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 652

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 1910 Registrar Ernest Livermore

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

974

20 September 1910

Percy James Alderton
Evelyn Lillian Mary Wallace

Percy James Alderton
Eveleyn Lillian Mary Wallace
💍 1910/3801

Bachelor
Spinster

Mill Hand

21
21

Auckland
Auckland

Life
10 years

House of Mr. M. J. Alderton, Cheshire Street, Parnell, Auckland

10/3975

20 September 1910

Rev. J. Simpson

No	974
Date of Notice	20 September 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy James Alderton	Evelyn Lillian Mary Wallace
BDM Match (98%)	Percy James Alderton	Eveleyn Lillian Mary Wallace
	💍 1910/3801
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mill Hand
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	10 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. M. J. Alderton, Cheshire Street, Parnell, Auckland
Folio	10/3975
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 September 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Simpson

975

20 September 1910

Hudson Gifillan
Ada Florence Starkey

Hudson Gilfillan
Ada Florence Starkey
💍 1910/6137

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist

25
26

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
2½ years

St. Barnabas Church, Auckland

10/6456

20 September 1910

Rev. E. J. McFarland

No	975
Date of Notice	20 September 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hudson Gifillan	Ada Florence Starkey
BDM Match (97%)	Hudson Gilfillan	Ada Florence Starkey
	💍 1910/6137
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	2½ years
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church, Auckland
Folio	10/6456
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 September 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. McFarland

976

20 September 1910

Alfred John Neath
Christina Mary Heenan

Alfred John Neath
Christina Mary Heenan
💍 1910/7803

Bachelor
Spinster

Cook

30
35

Auckland
Auckland

7 years
35 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

10/8215

20 September 1910

Rev. H. J. Holbrook

No	976
Date of Notice	20 September 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred John Neath	Christina Mary Heenan
	💍 1910/7803
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cook
Age	30	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 years	35 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	10/8215
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 September 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. J. Holbrook

977

20 September 1910

James Henry Teehan
Ethel May Spencer

James Henry Teehan
Ethel May Spencer
💍 1910/3925

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Hand

24
18

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
5 days

Registrar's Office, Auckland

10/4125

George Spencer, father

20 September 1910

Deputy Registrar

No	977
Date of Notice	20 September 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Henry Teehan	Ethel May Spencer
	💍 1910/3925
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Hand
Age	24	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	5 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	10/4125
Consent	George Spencer, father
Date of Certificate	20 September 1910
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

978

20 September 1910

Henry Bertram Wilson
Violet Maude Wilson

Henry Bertram
Violet Maude Wilson
💍 1910/3846

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

27
23

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
2 years

St. Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden, Auckland

10/4020

20 September 1910

Rev. E. J. McFarland

No	978
Date of Notice	20 September 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Bertram Wilson	Violet Maude Wilson
BDM Match (83%)	Henry Bertram	Violet Maude Wilson
	💍 1910/3846
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden, Auckland
Folio	10/4020
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 September 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. McFarland

979

20 September 1910

Harry Vickers James
Annie Zillah Bredesen

Harry Vickers
Annie Zillah Brederson
💍 1910/5443

Widower
Widow

Farmer

45
35

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
20 years

Residence of Mr. P. J. Hawkins, Home Street, Arch Hill, Auckland

10/5690

20 September 1910

Rev. J. Cocker

No	979
Date of Notice	20 September 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Vickers James	Annie Zillah Bredesen
BDM Match (80%)	Harry Vickers	Annie Zillah Brederson
	💍 1910/5443
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Farmer
Age	45	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	20 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. P. J. Hawkins, Home Street, Arch Hill, Auckland
Folio	10/5690
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 September 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Cocker

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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).