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 717

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

598

31 March 1910

Frederick Parker
Lydia Mary Punishaw

George Frederick Proctor
Lydia May Grimshaw
💍 1910/5412

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

31
30

Auckland
Parnell

7 years
7 years

House of Frederick Parker, Bradford St, Parnell

10/15733

31 March 1910

Rev. James Wilson

No	598
Date of Notice	31 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Parker	Lydia Mary Punishaw
BDM Match (62%)	George Frederick Proctor	Lydia May Grimshaw
	💍 1910/5412
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	31	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Parnell
Length of Residence	7 years	7 years
Marriage Place	House of Frederick Parker, Bradford St, Parnell
Folio	10/15733
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. James Wilson

599

31 March 1910

Ernest Walker
Jessie Barbara Frost

Ernest Walter Walcroft
Jessie Barbara Frost
💍 1910/2153

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Manager

27
26

Auckland
East Tamaki

3 years
10 years

House of Father of Bride, East Tamaki

10/2204

31 March 1910

Rev. A. Doull

No	599
Date of Notice	31 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Walker	Jessie Barbara Frost
BDM Match (77%)	Ernest Walter Walcroft	Jessie Barbara Frost
	💍 1910/2153
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Manager
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	East Tamaki
Length of Residence	3 years	10 years
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride, East Tamaki
Folio	10/2204
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Doull

600

31 March 1910

Walter Marshall
Louisa Day Jamieson

Bachelor
Spinster

Dredge

29
29

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
3 years

St. Benedict's Church, Auckland

10/6014

31 March 1910

Rev. J. J. O'Fillian

No	600
Date of Notice	31 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Marshall	Louisa Day Jamieson
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dredge
Age	29	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church, Auckland
Folio	10/6014
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. O'Fillian

601

31 March 1910

William Martin
Kathleen Sarrett

William Martin
Emily Florence Sarah Sanson
💍 1910/3709

Bachelor
Spinster

Mine Manager

36
33

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
8 months

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

10/5443

31 March 1910

Rev. H. P. Holbrook

No	601
Date of Notice	31 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Martin	Kathleen Sarrett
BDM Match (63%)	William Martin	Emily Florence Sarah Sanson
	💍 1910/3709
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mine Manager
Age	36	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	8 months
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	10/5443
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. P. Holbrook

602

31 March 1910

Joseph Gainer
Florence Elizabeth Martin

Joseph Zainey
Florence Elizabeth Martin
💍 1910/1970

Bachelor
Spinster

Waterside Worker

24
22

Epsom
Onehunga

13 years
5 months

Registrar's Office, Auckland

10/2140

31 March 1910

Registrar

No	602
Date of Notice	31 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Gainer	Florence Elizabeth Martin
BDM Match (92%)	Joseph Zainey	Florence Elizabeth Martin
	💍 1910/1970
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Waterside Worker
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Epsom	Onehunga
Length of Residence	13 years	5 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	10/2140
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar

603

31 March 1910

John James McKinnon
Lily Brogelle Thacker

John James McKinnon
Lily Myrtle Thacker
💍 1910/1992

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

37
23

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
15 months

Registrar's Office, Auckland

10/2138

31 March 1910

Registrar

No	603
Date of Notice	31 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John James McKinnon	Lily Brogelle Thacker
BDM Match (86%)	John James McKinnon	Lily Myrtle Thacker
	💍 1910/1992
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	37	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	15 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	10/2138
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 March 1910
Officiating Minister	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).