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 Stratford Quarter ending 31 December 1910 Registrar S. H. James

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

10 October 1910

James Fawkner
Olive Emily Felton

James Fawhuer
Olive Emily Felton
💍 1910/6940

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

39
25

Stratford
Stratford

7 years
8 years

Residence of J. A. Felton, East Road, Stratford

10/6650

10 October 1910

Rev. J. M. Thomson, Presbyterian

No	39
Date of Notice	10 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Fawkner	Olive Emily Felton
BDM Match (92%)	James Fawhuer	Olive Emily Felton
	💍 1910/6940
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	39	25
Dwelling Place	Stratford	Stratford
Length of Residence	7 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Residence of J. A. Felton, East Road, Stratford
Folio	10/6650
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. M. Thomson, Presbyterian

14 October 1910

Marmaduke Archer Hunter
Gwynne Law

Martin Luke Archer Hunter
Wynnie Low
💍 1910/6937

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Clerk

27
23

Whangamomona
Wanganui

3 months
5 months

Holy Trinity Church, Stratford

10/6648

14 October 1910

Rev. W. A. Butter, Church of England

No	40
Date of Notice	14 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Marmaduke Archer Hunter	Gwynne Law
BDM Match (70%)	Martin Luke Archer Hunter	Wynnie Low
	💍 1910/6937
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Clerk
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Whangamomona	Wanganui
Length of Residence	3 months	5 months
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Stratford
Folio	10/6648
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. A. Butter, Church of England

4 November 1910

Simon Piwae
Frances Gill

Simon Pivac
Frances Gill
💍 1910/6938

Bachelor
Spinster

Restaurant Keeper

25
21

Stratford
Stratford

2 years
6 months

Roman Catholic Church at Stratford

10/6649

4 November 1910

Rev. M. O'Dwyer, Roman Catholic

No	41
Date of Notice	4 November 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Simon Piwae	Frances Gill
BDM Match (91%)	Simon Pivac	Frances Gill
	💍 1910/6938
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Restaurant Keeper
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Stratford	Stratford
Length of Residence	2 years	6 months
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church at Stratford
Folio	10/6649
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 November 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. O'Dwyer, Roman Catholic

5 November 1910

Arthur Ernest Walsh
May Frances Milner

Arthur Ernest Walsh
May Frances Milner
💍 1910/7784

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

25
28

Stratford
Stratford

20 years
3 years

Holy Trinity Church, Stratford

10/8173

5 November 1910

Rev. W. A. Butter, Church of England

No	42
Date of Notice	5 November 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Ernest Walsh	May Frances Milner
	💍 1910/7784
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	25	28
Dwelling Place	Stratford	Stratford
Length of Residence	20 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Stratford
Folio	10/8173
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 November 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. A. Butter, Church of England

8 November 1910

Henry Richard Sparks
Louisa Whyte Beedie

Henry Richard Sparks
Louisa Whyte Beedie
💍 1910/6941

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

36
31

Ngaere
Ngaere

20 years
20 years

Residence of James Beedie, Mountain Road, Ngaere

10/6651

8 November 1910

Rev. J. M. Thomson, Presbyterian

No	43
Date of Notice	8 November 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Richard Sparks	Louisa Whyte Beedie
	💍 1910/6941
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	36	31
Dwelling Place	Ngaere	Ngaere
Length of Residence	20 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Residence of James Beedie, Mountain Road, Ngaere
Folio	10/6651
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 November 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. M. Thomson, Presbyterian

22 November 1910

Henry Woisin
Amelia Williams

Henry Woisin
Amelia Williams
💍 1910/6936

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

27
21

Midhirst
Stratford

27 years
1 week

Office of the Registrar at Stratford

10/6647

22 November 1910

S. H. James, Registrar

No	44
Date of Notice	22 November 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Woisin	Amelia Williams
	💍 1910/6936
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Midhirst	Stratford
Length of Residence	27 years	1 week
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar at Stratford
Folio	10/6647
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 November 1910
Officiating Minister	S. H. James, Registrar

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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).