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 789

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

180

21 February 1910

William Thomas Wynyard
Constance Lilian Beatrice Seedell

William Thomas Wynyard
Constance Lilian Beatrice Beedell
💍 1910/8341

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

28
25

Auckland
Auckland

life
life

St Sepulchre's Church, Auckland

10/123

21 February 1910

Rev H Reese, Anglican

No	180
Date of Notice	21 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Thomas Wynyard	Constance Lilian Beatrice Seedell
BDM Match (99%)	William Thomas Wynyard	Constance Lilian Beatrice Beedell
	💍 1910/8341
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	life	life
Marriage Place	St Sepulchre's Church, Auckland
Folio	10/123
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev H Reese, Anglican

181

21 February 1910

Robert Francis Wilson
Jane Hall

Robert Francis Wilson
Jane Hall
💍 1910/5360

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

26
19

Birkenhead
Mayfield

life
8 yrs

Methodist Church, Birkenhead

10/524

John Hall, Father

21 February 1910

Rev J P Parr, Methodist

No	181
Date of Notice	21 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Francis Wilson	Jane Hall
	💍 1910/5360
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	26	19
Dwelling Place	Birkenhead	Mayfield
Length of Residence	life	8 yrs
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Birkenhead
Folio	10/524
Consent	John Hall, Father
Date of Certificate	21 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev J P Parr, Methodist

182

22 February 1910

George Gordon House
Margaret Haive Sutherland

George Horder House
Margaret Hair Sutherland
💍 1910/120

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

30
23

Auckland
Auckland

7 yrs
18 yrs

Registrar's Office, Auckland

10/39

22 February 1910

Culpan, Registrar

No	182
Date of Notice	22 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Gordon House	Margaret Haive Sutherland
BDM Match (88%)	George Horder House	Margaret Hair Sutherland
	💍 1910/120
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 yrs	18 yrs
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	10/39
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Culpan, Registrar

183

22 February 1910

David Ralston Ingram
Adeline Bertha Hoffmann

David Ralston Ingram
Adeline Bertha Hoffman
💍 1910/218

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

31
27

Auckland
Avondale

10 yrs
12 yrs

Presbyterian Church, Avondale

10/164

22 February 1910

Rev A Maclean, Presbyterian

No	183
Date of Notice	22 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Ralston Ingram	Adeline Bertha Hoffmann
BDM Match (98%)	David Ralston Ingram	Adeline Bertha Hoffman
	💍 1910/218
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	31	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Avondale
Length of Residence	10 yrs	12 yrs
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Avondale
Folio	10/164
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev A Maclean, Presbyterian

184

22 February 1910

John Walter Thompson
Beatrice Ethel Lawrie

John Walter Thompson
Beatrice Ethel Laurie
💍 1910/352

Bachelor
Spinster

Iron-Moulder

27
25

Richmond
Mount Roskill

life
15 yrs

Church of Christ, Mt. Roskill

10/323

22 February 1910

Mr A Grinstead, Church of Christ

No	184
Date of Notice	22 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Walter Thompson	Beatrice Ethel Lawrie
BDM Match (98%)	John Walter Thompson	Beatrice Ethel Laurie
	💍 1910/352
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Iron-Moulder
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Richmond	Mount Roskill
Length of Residence	life	15 yrs
Marriage Place	Church of Christ, Mt. Roskill
Folio	10/323
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Mr A Grinstead, Church of Christ

185

22 February 1910

Alfred Martin
Mary Josephine Tindall

Alfred Martin
Mary Josephine Tindall
💍 1910/219

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

32
32

Auckland
Auckland

3 mos
2 yrs

St James' Manse, Auckland

10/165

22 February 1910

Rev R L Walker, Presbyterian

No	185
Date of Notice	22 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Martin	Mary Josephine Tindall
	💍 1910/219
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	32	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 mos	2 yrs
Marriage Place	St James' Manse, Auckland
Folio	10/165
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev R L Walker, Presbyterian

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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).