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 691

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

748

7 July 1910

Edward Brichades Taylor
Maggie McLaughlin

Edward Taylor
Maggie McLaughlin
💍 1910/3812

Divorced
Spinster

Labourer

36
26

Onehunga
Auckland

4 years
3 years 10 months

Registrar's Office Auckland

10/4061

7 July 1910

Registrar

No	748
Date of Notice	7 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Brichades Taylor	Maggie McLaughlin
BDM Match (78%)	Edward Taylor	Maggie McLaughlin
	💍 1910/3812
Condition	Divorced	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	36	26
Dwelling Place	Onehunga	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	3 years 10 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	10/4061
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar

749

8 July 1910

Walter Innes Readford
Elizabeth Emma Ivory

Walter James Readford
Elizabeth Emma Ivory
💍 1910/5623

Bachelor
Divorced (Decree absolute 2 Febr 1910)

Painter

42
40

Auckland
Auckland

1 1/2 years
9 years

Home of Bride, 20 Oliphant St

10/5473

8 July 1910

Rev. James Wilson

No	749
Date of Notice	8 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Innes Readford	Elizabeth Emma Ivory
BDM Match (93%)	Walter James Readford	Elizabeth Emma Ivory
	💍 1910/5623
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced (Decree absolute 2 Febr 1910)
Profession	Painter
Age	42	40
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 1/2 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Home of Bride, 20 Oliphant St
Folio	10/5473
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. James Wilson

750

8 July 1910

John Edward Brocombe
Caroline Learmonth

John Edward Crocombe
Caroline Learmouth
💍 1910/5090

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

21
18

Birkenhead
Mt. Eden

10 years
2 years

Home of Bridegroom

10/5327

Martha Learmonth, mother

8 July 1910

Rev. J. Carr

No	750
Date of Notice	8 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Edward Brocombe	Caroline Learmonth
BDM Match (95%)	John Edward Crocombe	Caroline Learmouth
	💍 1910/5090
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Birkenhead	Mt. Eden
Length of Residence	10 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Home of Bridegroom
Folio	10/5327
Consent	Martha Learmonth, mother
Date of Certificate	8 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Carr

751

9 July 1910

Thomas Edward Fletcher
Amy Schofield

Thomas Edward Fletcher
May Schofield
💍 1910/8163

Bachelor
Spinster

Motorman

27
26

Auckland
Ponsonby

5 years
7 years

Home of Bride's parents, 60 Shelley St, Auckland

10/5355

9 July 1910

Rev. F. Bond

No	751
Date of Notice	9 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Edward Fletcher	Amy Schofield
BDM Match (92%)	Thomas Edward Fletcher	May Schofield
	💍 1910/8163
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motorman
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	5 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Home of Bride's parents, 60 Shelley St, Auckland
Folio	10/5355
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. Bond

752

9 July 1910

William Moss Rodgors
Jessie Turner

William Moss
Jessie Turner Rodgers
💍 1910/5625

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairworker

32
32

Newton
Newton

6 years
6 years

Methodist Mission Hall, Newton

10/5425

9 July 1910

Rev. James Wilson

No	752
Date of Notice	9 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Moss Rodgors	Jessie Turner
BDM Match (61%)	William Moss	Jessie Turner Rodgers
	💍 1910/5625
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairworker
Age	32	32
Dwelling Place	Newton	Newton
Length of Residence	6 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Mission Hall, Newton
Folio	10/5425
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. James Wilson

753

11 July 1910

Gregor McKenzie
Hannah Jane Fleet

Gregor McKenzie
Hannah Jane Skeet
💍 1910/3814

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

53
38

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
18 years

Registrar's Office Auckland

10/4062

11 July 1910

Registrar

No	753
Date of Notice	11 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gregor McKenzie	Hannah Jane Fleet
BDM Match (94%)	Gregor McKenzie	Hannah Jane Skeet
	💍 1910/3814
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	53	38
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	10/4062
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 July 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).

Primary digitisation of registers between 1855 and 1925 is now complete. Our digitisation volunteers are now working on verifying the currently digitised pages against printed district/page indexes, to identify pages which may have been missed or out of focus. These pages can be re-imaged as required.

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.

How can I help?

You can sign up to correct errors in the transcribed records and match ITMs with registered marriages.

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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).