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 Hamilton Quarter ending 31 December 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

6 October 1910

Herbert Savill Owen
Mary Gertrude Zimmermann

Herbert Savill Owen
Mary Gertrude Zimmermann
💍 1910/7848

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Home duties

22
23

Hamilton
Rukulua

22 years
3.5 years

St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Hamilton

10/8261

6 October 1910

Rev. J. B. Darby

No	56
Date of Notice	6 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Savill Owen	Mary Gertrude Zimmermann
	💍 1910/7848
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Home duties
Age	22	23
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Rukulua
Length of Residence	22 years	3.5 years
Marriage Place	St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Hamilton
Folio	10/8261
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Darby

8 October 1910

Samuel Burge
Maud Long

Samuel Burge
Maud Long
💍 1910/7918

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Home duties

24
22

Hamilton
Matangi

6 months
3 years

Residence of the Bride's mother, Mrs Long, Matangi

10/8282

8 October 1910

Rev. E. M. Cowie

No	57
Date of Notice	8 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Burge	Maud Long
	💍 1910/7918
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Home duties
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Matangi
Length of Residence	6 months	3 years
Marriage Place	Residence of the Bride's mother, Mrs Long, Matangi
Folio	10/8282
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. M. Cowie

15 October 1910

John McGill Brown
Ruby Minnie Booth

John McGill Brown
Ruby Minnie Booth
💍 1910/5858

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper
Cook

27
22

Hamilton
Hamilton

4 years
2 years

Presbyterian Church, Hamilton

10/6247

15 October 1910

Rev. Alex Gow

No	58
Date of Notice	15 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John McGill Brown	Ruby Minnie Booth
	💍 1910/5858
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper	Cook
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	4 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Hamilton
Folio	10/6247
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Alex Gow

29 October 1910

Harry Robert Vail
Lillian May Hay

Harry Robert Vail
Lilian May Hay
💍 1910/7920

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor
Home duties

24
23

Hamilton
Hamilton

3 years
7 months

St Peter's Church of England, Hamilton

10/8284

29 October 1910

Rev. E. M. Cowie

No	59
Date of Notice	29 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Robert Vail	Lillian May Hay
BDM Match (97%)	Harry Robert Vail	Lilian May Hay
	💍 1910/7920
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor	Home duties
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	3 years	7 months
Marriage Place	St Peter's Church of England, Hamilton
Folio	10/8284
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. M. Cowie

31 October 1910

Otto Robert Zellmann
Olive Grace Taylor

Otto Robert Zellemann
Olive Grace Taylor
💍 1910/7919

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Employee
Saleswoman

23
24

Hamilton
Hamilton

4 days
5 days

St Peter's Church of England, Hamilton

10/8283

31 October 1910

Rev. E. M. Cowie

No	60
Date of Notice	31 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Otto Robert Zellmann	Olive Grace Taylor
BDM Match (98%)	Otto Robert Zellemann	Olive Grace Taylor
	💍 1910/7919
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employee	Saleswoman
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	4 days	5 days
Marriage Place	St Peter's Church of England, Hamilton
Folio	10/8283
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. M. Cowie

8 November 1910

George Harley Sanson
Mary Harriett Smith

George Harley Sanson
Mary Harriett Smith
💍 1910/6226

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

22
23

Whatawhata
Whatawhata

1 week
23 years

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton

10/6537

8 November 1910

J. S. Bond, Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton

No	61
Date of Notice	8 November 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Harley Sanson	Mary Harriett Smith
	💍 1910/6226
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	22	23
Dwelling Place	Whatawhata	Whatawhata
Length of Residence	1 week	23 years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton
Folio	10/6537
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 November 1910
Officiating Minister	J. S. Bond, Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton

10 November 1910

William Robert Reyburn
Florence Mary Fisher

William Robert Reyburn
Florence Mary Fisher
💍 1910/5942

Bachelor
Spinster

Dentist
Home duties

31
28

Hamilton
Hamilton

3 days
3 days

Residence of the Rev. H. S. Blamires, Milton Street, Hamilton

10/6310

10 November 1910

Rev. H. S. Blamires

No	62
Date of Notice	10 November 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Robert Reyburn	Florence Mary Fisher
	💍 1910/5942
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dentist	Home duties
Age	31	28
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Residence of the Rev. H. S. Blamires, Milton Street, Hamilton
Folio	10/6310
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 November 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. S. Blamires

22 November 1910

Charles Henry Holloway
Florence Josephine Swarbrick

Charles Henry Holloway
Florence Josephine Swarbrick
💍 1910/7921

Bachelor
Spinster

Dentist
Domestic duties

30
28

Hamilton
Hamilton

14 years
28 years

St Peter's Anglican Church, Hamilton

10/8285

22 November 1910

Rev. E. M. Cowie

No	63
Date of Notice	22 November 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Henry Holloway	Florence Josephine Swarbrick
	💍 1910/7921
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dentist	Domestic duties
Age	30	28
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	14 years	28 years
Marriage Place	St Peter's Anglican Church, Hamilton
Folio	10/8285
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 November 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. M. Cowie

22 November 1910

Albert Edward Ernest Blackford
Mary Ellen O'Neill

Albert Edward Ernest Blackford
Mary Ellen Neill
💍 1910/5857

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser
Domestic duties

23
19

Hamilton
Hamilton

11 months
2 years

Mr. Hamilton's House, Old Mill Farm, Ohaupo Road, Hamilton

10/6246

James O'Neill, father

22 November 1910

Rev. A. Gow

No	64
Date of Notice	22 November 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Edward Ernest Blackford	Mary Ellen O'Neill
BDM Match (94%)	Albert Edward Ernest Blackford	Mary Ellen Neill
	💍 1910/5857
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser	Domestic duties
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	11 months	2 years
Marriage Place	Mr. Hamilton's House, Old Mill Farm, Ohaupo Road, Hamilton
Folio	10/6246
Consent	James O'Neill, father
Date of Certificate	22 November 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Gow

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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).