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 499

District of Hamilton Quarter ending 30 June 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

26 May 1910

Robert Wallace Hunter
Florence May Bollard

Robert Wallace Hunter
Florence May Billard
💍 1910/2054

Bachelor
Spinster

Land agent & Commercial traveller
Home duties & Music teacher

22
22

Taupiri
Taupiri

3 days
3 days

Christ English Church, Taupiri

10/2076

26 May 1910

Rev. A. J. Beck

No	32
Date of Notice	26 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Wallace Hunter	Florence May Bollard
BDM Match (98%)	Robert Wallace Hunter	Florence May Billard
	💍 1910/2054
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Land agent & Commercial traveller	Home duties & Music teacher
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Taupiri	Taupiri
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Christ English Church, Taupiri
Folio	10/2076
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. J. Beck

30 May 1910

Arthur Albert Gregory
Barbara Florence Lehrke

Arthur Albert Gregory
Barbara Florence Lehrke
💍 1910/6055

Bachelor
Spinster

Musician
Domestic duties

37
30

Hamilton
Hamilton

3 days
3 days

St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Hamilton

10/6146

30 May 1910

Rev. J. C. Darby

No	33
Date of Notice	30 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Albert Gregory	Barbara Florence Lehrke
	💍 1910/6055
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Musician	Domestic duties
Age	37	30
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Hamilton
Folio	10/6146
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. C. Darby

13 June 1910

Harold Davies
Lena Mcblennan

Harold Davies
Lena McClennan
💍 1910/8195

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway guard
Home duties

25
20

Frankton
Eureka

12 months
8 years

At the residence of James Mcblennan, Eureka

10/6087

James Mcblennan, Father, Eureka

13 June 1910

Rev. E. M. Bowie

No	34
Date of Notice	13 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Davies	Lena Mcblennan
BDM Match (96%)	Harold Davies	Lena McClennan
	💍 1910/8195
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway guard	Home duties
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Frankton	Eureka
Length of Residence	12 months	8 years
Marriage Place	At the residence of James Mcblennan, Eureka
Folio	10/6087
Consent	James Mcblennan, Father, Eureka
Date of Certificate	13 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. M. Bowie

14 June 1910

Charles Wallbank
Zora Gertrude Lymburn

Charles Wallbank
Nora Gertrude Lymburn
💍 1910/3517

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber
Home duties

25
24

Hamilton
Hamilton

3 days
6 years

Residence of Mr J. H. Lymburn, Thackeray Street, Hamilton

10/3711

14 June 1910

Rev. J. Benning

No	35
Date of Notice	14 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Wallbank	Zora Gertrude Lymburn
BDM Match (98%)	Charles Wallbank	Nora Gertrude Lymburn
	💍 1910/3517
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber	Home duties
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	3 days	6 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr J. H. Lymburn, Thackeray Street, Hamilton
Folio	10/3711
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Benning

15 June 1910

Walter Franklyn Windsor
Annie Davys

Walter Franklyn Windsor
Annie Davys
💍 1910/8378

Bachelor
Spinster

Bricklayer
Home duties

29
22

Tamahere
Tamahere

29 years
2 years

St Stephen's Church, Tamahere

10/5810

15 June 1910

Rev. W. H. de L. Willis

No	36
Date of Notice	15 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Franklyn Windsor	Annie Davys
	💍 1910/8378
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bricklayer	Home duties
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Tamahere	Tamahere
Length of Residence	29 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St Stephen's Church, Tamahere
Folio	10/5810
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. de L. Willis

16 June 1910

Edward Austin Whittaker
Evelyn Frances Gillespie

Edward Austin Whittaker
Evelyn Frances Gillespie
💍 1910/6066

Bachelor
Spinster

Agent
Clerk

29
23

Thames
Hamilton

3 years
23 years

Roman Catholic Church, Hamilton

10/6147

16 June 1910

Rev J. B. Darby

No	37
Date of Notice	16 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Austin Whittaker	Evelyn Frances Gillespie
	💍 1910/6066
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Agent	Clerk
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Thames	Hamilton
Length of Residence	3 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Hamilton
Folio	10/6147
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev J. B. Darby

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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).