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 636

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 December 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

1069

24 October 1910

John Francis Shanly
Lydia Frances Seehan

John Francis Shanly
Lydia Frances Beehan
💍 1910/7114

Bachelor
Spinster

Manufacturer's Agent

29
24

Remuera
Auckland

5 years
Life

St. Benedict's Church, Auckland

10/7512

24 October 1910

Rev. F. Gillan

No	1069
Date of Notice	24 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Francis Shanly	Lydia Frances Seehan
BDM Match (98%)	John Francis Shanly	Lydia Frances Beehan
	💍 1910/7114
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Manufacturer's Agent
Age	29	24
Dwelling Place	Remuera	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church, Auckland
Folio	10/7512
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. Gillan

1070

25 October 1910

George Henry Anderson
Kathleen Jane Young

George Henry Anderson
Kathleen Jane Young
💍 1910/8318

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

21
22

Auckland
Ellerslie

20 years
4 years

St. David's Church, Auckland

10/6258

25 October 1910

Rev. A. A. Murray

No	1070
Date of Notice	25 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Henry Anderson	Kathleen Jane Young
	💍 1910/8318
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ellerslie
Length of Residence	20 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St. David's Church, Auckland
Folio	10/6258
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. A. Murray

1071

25 October 1910

Claude Testa de Carteret
Mary Beatrice Hallett

Claude Testa de Carteret
Mary Beatrice Hallett
💍 1910/5848

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

27
26

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
2 years

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

10/6238

25 October 1910

Rev. E. Gillam

No	1071
Date of Notice	25 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Claude Testa de Carteret	Mary Beatrice Hallett
	💍 1910/5848
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	10/6238
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Gillam

1072

25 October 1910

William John Finn Dear
Mary Elizabeth Anne Maher

William John Finn Dear
Mary Elizabeth Anne Satyer
💍 1910/6006

Bachelor
Spinster

Ledger Keeper

35
34

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
9 years

St. Andrew's Church, Auckland

10/6257

25 October 1910

Rev. A. A. Murray

No	1072
Date of Notice	25 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Finn Dear	Mary Elizabeth Anne Maher
BDM Match (94%)	William John Finn Dear	Mary Elizabeth Anne Satyer
	💍 1910/6006
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ledger Keeper
Age	35	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	9 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church, Auckland
Folio	10/6257
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. A. Murray

1073

25 October 1910

Clifford Walter Carey
Ivy Jane Bowden

Clifford Walter Carey
Ivy Jane Bowden
💍 1910/6000

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

24
23

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
6 months

Registrar's Office, Auckland

10/6394

25 October 1910

Registrar

No	1073
Date of Notice	25 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Clifford Walter Carey	Ivy Jane Bowden
	💍 1910/6000
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	6 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	10/6394
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar

1074

25 October 1910

Thomas Herbert Billings
Annie Maud Billings

Thomas Herbert Gray
Annie Maud Billings
💍 1910/7823

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

26
17

Ponsonby
Ponsonby

4 days
4 months

Methodist Mission Hall, East Auckland

10/8236

Catherine Jane Billings, mother

25 October 1910

Rev. J. Gibson

No	1074
Date of Notice	25 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Herbert Billings	Annie Maud Billings
BDM Match (83%)	Thomas Herbert Gray	Annie Maud Billings
	💍 1910/7823
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	26	17
Dwelling Place	Ponsonby	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	4 days	4 months
Marriage Place	Methodist Mission Hall, East Auckland
Folio	10/8236
Consent	Catherine Jane Billings, mother
Date of Certificate	25 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Gibson

These records have been automatically transcribed and must be verified using the page image (below)

100% Contrast

100% Brightness

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).