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 503

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

21 February 1910

William Henry Thompson
Hilda May Howard

William Henry Thompson
Hilda May Howard
💍 1910/749

Widower
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

55
31

Hamilton
Hamilton

3 days
3 days

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton

10/422

21 February 1910

Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton

No	13
Date of Notice	21 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Thompson	Hilda May Howard
	💍 1910/749
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	55	31
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton
Folio	10/422
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton

25 February 1910

Kenneth Charles MacKenzie
Mildred Ellen Morris

Kenneth Charles Mackenzie
Mildred Ellen Morris
💍 1910/603

Bachelor
Spinster

Coachpainter
Home duties

24
23

Hamilton
Hamilton

2 years
1 year 11 months

Presbyterian Manse, Hamilton East

10/413

25 February 1910

Rev. Alexander Gow, Hamilton

No	14
Date of Notice	25 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Kenneth Charles MacKenzie	Mildred Ellen Morris
BDM Match (98%)	Kenneth Charles Mackenzie	Mildred Ellen Morris
	💍 1910/603
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coachpainter	Home duties
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	2 years	1 year 11 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Hamilton East
Folio	10/413
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Alexander Gow, Hamilton

16 March 1910

Alfred Johnson Williamson
Martha Read

Alfred Johnson Williamson
Martha Read
💍 1910/590

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Home duties

25
21

Kaipaki
Kaipaki

25 years
3 years

Residence of Mrs Menghini, Kaipaki

10/416

16 March 1910

Rev. William Woollass

No	15
Date of Notice	16 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Johnson Williamson	Martha Read
	💍 1910/590
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Home duties
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Kaipaki	Kaipaki
Length of Residence	25 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs Menghini, Kaipaki
Folio	10/416
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. William Woollass

22 March 1910

John Whyte MacPherson
Frances Elizabeth Myrtle Holtby

John Whyte MacPherson
Frances Elizabeth Myrtle Holtby
💍 1910/588

Bachelor
Spinster

Machinist
Home duties

27
21

Hamilton
Hamilton

18 months
11 years

Presbyterian Church, Hamilton

10/414

22 March 1910

Rev Alexander Gow, Hamilton

No	16
Date of Notice	22 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Whyte MacPherson	Frances Elizabeth Myrtle Holtby
	💍 1910/588
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Machinist	Home duties
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	18 months	11 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Hamilton
Folio	10/414
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev Alexander Gow, Hamilton

23 March 1910

William Moore
Emily Powell

William Moore
Emily Powell
💍 1910/2052

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Home duties

27
21

Tomahere
Taupiri

4 years
21 years

English Church, Taupiri

10/2074

23 March 1910

Rev. Arthur James Beck, Huntly

No	17
Date of Notice	23 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Moore	Emily Powell
	💍 1910/2052
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Home duties
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Tomahere	Taupiri
Length of Residence	4 years	21 years
Marriage Place	English Church, Taupiri
Folio	10/2074
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Arthur James Beck, Huntly

28 March 1910

Alick Bruce Martin
Margaret Hand

Alick Bruce Martin
Margaret Hand
💍 1910/589

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrical Engineer
Home duties

30
23

Hamilton
Hamilton

4 days
7 months

Mrs Spain's Residence, Claudelands, Hamilton

10/415

28 March 1910

Rev. Alexander Gow, Hamilton

No	18
Date of Notice	28 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alick Bruce Martin	Margaret Hand
	💍 1910/589
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrical Engineer	Home duties
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	4 days	7 months
Marriage Place	Mrs Spain's Residence, Claudelands, Hamilton
Folio	10/415
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Alexander Gow, Hamilton

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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).