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 192

District of Thames Quarter ending 31 March 1910 Registrar William Henry Potts

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

1 January 1910

Jacob Irwin
Harriett Green

Jacob Irwin
Harriett Green
💍 1910/527

Widower
Spinster

Miner
Domestic duties

34
21

Thames
Thames

3 days
2 years

Presbyterian Church, Pollen St.

10/497

1 January 1910

Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

No	1
Date of Notice	1 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Jacob Irwin	Harriett Green
	💍 1910/527
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic duties
Age	34	21
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	3 days	2 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Pollen St.
Folio	10/497
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

4 January 1910

James McTaggart
Annie Agatha Wafer

James McTaggart
Annie Agatha Wafer
💍 1910/526

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Domestic duties

24
24

Thames
Thames

4 days
4 days

Registrar's Office, Mary St.

10/495

4 January 1910

William H. Potts, Registrar

No	2
Date of Notice	4 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James McTaggart	Annie Agatha Wafer
	💍 1910/526
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic duties
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Mary St.
Folio	10/495
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1910
Officiating Minister	William H. Potts, Registrar

8 January 1910

John James Lydon
Martha Rebecca Cox

John James Lydon
Martha Rebecca Cox
💍 1910/561

Widower
Spinster

Book
Book

63
39

Thames
Thames

5 days
5 days

In house of Mr. C. James, Kalaka Thames

10/509

8 January 1910

Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

No	3
Date of Notice	8 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John James Lydon	Martha Rebecca Cox
	💍 1910/561
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Book	Book
Age	63	39
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	5 days	5 days
Marriage Place	In house of Mr. C. James, Kalaka Thames
Folio	10/509
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

15 February 1910

George Price
Jessie Wallace Moodie

George Price
Jessie Wallace Moodie
💍 1910/528

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Domestic duties

33
28

Thames
Thames

3 days
3 days

St. James Presbyterian Church, Thames

10/498

15 February 1910

Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

No	4
Date of Notice	15 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Price	Jessie Wallace Moodie
	💍 1910/528
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Domestic duties
Age	33	28
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. James Presbyterian Church, Thames
Folio	10/498
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

14 February 1910

Edward Hardman
Elena May Stephenson

Edward Hardman
Elena May Stephenson
💍 1910/549

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper
Dressmaker

27
29

Thames
Thames

27 years
5 years

Methodist Church of Australasia

10/502

14 February 1910

Rev. J. Blight, Methodist Church of Australasia

No	5
Date of Notice	14 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Hardman	Elena May Stephenson
	💍 1910/549
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper	Dressmaker
Age	27	29
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	27 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church of Australasia
Folio	10/502
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Blight, Methodist Church of Australasia

15 February 1910

Harry Barnard Halstead
Alma Emma Newman

Harry Barnard Halstead
Alma Emma Newman
💍 1910/555

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor
Tailoress

25
27

Thames
Thames

2 days
2 months

Methodist Church of Australasia

10/503

17 February 1910

Rev. J. Blight, Methodist Church of Australasia

No	6
Date of Notice	15 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Barnard Halstead	Alma Emma Newman
	💍 1910/555
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor	Tailoress
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	2 days	2 months
Marriage Place	Methodist Church of Australasia
Folio	10/503
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Blight, Methodist Church of Australasia

19 February 1910

Roland Howard Keating
Julia Evelyn Simpson

Roland Howard Keating
Julia Evelyn Simpson
💍 1910/529

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Porter
Clerk

28
26

Thames
Thames

1 day
26 years

St. Georges Church, England, Mackay St., Thames

10/499

22 February 1910

Rev. D. O'Callaghan, Church of England

No	7
Date of Notice	19 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Roland Howard Keating	Julia Evelyn Simpson
	💍 1910/529
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Porter	Clerk
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	1 day	26 years
Marriage Place	St. Georges Church, England, Mackay St., Thames
Folio	10/499
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. O'Callaghan, Church of England

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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).