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 Dargaville Quarter ending 30 September 1910 Registrar The Macaulay

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

16 July 1910

Alfred George Massy
Annie Wordley

Bachelor
Spinster

Surveyor
Household duties

28
21

Wargaville
Wargaville

7 years
12 Months

Registrar's Office Dargaville

10/4130

16 July 1910

S. The Macaulay, Registrar

No	15
Date of Notice	16 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred George Massy	Annie Wordley
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Surveyor	Household duties
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Wargaville	Wargaville
Length of Residence	7 years	12 Months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Dargaville
Folio	10/4130
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 July 1910
Officiating Minister	S. The Macaulay, Registrar

20 August 1910

Edward Henry Meurant
Isabel Murphy

Edward Henry Meurant
Isabell Murphy
💍 1910/3943

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Household duties

38
21

Kiritopuni
Dargaville

5 years
3 Months

Anglican Church Dargaville

10/4192

20 August 1910

Rev. F. W. Young

No	16
Date of Notice	20 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Henry Meurant	Isabel Murphy
BDM Match (96%)	Edward Henry Meurant	Isabell Murphy
	💍 1910/3943
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Household duties
Age	38	21
Dwelling Place	Kiritopuni	Dargaville
Length of Residence	5 years	3 Months
Marriage Place	Anglican Church Dargaville
Folio	10/4192
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 August 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. W. Young

27 August 1910

Paro Mita
Lizzie Pihi

Poro Mita
Lizzie Pahi
💍 1910/3907

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman
Household duties

24
20

Babylon
Otin Kiewi

8 years
18 years

Registrar's Office Dargaville

10/4131

27 August 1910

S. The Macaulay, Registrar

No	17
Date of Notice	27 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Paro Mita	Lizzie Pihi
BDM Match (90%)	Poro Mita	Lizzie Pahi
	💍 1910/3907
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman	Household duties
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Babylon	Otin Kiewi
Length of Residence	8 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Dargaville
Folio	10/4131
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 August 1910
Officiating Minister	S. The Macaulay, Registrar

6 September 1910

Visko Motutunovich
Mary Peters

John Young
Mary Peters
💍 1910/1772

Bachelor
Spinster

Gum Ranger
Household duties

26
17

Babylon
Rearvetts

10 years
10 years

Registrar's Office Te Kopuru

Not yet filed at Te Kopuru

6 September 1910

H. H. Sabourn, Te Kopuru

No	18
Date of Notice	6 September 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Visko Motutunovich	Mary Peters
BDM Match (61%)	John Young	Mary Peters
	💍 1910/1772
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gum Ranger	Household duties
Age	26	17
Dwelling Place	Babylon	Rearvetts
Length of Residence	10 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Te Kopuru
Folio	Not yet filed at Te Kopuru
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 September 1910
Officiating Minister	H. H. Sabourn, Te Kopuru

17 September 1910

Henry William Nichols
Lily Maud Nicholson

Henry William Nichols
Lillian Maud Nicholson
💍 1910/3944

Bachelor
Spinster

Millhand
Household duties

26
22

Kaihu
Kaihu

3 years
10 years

House of Rev. John E. Nicholson, Kaihu

10/4193

17 September 1910

Rev. F. W. Young

No	19
Date of Notice	17 September 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry William Nichols	Lily Maud Nicholson
BDM Match (91%)	Henry William Nichols	Lillian Maud Nicholson
	💍 1910/3944
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Millhand	Household duties
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Kaihu	Kaihu
Length of Residence	3 years	10 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. John E. Nicholson, Kaihu
Folio	10/4193
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 September 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. W. Young

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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).