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 731

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1910

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

516

9 May 1910

John Walker Red
Olive Mary Trayes

John Walter Teed Macklow
Olive May Trayes
💍 1910/3721

Bachelor
Spinster

Chemist & Optician

24
23

Auckland
Devonport

12 years
2 years

Holy Trinity Church

10/3426

9 May 1910

Rev. A. H. Litton, Anglican

No	516
Date of Notice	9 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Walker Red	Olive Mary Trayes
BDM Match (74%)	John Walter Teed Macklow	Olive May Trayes
	💍 1910/3721
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chemist & Optician
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Devonport
Length of Residence	12 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church
Folio	10/3426
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. H. Litton, Anglican

517

9 May 1910

George Henry Clark
Ada Evelyn Armistead

George Henry Clark
Ada Evelyn Armistead
💍 1910/2413

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman

30
23

Onehunga
Onehunga

Life

House of Parkhurst, Onehunga

10/2253

9 May 1910

Rev. S. J. Gibson, Methodist

No	517
Date of Notice	9 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Henry Clark	Ada Evelyn Armistead
	💍 1910/2413
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Onehunga	Onehunga
Length of Residence		Life
Marriage Place	House of Parkhurst, Onehunga
Folio	10/2253
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. J. Gibson, Methodist

518

9 May 1910

David Hesford
Rebecca Hamilton

David Hesford
Rebecca Hamilton
💍 1910/1924

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

27
21

Parnell
Parnell

6 months
9 months

Registrar's Office, Auckland

10/2118

9 May 1910

S. E. Spoon, Registrar

No	518
Date of Notice	9 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Hesford	Rebecca Hamilton
	💍 1910/1924
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Parnell	Parnell
Length of Residence	6 months	9 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	10/2118
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 May 1910
Officiating Minister	S. E. Spoon, Registrar

519

9 May 1910

Duncan Richard Thompson
Amy Florence Hooker

Freeman Richard Thompson
Amy Florence Hoode
💍 1910/3963

Widower
Widow

Carpenter

56
44

Newmarket
Newmarket

40 years
20 years

House of Mrs. A. Bodley, Abbotsford

10/3890

9 May 1910

Rev. A. R. Dewsbury, Methodist

No	519
Date of Notice	9 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Duncan Richard Thompson	Amy Florence Hooker
BDM Match (84%)	Freeman Richard Thompson	Amy Florence Hoode
	💍 1910/3963
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Carpenter
Age	56	44
Dwelling Place	Newmarket	Newmarket
Length of Residence	40 years	20 years
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. A. Bodley, Abbotsford
Folio	10/3890
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. R. Dewsbury, Methodist

520

9 May 1910

Gerald Bernstein
Daisy Florence Benjamin

Gerald Bernstem
Daisy Florence Benjamin
💍 1910/5357

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

32
22

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
4 years

Hebrew Synagogue, Auckland

10/3522

9 May 1910

Rabbi S. A. Goldstein, Hebrew

No	520
Date of Notice	9 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gerald Bernstein	Daisy Florence Benjamin
BDM Match (94%)	Gerald Bernstem	Daisy Florence Benjamin
	💍 1910/5357
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	32	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	4 years
Marriage Place	Hebrew Synagogue, Auckland
Folio	10/3522
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rabbi S. A. Goldstein, Hebrew

521

9 May 1910

Thomas Patrick Lemon
Jennie Elizabeth Snodgrass

Thomas Patrick Lemon
Jeannie Elizabeth Snodgrass
💍 1910/1876

Widower
Divorced

Farmer

48
42

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

St. Andrew's Church, Auckland

10/1994

9 May 1910

Rev. A. A. Murray, Presbyterian

No	521
Date of Notice	9 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Patrick Lemon	Jennie Elizabeth Snodgrass
BDM Match (98%)	Thomas Patrick Lemon	Jeannie Elizabeth Snodgrass
	💍 1910/1876
Condition	Widower	Divorced
Profession	Farmer
Age	48	42
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church, Auckland
Folio	10/1994
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. A. Murray, 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).