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 777

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

251

11 March 1910

Athole Ernest Couch
Elsie May Webb

Athole Ernest Herbert
Elsie May Webb
💍 1910/460

Bachelor
Spinster

Bricklayer

20
19

Auckland
Auckland

Life
Life

House of Rev. R. Raine, 52 Collingwood St, Auckland

10/333

John Herbert Webb, father

11 March 1910

Rev. R. Raine, Primitive Methodist

No	251
Date of Notice	11 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Athole Ernest Couch	Elsie May Webb
BDM Match (83%)	Athole Ernest Herbert	Elsie May Webb
	💍 1910/460
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bricklayer
Age	20	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	House of Rev. R. Raine, 52 Collingwood St, Auckland
Folio	10/333
Consent	John Herbert Webb, father
Date of Certificate	11 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Raine, Primitive Methodist

252

12 March 1910

Ernest Vincent Hobby
Margaret Jane Snell

Ernest Vincent Cobley
Margaret Jane Snell
💍 1910/203

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman

30
30

Parnell
Parnell

Life
Life

House of Joseph Harris, Brighton Rd, Parnell

10/198

12 March 1910

Rev. J. M. Simpson, Presbyterian

No	252
Date of Notice	12 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Vincent Hobby	Margaret Jane Snell
BDM Match (93%)	Ernest Vincent Cobley	Margaret Jane Snell
	💍 1910/203
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman
Age	30	30
Dwelling Place	Parnell	Parnell
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	House of Joseph Harris, Brighton Rd, Parnell
Folio	10/198
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. M. Simpson, Presbyterian

253

12 March 1910

William Henry Ward
Violet Rebecca Barnett

William Henry Ward
Violet Rebecca Barnett
💍 1910/182

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

23
18

Auckland
Auckland

Life
12 years

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

10/100

Jane Barnett, mother

12 March 1910

Rev. H. E. Pilbeam, Anglican

No	253
Date of Notice	12 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Ward	Violet Rebecca Barnett
	💍 1910/182
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	12 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	10/100
Consent	Jane Barnett, mother
Date of Certificate	12 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. E. Pilbeam, Anglican

254

12 March 1910

John Browder
Kathleen Blanche Parnell

John Brouder
Kathleen Blanche Parnell
💍 1910/158

Bachelor
Spinster

Platelayer

28
22

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
4 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

10/53

12 March 1910

T. Culpan, Registrar

No	254
Date of Notice	12 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Browder	Kathleen Blanche Parnell
BDM Match (96%)	John Brouder	Kathleen Blanche Parnell
	💍 1910/158
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Platelayer
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	10/53
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 March 1910
Officiating Minister	T. Culpan, Registrar

255

14 March 1910

Arthur Hill
Kate Ethel Matilda Hele

Arthur Hill
Kahe Ethel Matilda Heke
💍 1910/1

Bachelor
Spinster

Brass Finisher

25
25

Auckland
Dargaville

Life
1 week

House of Mrs. E. O'Donnell, Kaihu, Dargaville

10/363

14 March 1910

Rev. D. W. Young, Anglican

No	255
Date of Notice	14 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Hill	Kate Ethel Matilda Hele
BDM Match (96%)	Arthur Hill	Kahe Ethel Matilda Heke
	💍 1910/1
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Brass Finisher
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Dargaville
Length of Residence	Life	1 week
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. E. O'Donnell, Kaihu, Dargaville
Folio	10/363
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. W. Young, Anglican

256

14 March 1910

John Andrew Chadwick
Palmyra Marguerite Louise Marie Wright

John Andrew Chadwick Bartle
Palmyre Marguerite Louise Marie Wright
💍 1910/159

Bachelor
Widow

Butcher

25
37

Grey Lynn
Grey Lynn

3 years
2 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

10/54

14 March 1910

T. Culpan, Registrar

No	256
Date of Notice	14 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Andrew Chadwick	Palmyra Marguerite Louise Marie Wright
BDM Match (86%)	John Andrew Chadwick Bartle	Palmyre Marguerite Louise Marie Wright
	💍 1910/159
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Butcher
Age	25	37
Dwelling Place	Grey Lynn	Grey Lynn
Length of Residence	3 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	10/54
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 March 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).