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 537

District of Gisborne Quarter ending 31 March 1910 Registrar Henry Ewart Hill

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

2187

22 February 1910

Christopher George Challis
Grace Gordon

Christopher George Challis
Grace Rose Gordon
💍 1910/476

Bachelor
Spinster

Public Works Labourer
Domestic Servant

36
23

Otokho, Waihuka Valley, Poverty Bay
Otokho

about 3 months
about 3 months

The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

10/375

22 February 1910

Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

No	2187
Date of Notice	22 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Christopher George Challis	Grace Gordon
BDM Match (85%)	Christopher George Challis	Grace Rose Gordon
	💍 1910/476
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Public Works Labourer	Domestic Servant
Age	36	23
Dwelling Place	Otokho, Waihuka Valley, Poverty Bay	Otokho
Length of Residence	about 3 months	about 3 months
Marriage Place	The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne
Folio	10/375
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

2188

22 February 1910

George Johnston Byrne
Ida Jane Baty

George Johnston Byrne
Ida Jane Baty
💍 1910/585

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

23
20

Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Matawhero

about 2 years
about 1 year

At the private residence of the bride, W. H. Baty, Te Hapara

10/387

Sections 24 & 27 Marriage Act 1908

12 March 1910

Rev. William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

No	2188
Date of Notice	22 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Johnston Byrne	Ida Jane Baty
	💍 1910/585
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Gisborne, Poverty Bay	Matawhero
Length of Residence	about 2 years	about 1 year
Marriage Place	At the private residence of the bride, W. H. Baty, Te Hapara
Folio	10/387
Consent	Sections 24 & 27 Marriage Act 1908
Date of Certificate	12 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

2189

4 March 1910

Henry Joseph Richardson
Kathleen Ann Ballantyne

Henry Joseph Richardson
Kathleen Ann Ballantyne
💍 1910/477

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Domestic Duties

26
16

Otokho, Waihuka, Poverty Bay
Otokho

about 3 years
about 12 months

The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

10/376

William Ballantyne (Father)

4 March 1910

Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

No	2189
Date of Notice	4 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Joseph Richardson	Kathleen Ann Ballantyne
	💍 1910/477
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Domestic Duties
Age	26	16
Dwelling Place	Otokho, Waihuka, Poverty Bay	Otokho
Length of Residence	about 3 years	about 12 months
Marriage Place	The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne
Folio	10/376
Consent	William Ballantyne (Father)
Date of Certificate	4 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

2190

4 March 1910

Kenneth David Webb
Ellen Eliza Tate

Kenneth David Webb
Ellen Eliza Tate
💍 1910/586

Widower
Widow

Engineer
Domestic Duties

47
45

Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Gisborne

about 4 1/2 years
about 23 years

The private residence of the son of the bride, 421 Palmerston Street, Gisborne

10/388

4 March 1910

Rev. William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

No	2190
Date of Notice	4 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Kenneth David Webb	Ellen Eliza Tate
	💍 1910/586
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Engineer	Domestic Duties
Age	47	45
Dwelling Place	Gisborne, Poverty Bay	Gisborne
Length of Residence	about 4 1/2 years	about 23 years
Marriage Place	The private residence of the son of the bride, 421 Palmerston Street, Gisborne
Folio	10/388
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

2191

4 March 1910

Ralph Pomeroy Simonds
Margory Minshul Worthington

Ralph Pomeroy Simonds
Margory Minshull Worthington
💍 1910/587

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheepfarmer
Domestic Duties

26
22

Torema, Poverty Bay
Kaiteratahi, Poverty Bay

about 3 years
about 2 years

At the Church of England, Patutahi

10/405

7 March 1910

Rev. Albert Roy Coles, Church of England

No	2191
Date of Notice	4 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ralph Pomeroy Simonds	Margory Minshul Worthington
BDM Match (98%)	Ralph Pomeroy Simonds	Margory Minshull Worthington
	💍 1910/587
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheepfarmer	Domestic Duties
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Torema, Poverty Bay	Kaiteratahi, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	about 3 years	about 2 years
Marriage Place	At the Church of England, Patutahi
Folio	10/405
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Albert Roy Coles, Church of England

2192

8 March 1910

Herbert Bartlett
Minnie Gangear

Herbert Bartlett
Minnie Lanfear
💍 1910/651

Bachelor
Widow

Farmer
Domestic Duties

24
23

Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Gisborne, Wharekopae, Poverty Bay

about 2 years
about 3 years

St. Nuhaka, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

10/626

9 March 1910

Rev. Elder George Bowles, Minister of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

No	2192
Date of Notice	8 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Bartlett	Minnie Gangear
BDM Match (93%)	Herbert Bartlett	Minnie Lanfear
	💍 1910/651
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Gisborne, Poverty Bay	Gisborne, Wharekopae, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	about 2 years	about 3 years
Marriage Place	St. Nuhaka, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Folio	10/626
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Elder George Bowles, Minister of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

2193

9 March 1910

Henry Stevens
Helen May Toubleson

Henry Stevens
Helen May Tombleson
💍 1910/579

Bachelor
Widow

Sheepfarmer
Domestic Duties

28
35

Wharekopae, Poverty Bay
Wainui, Poverty Bay

about 4 years
about 25 years

St. Luke Trinity Church, Gisborne

10/404

9 March 1910

Rev. Leslie Dawson Thomas, Church of England

No	2193
Date of Notice	9 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Stevens	Helen May Toubleson
BDM Match (97%)	Henry Stevens	Helen May Tombleson
	💍 1910/579
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Sheepfarmer	Domestic Duties
Age	28	35
Dwelling Place	Wharekopae, Poverty Bay	Wainui, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	about 4 years	about 25 years
Marriage Place	St. Luke Trinity Church, Gisborne
Folio	10/404
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Leslie Dawson Thomas, Church of England

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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).