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 793

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

156

16 February 1910

Matthew Campbell
Ada Jarrett

Matthew Campbell Hamilton
Ada Garrett
💍 1910/169

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

29
26

Auckland
Auckland

11 years
10 years

St. Matthews Church

10/88

16 February 1910

Rev. R. E. Pilton, Anglican

No	156
Date of Notice	16 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Matthew Campbell	Ada Jarrett
BDM Match (77%)	Matthew Campbell Hamilton	Ada Garrett
	💍 1910/169
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	29	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church
Folio	10/88
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. E. Pilton, Anglican

157

16 February 1910

James Pored Webb
Gladys Mary Atty

James Percy Webb
Gladys Mary Atty
💍 1910/272

Bachelor
Spinster

Saddler

25
24

Auckland
Auckland, Pompallier Terrace

life
life

House of Rev. E. Knight, Pompallier Terrace

10/268

16 February 1910

Rev. P. S. Cook, Methodist

No	157
Date of Notice	16 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Pored Webb	Gladys Mary Atty
BDM Match (91%)	James Percy Webb	Gladys Mary Atty
	💍 1910/272
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Saddler
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland, Pompallier Terrace
Length of Residence	life	life
Marriage Place	House of Rev. E. Knight, Pompallier Terrace
Folio	10/268
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. S. Cook, Methodist

158

16 February 1910

Samuel Ernest Gordon
Ethel Wild

Samuel Ernest Gordon
Ethel Wild
💍 1910/116

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman

22
20

Auckland
Ponsonby

9 years
life

Registrar's Office

10/35

William Henry Wild, Father

16 February 1910

Auckland Registrar

No	158
Date of Notice	16 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Ernest Gordon	Ethel Wild
	💍 1910/116
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	9 years	life
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	10/35
Consent	William Henry Wild, Father
Date of Certificate	16 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Auckland Registrar

159

16 February 1910

Samuel Timmings
Isabel Mann

Samuel Quinnings
Mabel Mann
💍 1910/216

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener

28
21

Onehunga
Onehunga

4 years
4 years

Presbyterian Church, Epsom

10/162

16 February 1910

Rev. G. Trotter, Presbyterian

No	159
Date of Notice	16 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Timmings	Isabel Mann
BDM Match (78%)	Samuel Quinnings	Mabel Mann
	💍 1910/216
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Onehunga	Onehunga
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Epsom
Folio	10/162
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Trotter, Presbyterian

160

16 February 1910

William Fellows
Olive Edith Kelly

William Fellows Grove
Olive Edith Kelly
💍 1910/8339

Bachelor
Spinster

Fruit Importer

32
25

Auckland
Mount Eden

14 years
7 years

St. Barnabas Church, Mount Eden

10/121

16 February 1910

Rev. G. G. Walter, Anglican

No	160
Date of Notice	16 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Fellows	Olive Edith Kelly
BDM Match (86%)	William Fellows Grove	Olive Edith Kelly
	💍 1910/8339
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fruit Importer
Age	32	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Mount Eden
Length of Residence	14 years	7 years
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church, Mount Eden
Folio	10/121
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. G. Walter, Anglican

161

16 February 1910

Ronald Freeman Neale
Mildred Gibson

Ronald Freeman Veale
Mildred Nilson
💍 1910/273

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

24
23

Auckland
Mount Eden

9 years
life

Methodist Church, Mount Eden

10/269

16 February 1910

Rev. A. N. Potter, Methodist

No	161
Date of Notice	16 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ronald Freeman Neale	Mildred Gibson
BDM Match (90%)	Ronald Freeman Veale	Mildred Nilson
	💍 1910/273
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Mount Eden
Length of Residence	9 years	life
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Mount Eden
Folio	10/269
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. N. Potter, Methodist

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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).