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 182

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

19 December 1910

Ernest Cecil Marshall
Isabella Dalgliesh Robinson

Ernest Cecil Marshall
Isabella Dalgliesh Robinson
💍 1910/6580

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

25
27

Pipiroa, Thames
Thames

3 months
2 weeks

In the house of Mr. E. H. Taylor, Parawai, Thames

10/6601

19 December 1910

E. H. Taylor, Church of Christ

No	53
Date of Notice	19 December 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Cecil Marshall	Isabella Dalgliesh Robinson
	💍 1910/6580
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Pipiroa, Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	3 months	2 weeks
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. E. H. Taylor, Parawai, Thames
Folio	10/6601
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 December 1910
Officiating Minister	E. H. Taylor, Church of Christ

22 December 1910

Percival Thomas Dunn
Gertrude Lottie Florence Seth

Percival Thomas Dunn
Gertrude Lottie Florence Seth
💍 1910/6576

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor
Domestic duties

27
21

Thames
Thames

3 days
4 months

Pacific Hotel, Brown Street, Thames

10/6598

23 December 1910

Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

No	54
Date of Notice	22 December 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percival Thomas Dunn	Gertrude Lottie Florence Seth
	💍 1910/6576
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor	Domestic duties
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	3 days	4 months
Marriage Place	Pacific Hotel, Brown Street, Thames
Folio	10/6598
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 December 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

23 December 1910

Samuel Alfred McDonald
Cora Barker

Samuel Alfred McDonald
Cora Barker
💍 1910/6574

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith
Domestic duties

25
21

Thames
Thames

1 year
2 years

In the house of Mrs. J. Barker, Kahaerauga

10/6596

23 December 1910

Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

No	55
Date of Notice	23 December 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Alfred McDonald	Cora Barker
	💍 1910/6574
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith	Domestic duties
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	1 year	2 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs. J. Barker, Kahaerauga
Folio	10/6596
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 December 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

24 December 1910

William Thomas Burrett
Gertrude Amy Danby

William Thomas Burrett
Gertrude Amy Danby
💍 1910/6935

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant
Domestic duties

24
24

Thames
Thames

1 day
2 years

Primitive Methodist School Room, Thames

10/6646

27 December 1910

Rev. G. P. Hunt, Primitive Methodist

No	56
Date of Notice	24 December 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Thomas Burrett	Gertrude Amy Danby
	💍 1910/6935
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant	Domestic duties
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	1 day	2 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist School Room, Thames
Folio	10/6646
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 December 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. P. Hunt, Primitive Methodist

24 December 1910

Robert Kay
Sarah Harris Collins Kay

Robert Kay
Sarah Harris Collins Kay
💍 1911/736

Bachelor
Widow

Painter
Domestic duties

25
30

Thames
Thames

7 years
3 months

In the house of Mrs. Kay, Kauaeraliga, Thames

11/127

24 December 1910

Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

No	57
Date of Notice	24 December 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Kay	Sarah Harris Collins Kay
	💍 1911/736
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Painter	Domestic duties
Age	25	30
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	7 years	3 months
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs. Kay, Kauaeraliga, Thames
Folio	11/127
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 December 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

24 December 1910

William Kerr McLean
Hilda Fisher

William Kerr McLean
Hilda Fisher
💍 1911/853

Bachelor
Spinster

Stamper Man
Domestic duties

21
18

Thames
Thames

6 years
1 year

In the house of Mr. P. Fisher, Karaka, Thames

11/126

Peter Fisher (Father)

24 December 1910

Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

No	58
Date of Notice	24 December 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Kerr McLean	Hilda Fisher
	💍 1911/853
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stamper Man	Domestic duties
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	6 years	1 year
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. P. Fisher, Karaka, Thames
Folio	11/126
Consent	Peter Fisher (Father)
Date of Certificate	24 December 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

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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).