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 31 December 1910 Registrar Arthur Frederick Beu

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

19 October 1910

Reginald George Wymian
Barbara Scott

Reginald George Wyman
Barbara Scott
💍 1910/5906

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

25
23

Dowe Hills, Warkworth
Rotorua

3 days
3 years

St. John's Presbyterian Church, Pukaki St., Rotorua

10/6221

19 October 1910

Rev. Thomas Scott

No	19
Date of Notice	19 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reginald George Wymian	Barbara Scott
BDM Match (98%)	Reginald George Wyman	Barbara Scott
	💍 1910/5906
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Dowe Hills, Warkworth	Rotorua
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	St. John's Presbyterian Church, Pukaki St., Rotorua
Folio	10/6221
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas Scott

1 November 1910

Allan Barr Carnachan
Evelyn Eliza Jane Lowe

Allan Barr Carnachan
Evelyn Eliza Jane Lowe
💍 1910/6187

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer's assistant
Domestic duties

23
18

Rotorua
Rotorua

14 years
8 years

Bambriage Memorial Church, Hinemoa St., Rotorua

10/6573

Rebecca Carnachan (formerly Lowe), mother

1 November 1910

Rev. John D. McArthur

No	20
Date of Notice	1 November 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Allan Barr Carnachan	Evelyn Eliza Jane Lowe
	💍 1910/6187
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer's assistant	Domestic duties
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Rotorua
Length of Residence	14 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Bambriage Memorial Church, Hinemoa St., Rotorua
Folio	10/6573
Consent	Rebecca Carnachan (formerly Lowe), mother
Date of Certificate	1 November 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. John D. McArthur

2 November 1910

Horace Edward Salter
Rose Douglas

Horace Edward Salter
Rose Douglas
💍 1910/5907

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

22
23

Kakarora
Rotorua

3 months
6 months

St. John's Presbyterian Church, Pukuatua St., Rotorua

10/6222

2 November 1910

Mr. Arnold Hector Norrie

No	21
Date of Notice	2 November 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Horace Edward Salter	Rose Douglas
	💍 1910/5907
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	22	23
Dwelling Place	Kakarora	Rotorua
Length of Residence	3 months	6 months
Marriage Place	St. John's Presbyterian Church, Pukuatua St., Rotorua
Folio	10/6222
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 November 1910
Officiating Minister	Mr. Arnold Hector Norrie

15 November 1910

Charles Davidson
Bessie Darley

Charles Davidson
Bessie Darby
💍 1910/6209

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman
Domestic duties

23
14

Ohinemutu
Ohinemutu

5 years
8 years

Courthouse, Rotorua

10/6544

Edward Darley, father

15 November 1910

A. F. Beu, Registrar of Marriages

No	22
Date of Notice	15 November 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Davidson	Bessie Darley
BDM Match (92%)	Charles Davidson	Bessie Darby
	💍 1910/6209
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman	Domestic duties
Age	23	14
Dwelling Place	Ohinemutu	Ohinemutu
Length of Residence	5 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Courthouse, Rotorua
Folio	10/6544
Consent	Edward Darley, father
Date of Certificate	15 November 1910
Officiating Minister	A. F. Beu, Registrar of Marriages

20 December 1910

Lawrence Valentine Munro
Mabel Gertrude Armer

Lawrence Valentine Munro
Mabel Gertrude Armer
💍 1910/6411

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith
Tailoress

23
20

Rotorua
Rotorua

4 days
4 years

Church of England, Rotorua

10/6785

20 December 1910

Rev. C. A. Tidall

No	23
Date of Notice	20 December 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lawrence Valentine Munro	Mabel Gertrude Armer
	💍 1910/6411
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith	Tailoress
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Rotorua
Length of Residence	4 days	4 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Rotorua
Folio	10/6785
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 December 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. A. Tidall

24 December 1910

Claude Humphrey Wickete
Hilda Elizabeth Wakeham

Claude Humphrey Wickett
Hilda Elizabeth Wakeham
💍 1910/6275

Bachelor
Spinster

Ironmonger
Dressmaker

27
22

Rotorua
Rotorua

5 days
5 days

Wesleyan Church, Rotorua

10/6621

27 December 1910

Rev. John D. McArthur

No	24
Date of Notice	24 December 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Claude Humphrey Wickete	Hilda Elizabeth Wakeham
BDM Match (98%)	Claude Humphrey Wickett	Hilda Elizabeth Wakeham
	💍 1910/6275
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ironmonger	Dressmaker
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Rotorua
Length of Residence	5 days	5 days
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church, Rotorua
Folio	10/6621
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 December 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. John D. McArthur

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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).