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 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

2290

31 October 1910

Robert Charles Willis
Florence Coridas

Robert Charles Willis
Florence Coridas
💍 1910/6443

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Servant

27 years
31

Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Gisborne, Poverty Bay

3 years
2 years

The Presbyterian Manse, Gisborne, Poverty Bay

10/6819

31 October 1910

Rev. William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

No	2290
Date of Notice	31 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Charles Willis	Florence Coridas
	💍 1910/6443
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Servant
Age	27 years	31
Dwelling Place	Gisborne, Poverty Bay	Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	3 years	2 years
Marriage Place	The Presbyterian Manse, Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Folio	10/6819
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

2291

2 November 1910

William Drummond Hodge
Lottie Gertrude Hodge

William Drummond
Ettie Gertrude Hodge
💍 1910/6384

Bachelor
Spinster

Ploughman
Domestic Duties

22 years
19

Puha, Te Karaka, Poverty Bay
Ormond, Poverty Bay

6 years
6 months

The Office of The Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne, Poverty Bay

10/6728

Alfred Hodge, Father

2 November 1910

Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

No	2291
Date of Notice	2 November 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Drummond Hodge	Lottie Gertrude Hodge
BDM Match (82%)	William Drummond	Ettie Gertrude Hodge
	💍 1910/6384
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ploughman	Domestic Duties
Age	22 years	19
Dwelling Place	Puha, Te Karaka, Poverty Bay	Ormond, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	6 years	6 months
Marriage Place	The Office of The Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Folio	10/6728
Consent	Alfred Hodge, Father
Date of Certificate	2 November 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

2292

4 November 1910

Ernest Maurice Read
Annie Williams

Ernest Maurice Read
Annie Williams
💍 1910/6385

Widower
Spinster

Chief Record Keeper, Gisborne Hotel
Housemaid

29
35

Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Gisborne

1 month
10 days

The Office of The Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne, Poverty Bay

10/6729

4 November 1910

Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

No	2292
Date of Notice	4 November 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Maurice Read	Annie Williams
	💍 1910/6385
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Chief Record Keeper, Gisborne Hotel	Housemaid
Age	29	35
Dwelling Place	Gisborne, Poverty Bay	Gisborne
Length of Residence	1 month	10 days
Marriage Place	The Office of The Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Folio	10/6729
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 November 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

2293

4 November 1910

Henry Thomson
Clara Jane Day

Henry Thomson
Clara Jane Day
💍 1910/6340

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Housekeeper

36 years
39

Puha, Te Karaka
Puha

12 months
6 months

The Office of The Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

10/6731

4 November 1910

Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

No	2293
Date of Notice	4 November 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Thomson	Clara Jane Day
	💍 1910/6340
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Housekeeper
Age	36 years	39
Dwelling Place	Puha, Te Karaka	Puha
Length of Residence	12 months	6 months
Marriage Place	The Office of The Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne
Folio	10/6731
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 November 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

2294

8 November 1910

Hector Munroe Tuprett
Eva Skeet

Hector Munro Puplett
Eva Skeet
💍 1910/5960

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Domestic Duties

25 years
24

Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Gisborne, Poverty Bay

7 1/2 years
2 years

Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne

10/6287

8 November 1910

Rev. Leslie Dawson Thomas, Church of England

No	2294
Date of Notice	8 November 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hector Munroe Tuprett	Eva Skeet
BDM Match (93%)	Hector Munro Puplett	Eva Skeet
	💍 1910/5960
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Domestic Duties
Age	25 years	24
Dwelling Place	Gisborne, Poverty Bay	Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	7 1/2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne
Folio	10/6287
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 November 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Leslie Dawson Thomas, Church of England

2295

9 November 1910

Gerald Charles Bruere
Marion Veronica Bull

Gerald Charles Bruere
Marion Veronica Bull
💍 1910/6432

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheepfarmer
Domestic Duties

28 years
31

Kamoeranga, Poverty Bay
Kaiti, Poverty Bay

1 year
2 years

Private residence of the bride's parents, Poverty Bay

10/6834

9 November 1910

Rev. Thomas Kane, Roman Catholic Minister

No	2295
Date of Notice	9 November 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gerald Charles Bruere	Marion Veronica Bull
	💍 1910/6432
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheepfarmer	Domestic Duties
Age	28 years	31
Dwelling Place	Kamoeranga, Poverty Bay	Kaiti, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	1 year	2 years
Marriage Place	Private residence of the bride's parents, Poverty Bay
Folio	10/6834
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 November 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas Kane, Roman Catholic Minister

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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).