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 521

District of Gisborne Quarter ending 31 December 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

2278

1 October 1910

William David Lindsay Macdouald
Mabel Hausen

William David Lindsay Macdonald
Mabel Hansen
💍 1910/6379

Bachelor
Spinster

Station Cadet
Domestic Duties

21 years
20 years

Wainata, Poverty Bay
Motu, Poverty Bay

9 months
9 months

Office of The Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

10/6424

1 October 1910

Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

No	2278
Date of Notice	1 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William David Lindsay Macdouald	Mabel Hausen
BDM Match (94%)	William David Lindsay Macdonald	Mabel Hansen
	💍 1910/6379
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Station Cadet	Domestic Duties
Age	21 years	20 years
Dwelling Place	Wainata, Poverty Bay	Motu, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	9 months	9 months
Marriage Place	Office of The Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne
Folio	10/6424
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

2279

11 October 1910

Lawrence Mawson
Myrtle Minerva Robinson Gray

Lawrence Mawson
Myrtle Minieroa Robinson Greig
💍 1910/6441

Bachelor
Spinster

Dentist
Domestic Duties

22 years
20 years

Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Gisborne

5 months
14 months

St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Gisborne

10/6817

11 October 1910

Rev William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

No	2279
Date of Notice	11 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lawrence Mawson	Myrtle Minerva Robinson Gray
BDM Match (92%)	Lawrence Mawson	Myrtle Minieroa Robinson Greig
	💍 1910/6441
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dentist	Domestic Duties
Age	22 years	20 years
Dwelling Place	Gisborne, Poverty Bay	Gisborne
Length of Residence	5 months	14 months
Marriage Place	St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Gisborne
Folio	10/6817
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

2280

10 October 1910

George Haul Cobbett
Caroline Beatrice Light

George Paul Cobbett
Caroline Beatrice Light
💍 1910/5958

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheepfarmer
Nurse

26 years
30 years

Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Gisborne, Poverty Bay

1 week
2 weeks

Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne

10/6285

10 October 1910

Rev Leslie Dawson Thomas, Church of England

No	2280
Date of Notice	10 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Haul Cobbett	Caroline Beatrice Light
BDM Match (97%)	George Paul Cobbett	Caroline Beatrice Light
	💍 1910/5958
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheepfarmer	Nurse
Age	26 years	30 years
Dwelling Place	Gisborne, Poverty Bay	Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	1 week	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne
Folio	10/6285
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev Leslie Dawson Thomas, Church of England

2281

17 October 1910

Benjamin Grubb
Ada Corneline Foster

Benjamin Grubb
Ada Emeline Foster
💍 1910/5967

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman
Dressmaker

33 years
30 years

Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Gisborne, Whataupoko

3 years
10 years

Private Residence of the Bride's Parents, Wi Pere Street, Whataupoko

10/6293

17 October 1910

Rev John A. Cochore, Methodist Minister

No	2281
Date of Notice	17 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Benjamin Grubb	Ada Corneline Foster
BDM Match (90%)	Benjamin Grubb	Ada Emeline Foster
	💍 1910/5967
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman	Dressmaker
Age	33 years	30 years
Dwelling Place	Gisborne, Poverty Bay	Gisborne, Whataupoko
Length of Residence	3 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Private Residence of the Bride's Parents, Wi Pere Street, Whataupoko
Folio	10/6293
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev John A. Cochore, Methodist Minister

2282

14 October 1910

George Colebrook
Rose Ann Collins

George Colebrook
Rose Ann Collins
💍 1910/8408

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic Duties

23 years
24 years

Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Gisborne, Poverty Bay

3 months
3 months

St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Gisborne

10/6832

14 October 1910

Rev Thomas Gray, Roman Catholic Minister

No	2282
Date of Notice	14 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Colebrook	Rose Ann Collins
	💍 1910/8408
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic Duties
Age	23 years	24 years
Dwelling Place	Gisborne, Poverty Bay	Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	3 months	3 months
Marriage Place	St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Gisborne
Folio	10/6832
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev Thomas Gray, Roman Catholic Minister

2283

16 October 1910

Gilbert Thomas Wilson
Ruby Kathleen Rapley

Gilbert Thomas Wilson
Ruby Kathleen Rapley
💍 1910/6381

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrical & Civil Engineer
Milliner

29 years
21 years

Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Gisborne

9 months
4 days

Office of The Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne, Poverty Bay

10/6725

16 October 1910

Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

No	2283
Date of Notice	16 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gilbert Thomas Wilson	Ruby Kathleen Rapley
	💍 1910/6381
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrical & Civil Engineer	Milliner
Age	29 years	21 years
Dwelling Place	Gisborne, Poverty Bay	Gisborne
Length of Residence	9 months	4 days
Marriage Place	Office of The Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Folio	10/6725
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

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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).