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 186

District of Thames Quarter ending 30 September 1910 Registrar William H. 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

2 July 1910

Phillip Addicoat
Ellen Dare

Phillip Addicoat
Ellen Dare
💍 1910/4289

Bachelor
Divorced (12 November 1909)

Miner
Domestic Duties

35
40

Thames
Thames

35 years
36 years

On the house of Mrs. Dare, Mackay St.

10/3920

2 July 1910

Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

No	30
Date of Notice	2 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Phillip Addicoat	Ellen Dare
	💍 1910/4289
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced (12 November 1909)
Profession	Miner	Domestic Duties
Age	35	40
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	35 years	36 years
Marriage Place	On the house of Mrs. Dare, Mackay St.
Folio	10/3920
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

16 July 1910

Thomas Frederick Chambers
Agnes Cecilia Gemming

Thomas Frederick Chambers
Agnes Cecilia Gemming
💍 1910/111

Bachelor
Spinster

Teacher
Teacher

31
30

Thames
Thames

2 days
2 weeks

St. Georges Church, Mackay St.

10/4042

18 July 1910

Dr. O'Callaghan, Church of England

No	31
Date of Notice	16 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Frederick Chambers	Agnes Cecilia Gemming
	💍 1910/111
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Teacher	Teacher
Age	31	30
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	2 days	2 weeks
Marriage Place	St. Georges Church, Mackay St.
Folio	10/4042
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Dr. O'Callaghan, Church of England

25 July 1910

Charles Birch
Sarah Ann Vollemaere

Charles Birch
Sarah Ann Vollemaere
💍 1910/4063

Widower (July 1909)
Widow (April 1909)

Hotel Manager
Hotel Keeper

35
43

Thames
Thames

7 months
10 months

Registrars Office, Mary St.

10/4147

25 July 1910

William H. Potts, Registrar

No	32
Date of Notice	25 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Birch	Sarah Ann Vollemaere
	💍 1910/4063
Condition	Widower (July 1909)	Widow (April 1909)
Profession	Hotel Manager	Hotel Keeper
Age	35	43
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	7 months	10 months
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Mary St.
Folio	10/4147
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 July 1910
Officiating Minister	William H. Potts, Registrar

29 July 1910

William Glasgow
Clara Emma Hilton

William Glasgow
Clara Emma Wilton
💍 1910/4037

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Domestic Duties

30
20

Thames
Thames

30 years
20 years

In the house of Mrs. Munday, Martha St., Thames

10/3994

Frederick G. Hilton, father

29 July 1910

Rev. W. H. Hinton, Baptist

No	33
Date of Notice	29 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Glasgow	Clara Emma Hilton
BDM Match (97%)	William Glasgow	Clara Emma Wilton
	💍 1910/4037
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic Duties
Age	30	20
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	30 years	20 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs. Munday, Martha St., Thames
Folio	10/3994
Consent	Frederick G. Hilton, father
Date of Certificate	29 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. Hinton, Baptist

1 August 1910

George Alfred Strong
Eliza Ann Clinker

George Alfred Strong
Eliza Ann Clinker
💍 1910/3802

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman
Domestic duties

25
26

Thames
Thames

25 years
26 years

St. Georges Church, Mackay St., Thames

10/4043

1 August 1910

Dr. O'Callaghan, Church of England

No	34
Date of Notice	1 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Alfred Strong	Eliza Ann Clinker
	💍 1910/3802
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman	Domestic duties
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	25 years	26 years
Marriage Place	St. Georges Church, Mackay St., Thames
Folio	10/4043
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 August 1910
Officiating Minister	Dr. O'Callaghan, Church of England

20 August 1910

William David Moore
Elsie Edna Whitehouse

William David More
Elsie Edna Whitehouse
💍 1910/4038

Bachelor
Spinster

Minister
Domestic Duties

25
24

Thames
Thames

4 days
24 years

Baptist Church, Mary St., Thames

10/3995

20 August 1910

Rev. W. H. Hinton, Baptist

No	35
Date of Notice	20 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William David Moore	Elsie Edna Whitehouse
BDM Match (97%)	William David More	Elsie Edna Whitehouse
	💍 1910/4038
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Minister	Domestic Duties
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	4 days	24 years
Marriage Place	Baptist Church, Mary St., Thames
Folio	10/3995
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 August 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. Hinton, Baptist

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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).