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 184

District of Thames Quarter ending 31 December 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

8 October 1910

Benjamin Aesop Moore
Elizabeth Irwin

Benjamin Aesop Moore
Elizabeth Irwin
💍 1910/6179

Bachelor
Spinster

Battery hand
Domestic duties

28
23

Thames
Thames

1 day
23 years

Presbyterian Church, Pollen Street, Thames

10/6565

12 October 1910

Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

No	41
Date of Notice	8 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Benjamin Aesop Moore	Elizabeth Irwin
	💍 1910/6179
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Battery hand	Domestic duties
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	1 day	23 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Pollen Street, Thames
Folio	10/6565
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

11 October 1910

William Franklin Simpson
Inona Russell Turner

William Franklin Simpson
Mona Russell Turner
💍 1910/6202

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Domestic duties

28
17

Thames
Thames

3 days
1 month

In the house of Mrs. Turner, Karaka, Thames

10/6564

Mrs. Turner (mother)

12 October 1910

Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

No	42
Date of Notice	11 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Franklin Simpson	Inona Russell Turner
BDM Match (95%)	William Franklin Simpson	Mona Russell Turner
	💍 1910/6202
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic duties
Age	28	17
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	3 days	1 month
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs. Turner, Karaka, Thames
Folio	10/6564
Consent	Mrs. Turner (mother)
Date of Certificate	12 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

17 October 1910

Cecil Ives Brayne Beckett
Ella Lilian Bagnall

Cecil Ives Beagne Beckett
Ella Lilian Bagnall
💍 1910/6573

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheep Farmer
Domestic duties

37
28

Turua
Turua

3 days
28 years

Victoria Hall, Turua

10/6595

18 October 1910

Rev. H. R. Wooley, Baptist

No	43
Date of Notice	17 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cecil Ives Brayne Beckett	Ella Lilian Bagnall
BDM Match (96%)	Cecil Ives Beagne Beckett	Ella Lilian Bagnall
	💍 1910/6573
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheep Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	37	28
Dwelling Place	Turua	Turua
Length of Residence	3 days	28 years
Marriage Place	Victoria Hall, Turua
Folio	10/6595
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. R. Wooley, Baptist

25 October 1910

George Henry Cleave
Charlotte Miller

George Henry Cleave
Charlotte Miller
💍 1910/7571

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer
Domestic duties

20
18

Thames
Thames

20 years
18 years

In the house of Rev. G. P. Hunt, Mackay Street, Thames

10/4951

Robert Caulwell Miller (father), George Cleave (father)

25 October 1910

Rev. G. P. Hunt, Primitive Methodist

No	44
Date of Notice	25 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Henry Cleave	Charlotte Miller
	💍 1910/7571
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer	Domestic duties
Age	20	18
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	20 years	18 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Rev. G. P. Hunt, Mackay Street, Thames
Folio	10/4951
Consent	Robert Caulwell Miller (father), George Cleave (father)
Date of Certificate	25 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. P. Hunt, Primitive Methodist

2 November 1910

John Robertson McDonald
Ethel Mary Catherine Bryant

John Robertson McDonald
Ethel Mary Catherine Bryant
💍 1910/6186

Bachelor
Spinster

Letter
Domestic duties

25
22

Thames
Thames

4 days
22 years

Roman Catholic Church, Willoughby Street, Thames

10/6572

2 November 1910

Rev. H. G. Zigar, Roman Catholic

No	45
Date of Notice	2 November 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Robertson McDonald	Ethel Mary Catherine Bryant
	💍 1910/6186
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Letter	Domestic duties
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	4 days	22 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Willoughby Street, Thames
Folio	10/6572
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 November 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. G. Zigar, Roman Catholic

8 November 1910

George Murph
Katherine McKee

George Murph
Katherine McKee
💍 1910/5952

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor
Domestic duties

44
41

Thames
Thames

4 years
41 years

Roman Catholic Church, Willoughby Street, Thames

10/6305

8 November 1910

Rev. H. G. Zigar, Roman Catholic

No	46
Date of Notice	8 November 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Murph	Katherine McKee
	💍 1910/5952
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor	Domestic duties
Age	44	41
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	4 years	41 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Willoughby Street, Thames
Folio	10/6305
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 November 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. G. Zigar, Roman Catholic

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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).