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

192

25 February 1910

Philip Castle Smith
Myrtle Rowena Middue

Philip Castle
Myrtle Rowena Niddrie
💍 1910/122

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

21
20

Auckland
Auckland

15 months
11 months

Registrar's Office, Auckland

10/41

Arthur Middue, father

25 February 1910

C. W. Purpan, Registrar

No	192
Date of Notice	25 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Philip Castle Smith	Myrtle Rowena Middue
BDM Match (77%)	Philip Castle	Myrtle Rowena Niddrie
	💍 1910/122
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	21	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 months	11 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	10/41
Consent	Arthur Middue, father
Date of Certificate	25 February 1910
Officiating Minister	C. W. Purpan, Registrar

193

25 February 1910

Ralph Pennell Armstrong
Elizabeth Hannah Armstrong

Ralph Pennell
Elizabeth Hannah Armstrong
💍 1910/123

Bachelor
Widow

Miner

36
27

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
2 months

Registrar's Office

10/42

25 February 1910

C. W. Purpan, Registrar

No	193
Date of Notice	25 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ralph Pennell Armstrong	Elizabeth Hannah Armstrong
BDM Match (78%)	Ralph Pennell	Elizabeth Hannah Armstrong
	💍 1910/123
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Miner
Age	36	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	2 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	10/42
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 February 1910
Officiating Minister	C. W. Purpan, Registrar

194

25 February 1910

Henry Easterbrook Herbert
Amy Fuller Herbert

Henry Easterbrook
Amy Butler Herbert
💍 1910/354

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

29
23

Remuera
Remuera

4 years
Life

Primitive Methodist Church, Eden Terrace

10/325

25 February 1910

Rev. D. H. Lyon, Primitive Methodist

No	194
Date of Notice	25 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Easterbrook Herbert	Amy Fuller Herbert
BDM Match (78%)	Henry Easterbrook	Amy Butler Herbert
	💍 1910/354
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Remuera	Remuera
Length of Residence	4 years	Life
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Eden Terrace
Folio	10/325
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. H. Lyon, Primitive Methodist

195

26 February 1910

Arthur Edward Reynolds
Elizabeth Alice Wheeler

Arthur Edward Reynolds
Elizabeth Alice Wheeler
💍 1910/124

Bachelor
Spinster

School Teacher

26
23

Auckland
Grey Lynn

Life
Life

Registrar's Office

10/43

26 February 1910

C. W. Purpan, Registrar

No	195
Date of Notice	26 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Edward Reynolds	Elizabeth Alice Wheeler
	💍 1910/124
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	School Teacher
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Grey Lynn
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	10/43
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 February 1910
Officiating Minister	C. W. Purpan, Registrar

196

26 February 1910

Arthur Lifford Presham
Mary Catherine Ewing

Arthur Seilyard Gresham
Mary Catherine Ewing
💍 1910/173

Bachelor
Spinster

Dentist

28
22

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

All Saints Church, Ponsonby

10/92

26 February 1910

Ven. Arch. W. Calder, Anglican

No	196
Date of Notice	26 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Lifford Presham	Mary Catherine Ewing
BDM Match (87%)	Arthur Seilyard Gresham	Mary Catherine Ewing
	💍 1910/173
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dentist
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Ponsonby
Folio	10/92
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Ven. Arch. W. Calder, Anglican

197

26 February 1910

William Marsden Still
Annie Dunton

William Marsden Hill
Annie Dunton
💍 1910/174

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

31
23

Auckland
Auckland

11 days
9 days

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

10/93

26 February 1910

Rev. W. E. Pilham, Anglican

No	197
Date of Notice	26 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Marsden Still	Annie Dunton
BDM Match (95%)	William Marsden Hill	Annie Dunton
	💍 1910/174
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	31	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 days	9 days
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	10/93
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Pilham, Anglican

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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).