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 505

District of Hamilton Quarter ending 31 March 1910 Registrar James Shiner Bond

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

8 January 1910

John Kerwyn Winter Humphreys
Kathleen McLean

John Mervyn Winter Humphrys
Kathleen McLean
💍 1910/244

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Clerk
Domestic

21
21

Frankton
Avondale

10 months
4 months

St John's Roman Catholic Church, Parnell

10/215

8 January 1910

Rev. Father Meagher, Auckland

No	1
Date of Notice	8 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Kerwyn Winter Humphreys	Kathleen McLean
BDM Match (95%)	John Mervyn Winter Humphrys	Kathleen McLean
	💍 1910/244
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Clerk	Domestic
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Frankton	Avondale
Length of Residence	10 months	4 months
Marriage Place	St John's Roman Catholic Church, Parnell
Folio	10/215
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father Meagher, Auckland

20 January 1910

Henry George Tristram
Lilian Frances Plank

Henry George Tristram
Lilian Frances Plank
💍 1910/601

Bachelor
Spinster

Compositor
Tailoress

26
24

Hamilton
Hamilton

26 years
4 months

Nurse Leslie's Home, 'Awhina', Hamilton East

10/411

20 January 1910

Rev. Alexander Gow, Hamilton

No	2
Date of Notice	20 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry George Tristram	Lilian Frances Plank
	💍 1910/601
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Compositor	Tailoress
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	26 years	4 months
Marriage Place	Nurse Leslie's Home, 'Awhina', Hamilton East
Folio	10/411
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Alexander Gow, Hamilton

20 January 1910

Jerome Augustine McLennan
Maria Alice Hines

Jerome Augustine McClennan
Maria Alice Hines
💍 1910/602

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker
Home duties

21
19

Hamilton East
Hamilton East

2½ years
19 years

Residence of the Bride's parents, Albert Street, Hamilton

10/412

Robert Hines, Father of Bride

20 January 1910

Rev. Alexander Gow, Hamilton

No	3
Date of Notice	20 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Jerome Augustine McLennan	Maria Alice Hines
BDM Match (96%)	Jerome Augustine McClennan	Maria Alice Hines
	💍 1910/602
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker	Home duties
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Hamilton East	Hamilton East
Length of Residence	2½ years	19 years
Marriage Place	Residence of the Bride's parents, Albert Street, Hamilton
Folio	10/412
Consent	Robert Hines, Father of Bride
Date of Certificate	20 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Alexander Gow, Hamilton

20 January 1910

James Caulfield Ryan
Margaret O'Brien

James Caulfield Ryan
Margaret OBrien
💍 1910/6073

Bachelor
Spinster

Cook
Home duties

24
24

Hamilton
Hamilton

60 days
24 years

St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Hamilton

10/648

20 January 1910

Rev. Joseph Broke Darby, Hamilton

No	4
Date of Notice	20 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Caulfield Ryan	Margaret O'Brien
BDM Match (97%)	James Caulfield Ryan	Margaret OBrien
	💍 1910/6073
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cook	Home duties
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	60 days	24 years
Marriage Place	St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Hamilton
Folio	10/648
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Joseph Broke Darby, Hamilton

24 January 1910

Augustus John Raynes
Gertrude Wilson

Augustus John Raynes
Gertrude Wilson
💍 1910/592

Bachelor
Spinster

Hotel Assistant
Home duties

21
21

Hamilton
Hamilton

3 days
21 years

St Peter's Church of England, Hamilton

10/418

24 January 1910

Rev. E. H. Cowie, Hamilton

No	5
Date of Notice	24 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Augustus John Raynes	Gertrude Wilson
	💍 1910/592
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hotel Assistant	Home duties
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	3 days	21 years
Marriage Place	St Peter's Church of England, Hamilton
Folio	10/418
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. H. Cowie, Hamilton

24 January 1910

Henry Gershom Stainton
Bessie Milne McRennie

Henry Gashom Stainton
Bessie Milne McKemmie
💍 1910/232

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist
Domestic duties

24
22

Hamilton
Auckland

2 months
8 years

St Andrew's Church, Symonds St, Auckland

10/154

24 January 1910

Rev. Ivo. Edgar Bertram, Auckland

No	6
Date of Notice	24 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Gershom Stainton	Bessie Milne McRennie
BDM Match (88%)	Henry Gashom Stainton	Bessie Milne McKemmie
	💍 1910/232
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist	Domestic duties
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 months	8 years
Marriage Place	St Andrew's Church, Symonds St, Auckland
Folio	10/154
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Ivo. Edgar Bertram, Auckland

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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).