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 041

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

199

24 February 1911

Bertram Thomas Booker
Ruby Vera Rogers

Bertram Thomas Booker
Ruby Vera Rogers
💍 1911/885

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

29
23

Auckland
Epsom

20 years
Life

Home of Dalley, Manukau Rd

11/186

24 February 1911

Rev. D. Mather

No	199
Date of Notice	24 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bertram Thomas Booker	Ruby Vera Rogers
	💍 1911/885
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Epsom
Length of Residence	20 years	Life
Marriage Place	Home of Dalley, Manukau Rd
Folio	11/186
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. Mather

200

24 February 1911

Lawrence Joseph Taylor
Florence Jobin

Lawrence Joseph Taylor
Florence May Tobin
💍 1911/4427

Bachelor
Spinster

Packerman

28
20

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
Life

St. Patrick's Cathedral

11/4194

Michael Jobin, Father

24 February 1911

Rev. H. Formond

No	200
Date of Notice	24 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lawrence Joseph Taylor	Florence Jobin
BDM Match (86%)	Lawrence Joseph Taylor	Florence May Tobin
	💍 1911/4427
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Packerman
Age	28	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	11/4194
Consent	Michael Jobin, Father
Date of Certificate	24 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Formond

201

27 February 1911

William Alfred Surfers
Fanny Maud Widdup

William Alfred Burgess
Mary Widdup
💍 1911/740

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

31
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
3 years

Home of Leach, Remuera Avenue

11/139

27 February 1911

Rev. J. Wilson

No	201
Date of Notice	27 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Alfred Surfers	Fanny Maud Widdup
BDM Match (70%)	William Alfred Burgess	Mary Widdup
	💍 1911/740
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	31	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Home of Leach, Remuera Avenue
Folio	11/139
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilson

202

27 February 1911

Henry John Cook
Mabel Louisa Manning

Henry John Cook
Mabel Louisa Manning
💍 1911/906

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

26
20

Auckland
Avondale

3 years
3 years

St. Jude's Church

11/204

Thomas Manning, Father

27 February 1911

Rev. D. J. Parry

No	202
Date of Notice	27 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry John Cook	Mabel Louisa Manning
	💍 1911/906
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	26	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Avondale
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Jude's Church
Folio	11/204
Consent	Thomas Manning, Father
Date of Certificate	27 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. J. Parry

203

27 February 1911

Charles Ormsby Morris
Annie Hughes

Charles Ormsby
Annie Morris
💍 1911/907

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

23
21

Auckland
Kingsland

3 months
34 years

All Saints Church, Ponsonby

11/208

27 February 1911

Rev. D. J. Parry, Ven. Arch. W. Calder

No	203
Date of Notice	27 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Ormsby Morris	Annie Hughes
BDM Match (63%)	Charles Ormsby	Annie Morris
	💍 1911/907
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Kingsland
Length of Residence	3 months	34 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Ponsonby
Folio	11/208
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. J. Parry, Ven. Arch. W. Calder

204

27 February 1911

John Reading Carlsen
Eva Ellen Bloomfield

John Reading Carlsen
Eva Ellen Blomfield
💍 1911/761

Bachelor
Spinster

Assistant

31
35

Ponsonby
Ponsonby

3 months
34 years

All Saints Church, Ponsonby

11/152

27 February 1911

Ven. Arch. W. Calder

No	204
Date of Notice	27 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Reading Carlsen	Eva Ellen Bloomfield
BDM Match (98%)	John Reading Carlsen	Eva Ellen Blomfield
	💍 1911/761
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Assistant
Age	31	35
Dwelling Place	Ponsonby	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	3 months	34 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Ponsonby
Folio	11/152
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Ven. Arch. W. Calder

205

27 February 1911

Gordon Lawrence
Eliza Jubilee Brown

Gordon Lawrence
Eliza Jubilee Brown
💍 1911/1435

Bachelor
Spinster

Plaster

20
21

Devonport
Kingsland

11 years
Life

Home of Bride's Father, New North Rd

11/003

Robert Polliver, Father

27 February 1911

Rev. D. J. Pitt

No	205
Date of Notice	27 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gordon Lawrence	Eliza Jubilee Brown
	💍 1911/1435
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plaster
Age	20	21
Dwelling Place	Devonport	Kingsland
Length of Residence	11 years	Life
Marriage Place	Home of Bride's Father, New North Rd
Folio	11/003
Consent	Robert Polliver, Father
Date of Certificate	27 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. J. Pitt

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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).