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

2315

19 October 1910

Felix Eugene Allen
Lily Robertson

Felix Eugene Allen
Lily Robertson
💍 1910/6426

Bachelor
Spinster

Joiner & Carpenter
Domestic Duties

26 years
24

Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Gisborne, Poverty Bay

5 years

St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Gisborne

10/6826

19 October 1910

Rev. William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

No	2315
Date of Notice	19 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Felix Eugene Allen	Lily Robertson
	💍 1910/6426
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Joiner & Carpenter	Domestic Duties
Age	26 years	24
Dwelling Place	Gisborne, Poverty Bay	Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Gisborne
Folio	10/6826
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

2316

20 October 1910

Thomas Utting
Lucy Kathleen Annie Clare

Thomas Utting
Lucy Kathleen Annie Clare
💍 1910/5964

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheepfarmer
Domestic Duties

34 years
30

Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Gisborne, Poverty Bay

4 days
4 days

Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne

10/6291

20 October 1910

Rev. Leslie Dawson Thomas, Church of England

No	2316
Date of Notice	20 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Utting	Lucy Kathleen Annie Clare
	💍 1910/5964
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheepfarmer	Domestic Duties
Age	34 years	30
Dwelling Place	Gisborne, Poverty Bay	Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne
Folio	10/6291
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Leslie Dawson Thomas, Church of England

2317

20 October 1910

William Kerr
Elizabeth Stewart Carter Cavanagh

William Kerr
Elizabeth Stewart Carter Cavanagh
💍 1910/6427

Bachelor
Spinster

Horsedriver
Domestic Duties

23 years
19

Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Gisborne

10 months
10 years

No. 411 Wainui Road, Boarding House, Gladstone Road, Gisborne

10/6827

Mary Carter Cavanagh, Mother

20 October 1910

Rev. William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

No	2317
Date of Notice	20 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Kerr	Elizabeth Stewart Carter Cavanagh
	💍 1910/6427
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Horsedriver	Domestic Duties
Age	23 years	19
Dwelling Place	Gisborne, Poverty Bay	Gisborne
Length of Residence	10 months	10 years
Marriage Place	No. 411 Wainui Road, Boarding House, Gladstone Road, Gisborne
Folio	10/6827
Consent	Mary Carter Cavanagh, Mother
Date of Certificate	20 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

2318

22 October 1910

John Marshall Alexander
Olivia Hopkins

John Marshall Alexander
Olivia Hopkins
💍 1911/1910

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor
Domestic Duties

32 years
28

Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Lawrence, Otago

15 months
6 years

Private residence of the bride's parents, Lawrence, Otago

11/1411

22 October 1910

Rev. Robert Scott Allan, Lawrence, Otago, Presbyterian Minister

No	2318
Date of Notice	22 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Marshall Alexander	Olivia Hopkins
	💍 1911/1910
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor	Domestic Duties
Age	32 years	28
Dwelling Place	Gisborne, Poverty Bay	Lawrence, Otago
Length of Residence	15 months	6 years
Marriage Place	Private residence of the bride's parents, Lawrence, Otago
Folio	11/1411
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Robert Scott Allan, Lawrence, Otago, Presbyterian Minister

2319

22 October 1910

Henry Wallace Jackson
Mary Ann Hoe

Henry Wallace Jackson
Mary Ann Noe
💍 1910/6424

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

25 years
33 years

Mangapapa, Gisborne
Mangapapa

3 years
5.5 years

Private residence of bride's brother-in-law, Gisborne

10/6824

22 October 1910

Rev. William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

No	2319
Date of Notice	22 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Wallace Jackson	Mary Ann Hoe
BDM Match (96%)	Henry Wallace Jackson	Mary Ann Noe
	💍 1910/6424
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	25 years	33 years
Dwelling Place	Mangapapa, Gisborne	Mangapapa
Length of Residence	3 years	5.5 years
Marriage Place	Private residence of bride's brother-in-law, Gisborne
Folio	10/6824
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

2320

23 October 1910

Sydney Thomas Kingwood Hoyle Wall
Augusta Rebecca Debour

Sydney Thomas Kingswood Doyle Wall
Augusta Rebecca Teebour
💍 1910/6341

Widower
Widow

Builder
Domestic Duties

43 years
40

Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Gisborne, Poverty Bay

5 years
4 years

Office of The Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

10/6752

23 October 1910

Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

No	2320
Date of Notice	23 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney Thomas Kingwood Hoyle Wall	Augusta Rebecca Debour
BDM Match (93%)	Sydney Thomas Kingswood Doyle Wall	Augusta Rebecca Teebour
	💍 1910/6341
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Builder	Domestic Duties
Age	43 years	40
Dwelling Place	Gisborne, Poverty Bay	Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	5 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Office of The Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne
Folio	10/6752
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 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).