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 729

District of Gisborne 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

528

11 May 1910

Wilfred Arthur Burns
Mabel Krishna Teague

Wilfred Arthur Binns
Mabel Christina Teague
💍 1910/2281

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

25
24

Grey Lynn
Grey Lynn

Life
Life

House of Father, 13 Francis St.

10/2292

11 May 1910

Rev. J. Aldridge, Church of Christ

No	528
Date of Notice	11 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wilfred Arthur Burns	Mabel Krishna Teague
BDM Match (86%)	Wilfred Arthur Binns	Mabel Christina Teague
	💍 1910/2281
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Grey Lynn	Grey Lynn
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	House of Father, 13 Francis St.
Folio	10/2292
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Aldridge, Church of Christ

529

11 May 1910

Donald Gillies Breiklejohn
Constance Esther Breiklejohn

Donald Gillies
Constance Esther Meiklejohn
💍 1910/2110

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

37
24

Auckland
Devonport

2 years
3 years

House of Mr. S. Breiklejohn, Lake Rd.

10/1980

11 May 1910

Rev. J. E. Bertram, Presbyterian

No	529
Date of Notice	11 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Donald Gillies Breiklejohn	Constance Esther Breiklejohn
BDM Match (73%)	Donald Gillies	Constance Esther Meiklejohn
	💍 1910/2110
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	37	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Devonport
Length of Residence	2 years	3 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. S. Breiklejohn, Lake Rd.
Folio	10/1980
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. E. Bertram, Presbyterian

530

11 May 1910

William James Niscon
Ethel Scott

William James Nixon
Ethel Scott
💍 1910/2423

Bachelor
Spinster

Photographer

23
18

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
4 years

House of Rev. J. Jellie, Summer Rd.

10/2240

Anne Scott, mother

11 May 1910

Rev. J. Jellie, Unitarian

No	530
Date of Notice	11 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William James Niscon	Ethel Scott
BDM Match (95%)	William James Nixon	Ethel Scott
	💍 1910/2423
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Photographer
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. J. Jellie, Summer Rd.
Folio	10/2240
Consent	Anne Scott, mother
Date of Certificate	11 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Jellie, Unitarian

531

11 May 1910

Neil Thornton Ruth
Ruth Higginbotham

Cecil Thornton
Ruth Higginbotham
💍 1910/2400

Bachelor
Spinster

Fitter

32
24

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
4 years

House of Rev. J. Jellie, Summer Rd.

10/2241

11 May 1910

Rev. J. Jellie, Unitarian

No	531
Date of Notice	11 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Neil Thornton Ruth	Ruth Higginbotham
BDM Match (81%)	Cecil Thornton	Ruth Higginbotham
	💍 1910/2400
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fitter
Age	32	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	4 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. J. Jellie, Summer Rd.
Folio	10/2241
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Jellie, Unitarian

532

11 May 1910

Gilbert Stanley Gould
Alice Alma Merle Turner

Gilbert Stanley Gould
Alice Alma Merle Turner
💍 1910/1926

Bachelor
Divorced

Engineer

28
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
10 years

Registrar's Office

10/2120

11 May 1910

J. M. Lowe, Registrar

No	532
Date of Notice	11 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gilbert Stanley Gould	Alice Alma Merle Turner
	💍 1910/1926
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced
Profession	Engineer
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	10/2120
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 May 1910
Officiating Minister	J. M. Lowe, Registrar

533

11 May 1910

Henry David Russell
Harriette Anne Short

Henry David Russell
Harriette Anne Shortt
💍 1910/1927

Bachelor
Spinster

Printer

23
29

Auckland
Mount Eden

2 years
3 years

Registrar's Office

10/2121

11 May 1910

B. E. Spooner, Registrar

No	533
Date of Notice	11 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry David Russell	Harriette Anne Short
BDM Match (98%)	Henry David Russell	Harriette Anne Shortt
	💍 1910/1927
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Printer
Age	23	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Mount Eden
Length of Residence	2 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	10/2121
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 May 1910
Officiating Minister	B. E. Spooner, 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).