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 739

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 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

468

25 April 1910

William Pickering
Evangeline Burton

William Pickering
Evangeline Burton
💍 1910/2412

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

31
20

Onehunga
Onehunga

9 months
5 months

Home of Father of Bride, George Burton, Onehunga

10/120

Harry Burton, father

25 April 1910

Rev. J. J. Gibson, Methodist

No	468
Date of Notice	25 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Pickering	Evangeline Burton
	💍 1910/2412
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	31	20
Dwelling Place	Onehunga	Onehunga
Length of Residence	9 months	5 months
Marriage Place	Home of Father of Bride, George Burton, Onehunga
Folio	10/120
Consent	Harry Burton, father
Date of Certificate	25 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Gibson, Methodist

469

25 April 1910

Harold Matthewman Williamson
Florence Rennoc Williamson

Harold Matthewman
Florence Lennox Williamson
💍 1910/1890

Bachelor
Spinster

Architect

43
38

Devonport
Takapuna

6 years
28 years

St. Peter's Church

10/1984

25 April 1910

Rev. E. P. Monckton, Anglican

No	469
Date of Notice	25 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Matthewman Williamson	Florence Rennoc Williamson
BDM Match (77%)	Harold Matthewman	Florence Lennox Williamson
	💍 1910/1890
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Architect
Age	43	38
Dwelling Place	Devonport	Takapuna
Length of Residence	6 years	28 years
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church
Folio	10/1984
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. P. Monckton, Anglican

470

25 April 1910

John Derfuson Andrew
Mary Watson Andrew

John Ferguson
Mary Watson Andrew
💍 1910/2150

Bachelor
Spinster

Factory Foreman

38
25

Ellerslie
Otahuhu

6 years
6 years

St. David's Church

10/2201

25 April 1910

Rev. A. Doull, Presbyterian

No	470
Date of Notice	25 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Derfuson Andrew	Mary Watson Andrew
BDM Match (78%)	John Ferguson	Mary Watson Andrew
	💍 1910/2150
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Factory Foreman
Age	38	25
Dwelling Place	Ellerslie	Otahuhu
Length of Residence	6 years	6 years
Marriage Place	St. David's Church
Folio	10/2201
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Doull, Presbyterian

471

25 April 1910

Robert Bruce Cruickshank
Eileen Annie Lundon

Robert Bruce Cruickshank
Eileen Annie Lundon
💍 1910/8252

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

28
24

Auckland
Auckland

Life
9 months

Home of Mrs. Cruickshank, Symonds St., Auckland

10/5341

25 April 1910

Rev. H. D. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	471
Date of Notice	25 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Bruce Cruickshank	Eileen Annie Lundon
	💍 1910/8252
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	9 months
Marriage Place	Home of Mrs. Cruickshank, Symonds St., Auckland
Folio	10/5341
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. D. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

472

25 April 1910

Samuel Henry Pinfold
Esther Nellie Lucas Pinfold

Samuel Henry Pinfold
Esther Nellie Lucas
💍 1910/2144

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

27
22

Auckland
Auckland

11 years
4 years

St. Sepulchre's Church

10/2196

25 April 1910

Rev. E. J. McFarland, Anglican

No	472
Date of Notice	25 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Henry Pinfold	Esther Nellie Lucas Pinfold
BDM Match (85%)	Samuel Henry Pinfold	Esther Nellie Lucas
	💍 1910/2144
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Sepulchre's Church
Folio	10/2196
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. McFarland, Anglican

473

25 April 1910

George Henry Fuller
Annie Helena Fuller

George Kerr
Annie Helena Fuller
💍 1910/1940

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

29
24

Grey Lynn
Grey Lynn

20 years
6 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

10/2110

25 April 1910

J. W. Epson, Registrar

No	473
Date of Notice	25 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Henry Fuller	Annie Helena Fuller
BDM Match (76%)	George Kerr	Annie Helena Fuller
	💍 1910/1940
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	29	24
Dwelling Place	Grey Lynn	Grey Lynn
Length of Residence	20 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	10/2110
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 April 1910
Officiating Minister	J. W. Epson, 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).