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 693

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 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

736

5 July 1910

Leonard Richard Hook
Ethel Mary Roebuck

Leonard Richard Hook
Ethel May Roebuck
💍 1910/3783

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

31
28

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
6 months

Methodist Church, Kingsland

10/3981

5 July 1910

Rev. A. H. Potter

No	736
Date of Notice	5 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Richard Hook	Ethel Mary Roebuck
BDM Match (97%)	Leonard Richard Hook	Ethel May Roebuck
	💍 1910/3783
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	31	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	6 months
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Kingsland
Folio	10/3981
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. H. Potter

737

5 July 1910

Alfred Pope Cammell
Alice Sarah Kathleen Aicken

Alfred George Cammell
Alice Sarah Kathleen Aicken
💍 1910/5288

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber & Gasfitter

23
23

Auckland
Remuera

8 years
Life

Home of Bride's parents, Vincent Rd.

10/5603

5 July 1910

Rev. J. B. Monro

No	737
Date of Notice	5 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Pope Cammell	Alice Sarah Kathleen Aicken
BDM Match (91%)	Alfred George Cammell	Alice Sarah Kathleen Aicken
	💍 1910/5288
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber & Gasfitter
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Remuera
Length of Residence	8 years	Life
Marriage Place	Home of Bride's parents, Vincent Rd.
Folio	10/5603
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Monro

738

5 July 1910

George Robert Fisher
Annie Emma Hansford

George Rossen
Annie Emma Fisher
💍 1910/3927

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

35
32

Remuera
Kingsland

29 years
1 year 7 months

St. Sepulchre's Church, Auckland

10/4169

5 July 1910

Rev. A. H. Reese

No	738
Date of Notice	5 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Robert Fisher	Annie Emma Hansford
BDM Match (62%)	George Rossen	Annie Emma Fisher
	💍 1910/3927
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	35	32
Dwelling Place	Remuera	Kingsland
Length of Residence	29 years	1 year 7 months
Marriage Place	St. Sepulchre's Church, Auckland
Folio	10/4169
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. H. Reese

739

5 July 1910

Thomas Harris McDonald
Sarah Hansford

Bachelor
Spinster

Surfaceman & G.R.

30
38

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
2 years

Somervell Memorial Church, Remuera

10/5602

5 July 1910

Rev. J. B. Monro

No	739
Date of Notice	5 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Harris McDonald	Sarah Hansford
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Surfaceman & G.R.
Age	30	38
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Somervell Memorial Church, Remuera
Folio	10/5602
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Monro

740

5 July 1910

Luke Ebenezer Ballard
Agnes Mary Hosking

Luke Ebenezer Ballard
Agnes Mary Hosking
💍 1910/4290

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

30
19

Auckland
Onehunga

Life
2 years

House of Bride's parents, Inkerman St.

10/3921

Jonathan Thompson Hosking, father

5 July 1910

Rev. J. Aldridge

No	740
Date of Notice	5 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Luke Ebenezer Ballard	Agnes Mary Hosking
	💍 1910/4290
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	30	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Onehunga
Length of Residence	Life	2 years
Marriage Place	House of Bride's parents, Inkerman St.
Folio	10/3921
Consent	Jonathan Thompson Hosking, father
Date of Certificate	5 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Aldridge

741

5 July 1910

Percy Flower Parker
Helen Dyce Laird

Percy Flower Carter
Helen Fyfe Laird
💍 1910/5444

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

24
27

Auckland
Auckland

11 years
Life

Home of Bride's parents, 10 Norfolk St., Ponsonby

10/5691

5 July 1910

Rev. J. Jolly

No	741
Date of Notice	5 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Flower Parker	Helen Dyce Laird
BDM Match (89%)	Percy Flower Carter	Helen Fyfe Laird
	💍 1910/5444
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	24	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 years	Life
Marriage Place	Home of Bride's parents, 10 Norfolk St., Ponsonby
Folio	10/5691
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Jolly

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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).