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).

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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

610

2 June 1910

Anson Austin Sache
Jessie Gertrude Rowlands

Anson Austin
Jessie Gertrude Rowlands
💍 1910/1973

Bachelor
Spinster

Mechanic

25
24

Ponsonby
Ponsonby

4 years
9 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

10/2143

2 June 1910

Registrar

No	610
Date of Notice	2 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Anson Austin Sache	Jessie Gertrude Rowlands
BDM Match (83%)	Anson Austin	Jessie Gertrude Rowlands
	💍 1910/1973
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mechanic
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Ponsonby	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	4 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	10/2143
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar

611

2 June 1910

Ernest Bernard McDonald
Aileen May Mahon

Ernest Bernard McDonald
Aileen Mary Mahon
💍 1910/5173

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Officer

25
22

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
2 months

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

10/5444

2 June 1910

Rev. H. J. Holbrook

No	611
Date of Notice	2 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Bernard McDonald	Aileen May Mahon
BDM Match (97%)	Ernest Bernard McDonald	Aileen Mary Mahon
	💍 1910/5173
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Officer
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	2 months
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	10/5444
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. J. Holbrook

612

3 June 1910

William Summerville McGregor
Mary Ann McGregor

William Summerville
Mary Ann McGregor
💍 1910/2164

Widower
Spinster

Farmer

44
45

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

St. James Church, Auckland

10/2267

3 June 1910

Rev. R. L. Walker

No	612
Date of Notice	3 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Summerville McGregor	Mary Ann McGregor
BDM Match (84%)	William Summerville	Mary Ann McGregor
	💍 1910/2164
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	44	45
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. James Church, Auckland
Folio	10/2267
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker

613

4 June 1910

James Edward Moore
Maria Armstrong

James Edward Moore
Maria Armstrong
💍 1910/5174

Widower
Widow

Pensioner

74
68

Hobsonville
Hobsonville

40 years
49 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

10/5445

4 June 1910

Rev. H. J. Holbrook

No	613
Date of Notice	4 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Edward Moore	Maria Armstrong
	💍 1910/5174
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Pensioner
Age	74	68
Dwelling Place	Hobsonville	Hobsonville
Length of Residence	40 years	49 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	10/5445
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. J. Holbrook

614

4 June 1910

John Thomas Laing
Esther Revell

John Thomas Laing
Esther Revell
💍 1910/5401

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

38
36

Mt. Eden
Mt. Eden

8 years
5 years

House of Mrs. H. Forbes, Esplanade Rd, Mount Eden

10/5773

4 June 1910

Rev. J. Crocker

No	614
Date of Notice	4 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Thomas Laing	Esther Revell
	💍 1910/5401
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	38	36
Dwelling Place	Mt. Eden	Mt. Eden
Length of Residence	8 years	5 years
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. H. Forbes, Esplanade Rd, Mount Eden
Folio	10/5773
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Crocker

615

4 June 1910

Harold Wilfred Cowan
Amelia Britchell

Harold Wilfred Cowan
Amelia Mitchell
💍 1910/2402

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

23
25

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
11 years

House of Mr. Jellie, 715 Summer Rd, Grey Lynn

10/2243

4 June 1910

Rev. W. Jellie

No	615
Date of Notice	4 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Wilfred Cowan	Amelia Britchell
BDM Match (94%)	Harold Wilfred Cowan	Amelia Mitchell
	💍 1910/2402
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	23	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	11 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. Jellie, 715 Summer Rd, Grey Lynn
Folio	10/2243
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Jellie

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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).