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 30 September 1910 Registrar G. W. Sennet

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

697

9 July 1910

Aspen Henry Jordan
Ruth Catherine Reeve

Alfred Henry Jordan
Ruth Catherine Reeve
💍 1910/4111

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

21
22

Symour Village
Symour Village

3 days
22 years

At the Salvation Army Barracks at Inglewood

10/4289

9 July 1910

Adj. A. Gray

No	697
Date of Notice	9 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Aspen Henry Jordan	Ruth Catherine Reeve
BDM Match (89%)	Alfred Henry Jordan	Ruth Catherine Reeve
	💍 1910/4111
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	Symour Village	Symour Village
Length of Residence	3 days	22 years
Marriage Place	At the Salvation Army Barracks at Inglewood
Folio	10/4289
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Adj. A. Gray

698

5 August 1910

Fred James Rippon
Enid Christina Risber

Fred James Rippon
Enid Christina Nisbet
💍 1910/4112

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

27
22

Inglewood
Moa District

1 month
4 years

At the Residence of Mr. A. Hester, Union Road, Moa District

10/4290

5 August 1910

Rev. W. S. Bowie

No	698
Date of Notice	5 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Fred James Rippon	Enid Christina Risber
BDM Match (95%)	Fred James Rippon	Enid Christina Nisbet
	💍 1910/4112
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Inglewood	Moa District
Length of Residence	1 month	4 years
Marriage Place	At the Residence of Mr. A. Hester, Union Road, Moa District
Folio	10/4290
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 August 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. S. Bowie

699

22 August 1910

Theodore Bernard Knofflock
Ethel Rowe

Theodore Bernard Kurckloff
Ethel Rowe
💍 1910/5761

Bachelor
Spinster

Mill hand

27
23

Inglewood
Moa District

27 years
23 years

At the Presbyterian Church at Inglewood

10/5943

22 August 1910

S. J. Albert

No	699
Date of Notice	22 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Theodore Bernard Knofflock	Ethel Rowe
BDM Match (88%)	Theodore Bernard Kurckloff	Ethel Rowe
	💍 1910/5761
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mill hand
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Inglewood	Moa District
Length of Residence	27 years	23 years
Marriage Place	At the Presbyterian Church at Inglewood
Folio	10/5943
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 August 1910
Officiating Minister	S. J. Albert

700

29 August 1910

Thomas Joseph Drumm
Ethel Sexton

Thomas Joseph Drumm
Ethel Harriett Senton
💍 1910/4210

Widower
Spinster

Photographer

39
27

Inglewood
Inglewood

5 months
3 days

At the Roman Catholic Church at Inglewood

10/4263

29 August 1910

Rev. Jas. McManas

No	700
Date of Notice	29 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Joseph Drumm	Ethel Sexton
BDM Match (76%)	Thomas Joseph Drumm	Ethel Harriett Senton
	💍 1910/4210
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Photographer
Age	39	27
Dwelling Place	Inglewood	Inglewood
Length of Residence	5 months	3 days
Marriage Place	At the Roman Catholic Church at Inglewood
Folio	10/4263
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 August 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Jas. McManas

701

16 September 1910

Samuel Arthur Sayorter
Edith Jane Johnson

Samuel Arthur John Paynter
Edith Jane Johnson
💍 1910/5762

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

32
31

Tarata
Tarata

9 years
12 years

At the Presbyterian Church at Tarata

10/5944

16 September 1910

S. J. Albert

No	701
Date of Notice	16 September 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Arthur Sayorter	Edith Jane Johnson
BDM Match (85%)	Samuel Arthur John Paynter	Edith Jane Johnson
	💍 1910/5762
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	32	31
Dwelling Place	Tarata	Tarata
Length of Residence	9 years	12 years
Marriage Place	At the Presbyterian Church at Tarata
Folio	10/5944
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 September 1910
Officiating Minister	S. J. Albert

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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).