Intentions to Marry, 1911 Auckland, Taranaki

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840445, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1911 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki, (1911a), Hawke's Bay, Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1911b), and Canterbury, Otago, Chatham Islands (1911c).

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District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1911 Registrar Thomas Culpan

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

9 January 1911

William Young
Margaret Kelly Smith

William Carson
Margaret Rebecca Smith
💍 1911/8100

Bachelor
Spinster

Jockey

23
23

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
4 days

Church of St. Matthew the Baptist, Parnell

11/3914

9 January 1911

Rev. J. D. Patterson

No	29
Date of Notice	9 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Young	Margaret Kelly Smith
BDM Match (65%)	William Carson	Margaret Rebecca Smith
	💍 1911/8100
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Jockey
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Church of St. Matthew the Baptist, Parnell
Folio	11/3914
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. D. Patterson

9 January 1911

John Llewellyn Williams
Hazel Berry Millar

John Llewellyn Williams
Hazel Berry Millar
💍 1911/847

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

31
20

Pakapuna
Avondale

1 year 9 months
1 year 9 months

Home of J. Millar, Avondale, South

11/102

Jane Millar, mother

9 January 1911

Rev. A. Maclean

No	30
Date of Notice	9 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Llewellyn Williams	Hazel Berry Millar
	💍 1911/847
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	31	20
Dwelling Place	Pakapuna	Avondale
Length of Residence	1 year 9 months	1 year 9 months
Marriage Place	Home of J. Millar, Avondale, South
Folio	11/102
Consent	Jane Millar, mother
Date of Certificate	9 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Maclean

9 January 1911

Ivan Burns Keen
Anne Lydia Keen

Bachelor
Spinster

Sugar

30
25

Auckland
Grey Lynn

3 years 9 months
Life

Home of Bride, 241 Ponsonby Rd

11/179

9 January 1911

Rev. R. Ferguson

No	31
Date of Notice	9 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ivan Burns Keen	Anne Lydia Keen
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sugar
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Grey Lynn
Length of Residence	3 years 9 months	Life
Marriage Place	Home of Bride, 241 Ponsonby Rd
Folio	11/179
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Ferguson

9 January 1911

George Dindon Wright
Charlotte Elizabeth Ormston Smith

George Findon Wight
Charlotte Elizabeth Ella Ormiston Smith
💍 1911/849

Bachelor
Spinster

Master

32
31

Auckland
Auckland

1 year 9 months
Life

Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Auckland

11/122

9 January 1911

Rev. H. Reere

No	32
Date of Notice	9 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Dindon Wright	Charlotte Elizabeth Ormston Smith
BDM Match (87%)	George Findon Wight	Charlotte Elizabeth Ella Ormiston Smith
	💍 1911/849
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Master
Age	32	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year 9 months	Life
Marriage Place	Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Auckland
Folio	11/122
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Reere

9 January 1911

James Putnam Wallis
Anne Maria Stephenson

James Putnam Wallis
Annie Maria Stephenson
💍 1911/897

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

38
28

Auckland
Pakapuna

6 months
Life

St. Peter's Church, Auckland

11/204

9 January 1911

Rev. G. Phranchton

No	33
Date of Notice	9 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Putnam Wallis	Anne Maria Stephenson
BDM Match (98%)	James Putnam Wallis	Annie Maria Stephenson
	💍 1911/897
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	38	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Pakapuna
Length of Residence	6 months	Life
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Auckland
Folio	11/204
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Phranchton

9 January 1911

Henry Roscol Palmer
Gertrude Langford Laver

Henry Roscoe Palmer
Gertrude Langford Gavey
💍 1911/901

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

30
30

Devonport
Onehunga

1 year 10 months
4 years 10 months

St. Peter's Church, Onehunga

11/225

9 January 1911

Rev. J. Haselden

No	34
Date of Notice	9 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Roscol Palmer	Gertrude Langford Laver
BDM Match (93%)	Henry Roscoe Palmer	Gertrude Langford Gavey
	💍 1911/901
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	30	30
Dwelling Place	Devonport	Onehunga
Length of Residence	1 year 10 months	4 years 10 months
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Onehunga
Folio	11/225
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Haselden

9 January 1911

Thomas Henry Rough
Delia Josephine Meehan

Thomas Henry Keogh
Cecilia Josephine Meehan
💍 1911/891

Bachelor
Spinster

Ink Merchant

24
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
3 days

St. Benedict's Church, Auckland

11/216

9 January 1911

Rev. J. B. Carroll

No	35
Date of Notice	9 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Henry Rough	Delia Josephine Meehan
BDM Match (85%)	Thomas Henry Keogh	Cecilia Josephine Meehan
	💍 1911/891
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ink Merchant
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church, Auckland
Folio	11/216
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Carroll

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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).