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).

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District of Inglewood Quarter ending 31 March 1910 Registrar G. W. Bennett

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

679

6 January 1910

George Richard Goble
Henrietta Sudgelar

George Richard Goble
Henrietta Sudfeldt
💍 1910/1376

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

27
20

Moa District
Moa District

27 years
20 years

at the Office of the Registrar of Marriages at Inglewood

10/562

no one in common to give Consent to Marriage

6 January 1910

G. W. Bennett

No	679
Date of Notice	6 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Richard Goble	Henrietta Sudgelar
BDM Match (92%)	George Richard Goble	Henrietta Sudfeldt
	💍 1910/1376
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	27	20
Dwelling Place	Moa District	Moa District
Length of Residence	27 years	20 years
Marriage Place	at the Office of the Registrar of Marriages at Inglewood
Folio	10/562
Consent	no one in common to give Consent to Marriage
Date of Certificate	6 January 1910
Officiating Minister	G. W. Bennett

680

24 January 1910

Robbie King
Emma Louisa Knofflock

Noble King
Emma Louisa Knofflock
💍 1910/1375

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinet Maker

26
22

Inglewood
Inglewood

26 years
22 years

at the Church of England at Inglewood

10/560

24 January 1910

Rev. F. C. Thomas

No	680
Date of Notice	24 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robbie King	Emma Louisa Knofflock
BDM Match (86%)	Noble King	Emma Louisa Knofflock
	💍 1910/1375
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinet Maker
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Inglewood	Inglewood
Length of Residence	26 years	22 years
Marriage Place	at the Church of England at Inglewood
Folio	10/560
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. C. Thomas

681

31 January 1910

Alfred Barlow
Elsie Phoebe Goble

Alfred Barlow
Elsie Phoebe Goble
💍 1910/1377

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

23
19

Moa District
Moa District

10 years
19 years

at the Office of the Registrar of Marriages at Inglewood

10/563

W. M. Goble father of E. P. Goble

31 January 1910

G. W. Bennett

No	681
Date of Notice	31 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Barlow	Elsie Phoebe Goble
	💍 1910/1377
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Moa District	Moa District
Length of Residence	10 years	19 years
Marriage Place	at the Office of the Registrar of Marriages at Inglewood
Folio	10/563
Consent	W. M. Goble father of E. P. Goble
Date of Certificate	31 January 1910
Officiating Minister	G. W. Bennett

682

8 February 1910

Walter George Millay
Emma Simons

Walter George McKay
Emma Simms
💍 1910/3525

Widower
Spinster

Labourer

32
34

Inglewood
Inglewood

2 months
2 months

at the Presbyterian Church at Inglewood

10/3718

8 February 1910

S. J. Albert

No	682
Date of Notice	8 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter George Millay	Emma Simons
BDM Match (83%)	Walter George McKay	Emma Simms
	💍 1910/3525
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	32	34
Dwelling Place	Inglewood	Inglewood
Length of Residence	2 months	2 months
Marriage Place	at the Presbyterian Church at Inglewood
Folio	10/3718
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 February 1910
Officiating Minister	S. J. Albert

683

21 February 1910

Joseph Kilpatrick
Ella Hill

Joseph Kilpatrick
Ella Margaret Hill
💍 1910/1380

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

24
25

Moa District
Moa District

24 years
25 years

at the Residence of Mr R. Hill Egmont Village

10/566

21 February 1910

A. J. Davis

No	683
Date of Notice	21 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Kilpatrick	Ella Hill
BDM Match (75%)	Joseph Kilpatrick	Ella Margaret Hill
	💍 1910/1380
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Moa District	Moa District
Length of Residence	24 years	25 years
Marriage Place	at the Residence of Mr R. Hill Egmont Village
Folio	10/566
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 February 1910
Officiating Minister	A. J. Davis

684

21 February 1910

Frank Hammond
Annie Newell

Frank Hammond
Annie Newell
💍 1910/8285

Bachelor
Spinster

Bar Attendant

38
35

New Plymouth
Inglewood

35 years
6 Months

at the St Marys Anglican Church Inglewood

10/561

21 February 1910

F. C. Thomas

No	684
Date of Notice	21 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Hammond	Annie Newell
	💍 1910/8285
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bar Attendant
Age	38	35
Dwelling Place	New Plymouth	Inglewood
Length of Residence	35 years	6 Months
Marriage Place	at the St Marys Anglican Church Inglewood
Folio	10/561
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 February 1910
Officiating Minister	F. C. Thomas

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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).