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

19 January 1911

John Walter Pollock
Mabel May Bleakley

John Walter Pollock
Isabel May Bleakley
💍 1911/919

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

24
23

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
Life

Epiphany Church, Auckland

11/269

19 January 1911

Rev. A. E. Hush

No	72
Date of Notice	19 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Walter Pollock	Mabel May Bleakley
BDM Match (95%)	John Walter Pollock	Isabel May Bleakley
	💍 1911/919
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	Life
Marriage Place	Epiphany Church, Auckland
Folio	11/269
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. E. Hush

20 January 1911

Reuben Leslie Hoey
Elizabeth Emily Campbell

Reuben Leslie Hoey
Elizabeth Emily Campbell
💍 1911/856

Bachelor
Spinster

School Teacher

35
36

Ponsonby
Ponsonby

7 years
20 years

House of J. Rimmer, Fairview Rd

11/105

20 January 1911

Rev. W. Day

No	73
Date of Notice	20 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reuben Leslie Hoey	Elizabeth Emily Campbell
	💍 1911/856
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	School Teacher
Age	35	36
Dwelling Place	Ponsonby	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	7 years	20 years
Marriage Place	House of J. Rimmer, Fairview Rd
Folio	11/105
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Day

20 January 1911

Harry Webb Tait
Laura Grace Eaton

Harry Webb Tait
Laura Grace Eaton
💍 1911/4280

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

25
24

Newton
Newton

3 months
Life

Methodist Church, Pitt St, Auckland

11/3935

20 January 1911

Rev. W. Ready

No	74
Date of Notice	20 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Webb Tait	Laura Grace Eaton
	💍 1911/4280
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Newton	Newton
Length of Residence	3 months	Life
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt St, Auckland
Folio	11/3935
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Ready

20 January 1911

Sydney Hadham Fry
Mary Hetty Louisa Prescott

Sydney Wadham Sly
Mary Hetty Louisa Prescott
💍 1911/2640

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

31
22

Grey Lynn
Grey Lynn

2 years
11 years

Epiphany Church, Auckland

11/1783

20 January 1911

Rev. A. E. Hush

No	75
Date of Notice	20 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney Hadham Fry	Mary Hetty Louisa Prescott
BDM Match (91%)	Sydney Wadham Sly	Mary Hetty Louisa Prescott
	💍 1911/2640
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	31	22
Dwelling Place	Grey Lynn	Grey Lynn
Length of Residence	2 years	11 years
Marriage Place	Epiphany Church, Auckland
Folio	11/1783
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. E. Hush

20 January 1911

John Alexander Munroch MacEwen
Edith Ethel Shaffer

John Alexander Munnock MacEwan
Edith Ethel Chaffey
💍 1911/9023

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

31
23

Northcote
Northcote

1 month
3 years

House of Bride's Father, Northcote

11/404

20 January 1911

Rev. F. A. Macdonald

No	76
Date of Notice	20 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Alexander Munroch MacEwen	Edith Ethel Shaffer
BDM Match (90%)	John Alexander Munnock MacEwan	Edith Ethel Chaffey
	💍 1911/9023
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	31	23
Dwelling Place	Northcote	Northcote
Length of Residence	1 month	3 years
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Father, Northcote
Folio	11/404
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. A. Macdonald

20 January 1911

John Fraser Dower
Edith Mary Hundred

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

36
33

Newmarket
Remuera

3 years
5 years

St. Barnabas Church, Parnell

11/3915

20 January 1911

Rev. J. Patterson

No	77
Date of Notice	20 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Fraser Dower	Edith Mary Hundred
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	36	33
Dwelling Place	Newmarket	Remuera
Length of Residence	3 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church, Parnell
Folio	11/3915
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Patterson

21 January 1911

Harry Hopkins Patterson
Jane Winchester

Bachelor
Spinster

Foreman

37
27

Auckland
Arch Hill

2 years
2 years

Methodist Church, Pitt St, Auckland

11/3936

21 January 1911

Rev. W. Ready

No	78
Date of Notice	21 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Hopkins Patterson	Jane Winchester
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Foreman
Age	37	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Arch Hill
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt St, Auckland
Folio	11/3936
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Ready

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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).