910

Rev. E. Allan, Anglican

No	146
Date of Notice	11 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Hall Pissoms	Rhoda Florence McFarlane
BDM Match (86%)	Robert Hall Sissons	Rhoda Florence McGarald
	💍 1910/8337
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	24	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	10/119
Consent	James McFarlane, Father
Date of Certificate	11 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Allan, Anglican

147

12 February 1910

John Murden Pearce
Harriet Pearce

John Murden
Harriet Pearce
💍 1910/271

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawyer

24
22

Auckland
Ponsonby

3 years
3 years

Home of Father of Bride, 6 Dickson St., Ponsonby

10/267

12 February 1910

Rev. H. Ready, Methodist

No	147
Date of Notice	12 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Murden Pearce	Harriet Pearce
BDM Match (81%)	John Murden	Harriet Pearce
	💍 1910/271
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawyer
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Home of Father of Bride, 6 Dickson St., Ponsonby
Folio	10/267
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Ready, Methodist

148

14 February 1910

Alfred John Tindall
Maud Elvina Tindall

Alfred John Cox
Maud Elvira Tyndall
💍 1910/215

Bachelor
Spinster

Carrier

27
27

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
Life

St. James' Manse

10/161

14 February 1910

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	148
Date of Notice	14 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred John Tindall	Maud Elvina Tindall
BDM Match (76%)	Alfred John Cox	Maud Elvira Tyndall
	💍 1910/215
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carrier
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. James' Manse
Folio	10/161
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

149

14 February 1910

John Holmes Bailey
Alice Florence Bailey

John Holmes
Alice Florence Bailey
💍 1910/1949

Bachelor
Spinster

Billiard Marker

30
27

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
11 months

Registrar's Office

10/2094

14 February 1910

T. Culpan, Registrar

No	149
Date of Notice	14 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Holmes Bailey	Alice Florence Bailey
BDM Match (81%)	John Holmes	Alice Florence Bailey
	💍 1910/1949
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Billiard Marker
Age	30	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	11 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	10/2094
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1910
Officiating Minister	T. 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).