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 Rotorua Quarter ending 30 September 1910 Registrar Arthur Frederick Beut

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

9 July 1910

William George Buchanan
Annie Leach

William George
Annie Leach
💍 1910/6444

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Domestic duties

26
23

Waihi
Rotorua

3 days
about 14 days

St. Luke's Church, Rotorua

10/6786

9 July 1910

Rev. C. A. Tisdall

No	12
Date of Notice	9 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William George Buchanan	Annie Leach
BDM Match (80%)	William George	Annie Leach
	💍 1910/6444
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic duties
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Waihi	Rotorua
Length of Residence	3 days	about 14 days
Marriage Place	St. Luke's Church, Rotorua
Folio	10/6786
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. A. Tisdall

21 July 1910

Walter William Koops
Amy Turner

Walter William Koops
Amy Turner
💍 1910/3983

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

34
27

Pungakawa, Rotorua County
Pungakawa, Rotorua County

3 days
3 days

at the residence

10/4208

21 July 1910

Mr. Arnold Hector Morrie

No	13
Date of Notice	21 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter William Koops	Amy Turner
	💍 1910/3983
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	34	27
Dwelling Place	Pungakawa, Rotorua County	Pungakawa, Rotorua County
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	at the residence
Folio	10/4208
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Mr. Arnold Hector Morrie

10 August 1910

Alexander Hutchinson
Ethel Caroline Johnson

Alexander Hutchison
Ethel Caroline Johnson
💍 1910/3770

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Porter
Tailoress

26
22

Morrinsville
Rotorua

3 days
about 12 months

Bainbridge Memorial Church, Rotorua

10/3941

10 August 1910

Rev. John D. McArthur

No	14
Date of Notice	10 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Hutchinson	Ethel Caroline Johnson
BDM Match (98%)	Alexander Hutchison	Ethel Caroline Johnson
	💍 1910/3770
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Porter	Tailoress
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Morrinsville	Rotorua
Length of Residence	3 days	about 12 months
Marriage Place	Bainbridge Memorial Church, Rotorua
Folio	10/3941
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 August 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. John D. McArthur

10 August 1910

Frank Wright Birch
Jane Gray

Frank Wright Birch
Jane Gray
💍 1910/3776

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Household duties

30
34

Ponsonby, Auckland
Ponsonby, Auckland

6 days
6 days

Registrar's Office, Rotorua

10/3948

10 August 1910

Rev. Henry Steele Grubb

No	15
Date of Notice	10 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Wright Birch	Jane Gray
	💍 1910/3776
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Household duties
Age	30	34
Dwelling Place	Ponsonby, Auckland	Ponsonby, Auckland
Length of Residence	6 days	6 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Rotorua
Folio	10/3948
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 August 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Henry Steele Grubb

15 August 1910

John Merriman
Maud Mary Fielding

John Merriman
Maud Mary Fielding
💍 1910/3909

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

24
19

Tauranga
Tauranga

4 days
4 days

at the Courthouse, Rotorua

10/4133

15 August 1910

A. F. Beut, Registrar of Marriages

No	16
Date of Notice	15 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Merriman	Maud Mary Fielding
	💍 1910/3909
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	24	19
Dwelling Place	Tauranga	Tauranga
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	at the Courthouse, Rotorua
Folio	10/4133
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 August 1910
Officiating Minister	A. F. Beut, Registrar of Marriages

30 August 1910

Edward Alexander Malcolm
Beatrice White

Edward Alexander Malcolm
Beatrice White
💍 1910/6455

Bachelor
Spinster

Farrier
Housemaid

28
27

Rotorua
Rotorua

about 6 years
about 2 years

St. Luke's Church, Rotorua

10/6784

30 August 1910

Rev. C. A. Tisdall

No	17
Date of Notice	30 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Alexander Malcolm	Beatrice White
	💍 1910/6455
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farrier	Housemaid
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Rotorua
Length of Residence	about 6 years	about 2 years
Marriage Place	St. Luke's Church, Rotorua
Folio	10/6784
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 August 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. A. Tisdall

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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).