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 333

District of Ohinemuri Quarter ending 30 September 1910 Registrar George William Woods

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

4 July 1910

William Hill Philip
Mary Adeline May Alexander

William Hill Philip
Mary Adeline May Alexander
💍 1910/4288

Bachelor
Spinster

Schoolmaster

31
21

Taita
Netherton

9 months
4 years

Residence of Mr. Alfred Kenyon, Alexander Netherton

10/3919

4 July 1910

Rev. James Lowry

No	14
Date of Notice	4 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Hill Philip	Mary Adeline May Alexander
	💍 1910/4288
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Schoolmaster
Age	31	21
Dwelling Place	Taita	Netherton
Length of Residence	9 months	4 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Alfred Kenyon, Alexander Netherton
Folio	10/3919
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. James Lowry

17 August 1910

Edwin Brackenbury Cottrell
Frances Marian Bollens

Edwin Brackenbury Cottrill
Frances Marian Bollens
💍 1910/3918

Widower
Widow

Boarding House Keeper

49
54

Paeroa
Paeroa

3 years
3 years

The office of the Registrar, Paeroa

10/4142

17 August 1910

W. H. Dempsey, Registrar, Paeroa

No	15
Date of Notice	17 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin Brackenbury Cottrell	Frances Marian Bollens
BDM Match (98%)	Edwin Brackenbury Cottrill	Frances Marian Bollens
	💍 1910/3918
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Boarding House Keeper
Age	49	54
Dwelling Place	Paeroa	Paeroa
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	The office of the Registrar, Paeroa
Folio	10/4142
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 August 1910
Officiating Minister	W. H. Dempsey, Registrar, Paeroa

29 August 1910

Charles Leonard Faire
Eunice Florence White

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman

23
24

Paeroa
Paeroa

12 months
15 months

St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Paeroa

10/5806

29 August 1910

Rev. J. J. Hackett

No	16
Date of Notice	29 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Leonard Faire	Eunice Florence White
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Paeroa	Paeroa
Length of Residence	12 months	15 months
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Paeroa
Folio	10/5806
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 August 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Hackett

29 August 1910

Daniel John O'Neill
Ruth Beatrice Dillimore

Daniel John O'Neill
Ruth Beatrice Dillimore
💍 1910/5581

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

23
23

Karangahake
Karangahake

18 months
7 years

Church of Sacred Heart, Karangahake

10/5804

29 August 1910

Rev. J. J. Hackett

No	17
Date of Notice	29 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel John O'Neill	Ruth Beatrice Dillimore
	💍 1910/5581
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Karangahake	Karangahake
Length of Residence	18 months	7 years
Marriage Place	Church of Sacred Heart, Karangahake
Folio	10/5804
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 August 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Hackett

3 September 1910

Michael McDonnell
Eileen Boyle

Michael McDonnell
Eileen Boyle
💍 1910/5582

Michael McDonnell
Eileen Boyle
💍 1910/8377

Bachelor
Spinster

Government Drill Instructor

37
26

Paeroa
Te Teko

6 years
3 months

St. Mary's Church, Paeroa

10/5805

3 September 1910

Rev. J. J. Hackett

No	18
Date of Notice	3 September 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Michael McDonnell	Eileen Boyle
	💍 1910/5582
	💍 1910/8377
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Government Drill Instructor
Age	37	26
Dwelling Place	Paeroa	Te Teko
Length of Residence	6 years	3 months
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Church, Paeroa
Folio	10/5805
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 September 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Hackett

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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).