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).

Page 037

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

185

20 February 1911

William O'Halloran
Esther Neville

William OHalloran
Esther Neville
💍 1911/4441

Widower
Widow (29 January 1909)

Labourer

36
32

Auckland
Auckland

life
life

St. Patrick's Cathedral

11/4185

20 February 1911

Rev. A. D. Holbrook

No	185
Date of Notice	20 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William O'Halloran	Esther Neville
BDM Match (97%)	William OHalloran	Esther Neville
	💍 1911/4441
Condition	Widower	Widow (29 January 1909)
Profession	Labourer
Age	36	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	life	life
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	11/4185
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. D. Holbrook

186

20 February 1911

Archer Horat Fraser
Lilian Nelson Watt

Archer Lovat Fraser
Lilian Nelson Watt
💍 1911/764

Bachelor
Spinster

Draughtsman

27
29

Gisborne
Ellerslie

1 day
life

St. Andrew's Church

11/164

20 February 1911

Rev. A. S. Davies

No	186
Date of Notice	20 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archer Horat Fraser	Lilian Nelson Watt
BDM Match (95%)	Archer Lovat Fraser	Lilian Nelson Watt
	💍 1911/764
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draughtsman
Age	27	29
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Ellerslie
Length of Residence	1 day	life
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church
Folio	11/164
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. S. Davies

187

20 February 1911

William Brason Cole
Florence Louisa Brande Evans

William Mason Cole
Florence Louisa Maud Evans
💍 1911/1419

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

27
26

Onehunga
Auckland

14 months
5 days

St. Matthew's Church

11/889

20 February 1911

Rev. H. E. Gillam

No	187
Date of Notice	20 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Brason Cole	Florence Louisa Brande Evans
BDM Match (88%)	William Mason Cole	Florence Louisa Maud Evans
	💍 1911/1419
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Onehunga	Auckland
Length of Residence	14 months	5 days
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	11/889
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. E. Gillam

188

20 February 1911

John McEvoy
Mary Michie

John McEvoy
Mary Michie
💍 1911/898

Bachelor
Spinster

Mechanic

39
39

Onehunga
Auckland

9 months
life

St. Benedict's Church

11/222

20 February 1911

Rev. J. Williams

No	188
Date of Notice	20 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John McEvoy	Mary Michie
	💍 1911/898
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mechanic
Age	39	39
Dwelling Place	Onehunga	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 months	life
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church
Folio	11/222
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Williams

189

20 February 1911

Edmund Horton Wilder
Beatrice Eleanor Seale

Edmond Thornton Wilder
Beatrice Eleanor Beale
💍 1911/973

Bachelor
Spinster

Station Manager

29
28

Auckland
Parnell

4 months
9 months

St. Mary's Cathedral

11/358

20 February 1911

Rev. J. MacMurray

No	189
Date of Notice	20 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edmund Horton Wilder	Beatrice Eleanor Seale
BDM Match (89%)	Edmond Thornton Wilder	Beatrice Eleanor Beale
	💍 1911/973
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Station Manager
Age	29	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Parnell
Length of Residence	4 months	9 months
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral
Folio	11/358
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. MacMurray

190

21 February 1911

George Hawkins Graham
Edith Matilda Yeats

George Hawkins Graham
Edith Matilda Veats
💍 1911/661

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

31
17

Otahuhu
Papakura

life
life

Registrar's Office

11/26

John Yeats, father

21 February 1911

Registrar

No	190
Date of Notice	21 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Hawkins Graham	Edith Matilda Yeats
BDM Match (97%)	George Hawkins Graham	Edith Matilda Veats
	💍 1911/661
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	31	17
Dwelling Place	Otahuhu	Papakura
Length of Residence	life	life
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	11/26
Consent	John Yeats, father
Date of Certificate	21 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Registrar

191

22 February 1911

William James Sweeney
Olive Annie Stanwood

William James Sweeney
Olive Hume
💍 1911/762

Widower (30 March 1909)
Spinster

Proprietor Livery Stables

40
19

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
8 months

St. Paul's Church

11/161

Anne Elizabeth Stanwood, mother

22 February 1911

Rev. A. B. Watson

No	191
Date of Notice	22 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William James Sweeney	Olive Annie Stanwood
BDM Match (68%)	William James Sweeney	Olive Hume
	💍 1911/762
Condition	Widower (30 March 1909)	Spinster
Profession	Proprietor Livery Stables
Age	40	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	8 months
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church
Folio	11/161
Consent	Anne Elizabeth Stanwood, mother
Date of Certificate	22 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. B. Watson

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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).