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

143

10 February 1911

William Suellie
Alice Emily Charman

William Smellie
Alice Emily Charman
💍 1911/2164

Widower
Spinster

Ironmonger

45
29

Northcote
Northcote

40 years
12 years

Home of Father of Bride, Lake Road, Northcote

11/403

10 February 1911

Rev. P. R. Roby

No	143
Date of Notice	10 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Suellie	Alice Emily Charman
BDM Match (97%)	William Smellie	Alice Emily Charman
	💍 1911/2164
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Ironmonger
Age	45	29
Dwelling Place	Northcote	Northcote
Length of Residence	40 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Home of Father of Bride, Lake Road, Northcote
Folio	11/403
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. R. Roby

144

10 February 1911

Harold Loyd Spooner
Gertrude Spooner

Harold Boyd
Gertrude Spooner
💍 1911/717

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

25
25

Epsom
Epsom

12 years
10 years

St. Andrew's Church

11/90

10 February 1911

Rev. J. S. Russell

No	144
Date of Notice	10 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Loyd Spooner	Gertrude Spooner
BDM Match (76%)	Harold Boyd	Gertrude Spooner
	💍 1911/717
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Epsom	Epsom
Length of Residence	12 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church
Folio	11/90
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. S. Russell

145

10 February 1911

Walter Joseph Lupton
Edith Jessie Elizabeth Le Minne

Walter George Lupton
Edith Bessie Elizabeth McMinnie
💍 1911/770

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

30
23

Auckland
Ponsonby

1 year
9 years

Home of Bride, Richmond Avenue

11/170

10 February 1911

Rev. J. Carlisle

No	145
Date of Notice	10 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Joseph Lupton	Edith Jessie Elizabeth Le Minne
BDM Match (77%)	Walter George Lupton	Edith Bessie Elizabeth McMinnie
	💍 1911/770
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	1 year	9 years
Marriage Place	Home of Bride, Richmond Avenue
Folio	11/170
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Carlisle

146

11 February 1911

William Henry Simpson
Mary Catherine Hanafon

William Henry Simpson
Edith Beatrice Retallick
💍 1911/8229

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

21
27

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
3 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral

11/4184

11 February 1911

Rev. P. J. Holbrook

No	146
Date of Notice	11 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Simpson	Mary Catherine Hanafon
BDM Match (63%)	William Henry Simpson	Edith Beatrice Retallick
	💍 1911/8229
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	21	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	11/4184
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. J. Holbrook

147

11 February 1911

Edward Robert Stone
Ellen Kathleen Perry

Edward Robert Stone
Ellen Kathleen Perry
💍 1911/648

Bachelor
Spinster

Marine Engineer

28
24

Grey Lynn
Grey Lynn

5 years
Life

Registrar's Office

11/20

11 February 1911

Registrar

No	147
Date of Notice	11 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Robert Stone	Ellen Kathleen Perry
	💍 1911/648
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Marine Engineer
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Grey Lynn	Grey Lynn
Length of Residence	5 years	Life
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	11/20
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Registrar

148

11 February 1911

Reginald Hubert Swinburne
Ruby Vivien McAneny

Reginald Herbert Swinburne
Ruby Vivien McAneny
💍 1911/4426

Bachelor
Spinster

Upholsterer

29
23

Auckland
Devonport

5 years
2 years

Home of Bride, Church Street

11/4193

11 February 1911

Rev. J. F. Bertram

No	148
Date of Notice	11 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reginald Hubert Swinburne	Ruby Vivien McAneny
BDM Match (96%)	Reginald Herbert Swinburne	Ruby Vivien McAneny
	💍 1911/4426
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Upholsterer
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Devonport
Length of Residence	5 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Home of Bride, Church Street
Folio	11/4193
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. F. Bertram

149

11 February 1911

Arthur Macgill
Mabel Sophia Elizabeth Marsh

Arthur Makgill
Mabel Sophia Elizabeth Marsh
💍 1911/902

Bachelor
Spinster

Marine Engineer

28
31

Onehunga
Onehunga

13 years
2 years

St. Peter's Church

11/226

11 February 1911

Rev. J. Haxeldine

No	149
Date of Notice	11 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Macgill	Mabel Sophia Elizabeth Marsh
BDM Match (96%)	Arthur Makgill	Mabel Sophia Elizabeth Marsh
	💍 1911/902
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Marine Engineer
Age	28	31
Dwelling Place	Onehunga	Onehunga
Length of Residence	13 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church
Folio	11/226
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Haxeldine

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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).