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 190

District of Thames Quarter ending 30 June 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 April 1910

Arthur Langdon
Annie O'Shea

Arthur Langdon
Annie O'Shea
💍 1910/2208

Bachelor
Spinster

Trainer
Domestic duties

24
19

Thames
Thames

24 years
19 years

St. Francis Roman Catholic Church, Hilloughly Street, Thames

10/2312

John O'Shea, father

1 April 1910

Rev. H. Y. Tigar, Roman Catholic

No	15
Date of Notice	1 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Langdon	Annie O'Shea
	💍 1910/2208
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Trainer	Domestic duties
Age	24	19
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	24 years	19 years
Marriage Place	St. Francis Roman Catholic Church, Hilloughly Street, Thames
Folio	10/2312
Consent	John O'Shea, father
Date of Certificate	1 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Y. Tigar, Roman Catholic

13 April 1910

Matthew Samuel McMahon
Maggie Morrison

Matthew Samuel McMahon
Maggie Morrison
💍 1910/2210

Bachelor
Spinster

Postal Messenger
Home Duties

32
29

Auckland
Hikutaia

18 months
23 years

In the house of Mrs. Morrison, Hikutaia

10/2314

13 April 1910

Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

No	16
Date of Notice	13 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Matthew Samuel McMahon	Maggie Morrison
	💍 1910/2210
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Postal Messenger	Home Duties
Age	32	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Hikutaia
Length of Residence	18 months	23 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs. Morrison, Hikutaia
Folio	10/2314
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

18 April 1910

Eugene Clinch O'Sullivan
Annie Finnegan

Eugene Clinch O'Sullivan
Annie Finnegan
💍 1910/1964

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Domestic duties

35
35

Thames
Thames

35 years
6 months

Registrars Office, Mary St., Thames

10/2086

18 April 1910

William H. Potts, Registrar

No	17
Date of Notice	18 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Eugene Clinch O'Sullivan	Annie Finnegan
	💍 1910/1964
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic duties
Age	35	35
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	35 years	6 months
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Mary St., Thames
Folio	10/2086
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 April 1910
Officiating Minister	William H. Potts, Registrar

19 April 1910

Joseph Thomas Millon White
Emily Ngahuia Alley

Joseph Thomas Milton White
Emily Ngahuia Alley
💍 1910/2170

Bachelor
Spinster

Letter carrier
Domestic duties

21
21

Hikutaia
Hikutaia

3 days
21 years

In the Hikutaia Hall, Hikutaia

10/2273

19 April 1910

Rev. J. P. Coure, Church of England

No	18
Date of Notice	19 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Thomas Millon White	Emily Ngahuia Alley
BDM Match (98%)	Joseph Thomas Milton White	Emily Ngahuia Alley
	💍 1910/2170
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Letter carrier	Domestic duties
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Hikutaia	Hikutaia
Length of Residence	3 days	21 years
Marriage Place	In the Hikutaia Hall, Hikutaia
Folio	10/2273
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. P. Coure, Church of England

22 April 1910

Louis Rudolph Wilhelm Melrose
Ellen Jane Matilda Wilson

Louis Rudolph Wilhelm Melhose
Ellen Jane Matilda Wilson
💍 1910/2209

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Domestic duties

24
17

Thames
Thames

24 years
17 years

In the house of R. W. Wilson, Sandes St., Thames

10/2313

R. W. Wilson, Thames (Father)

22 April 1910

Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

No	19
Date of Notice	22 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Louis Rudolph Wilhelm Melrose	Ellen Jane Matilda Wilson
BDM Match (98%)	Louis Rudolph Wilhelm Melhose	Ellen Jane Matilda Wilson
	💍 1910/2209
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Domestic duties
Age	24	17
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	24 years	17 years
Marriage Place	In the house of R. W. Wilson, Sandes St., Thames
Folio	10/2313
Consent	R. W. Wilson, Thames (Father)
Date of Certificate	22 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

26 April 1910

Henry Gordon Elvin
Ada Beck

Henry Gordon Elvin
Ada Beck
💍 1910/1963

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman
Domestic duties

21
21

Turua
Turua

20 years
3 years

Registrars Office, Mary St., Thames

10/2085

26 April 1910

William H. Potts, Registrar

No	20
Date of Notice	26 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Gordon Elvin	Ada Beck
	💍 1910/1963
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman	Domestic duties
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Turua	Turua
Length of Residence	20 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Mary St., Thames
Folio	10/2085
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 April 1910
Officiating Minister	William H. Potts, Registrar

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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).