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 Ernest Livermore

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

227

4 March 1911

James Bruce Bukmyer
Helen Margaret Chambers

James Bruce Birkmyer
Helen Margaret Chambers
💍 1911/1415

Bachelor
Spinster

Civil Engineer

32
31

Auckland
Auckland

13 days
6 days

St. Matthews Church, Auckland

11/885

4 March 1911

Rev. W. E. Gillam

No	227
Date of Notice	4 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Bruce Bukmyer	Helen Margaret Chambers
BDM Match (95%)	James Bruce Birkmyer	Helen Margaret Chambers
	💍 1911/1415
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Civil Engineer
Age	32	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	13 days	6 days
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church, Auckland
Folio	11/885
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 March 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam

228

4 March 1911

Harold Lawrence Henry
Florence Fanny Harrison

Harold Lawrence Henry Teiaeira
Florence Fanny Harrison
💍 1911/700

Harry Lemon Allport
Florence Hannah Harrison
💍 1911/6720

Bachelor
Spinster

Tramway Conductor

24
19

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
8 years

St. James Presbyterian Church

11/72

James Harrison, father

4 March 1911

Rev. R. L. Tracker

No	228
Date of Notice	4 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Lawrence Henry	Florence Fanny Harrison
BDM Match (85%)	Harold Lawrence Henry Teiaeira	Florence Fanny Harrison
	💍 1911/700
BDM Match (60%)	Harry Lemon Allport	Florence Hannah Harrison
	💍 1911/6720
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tramway Conductor
Age	24	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	8 years
Marriage Place	St. James Presbyterian Church
Folio	11/72
Consent	James Harrison, father
Date of Certificate	4 March 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Tracker

229

6 March 1911

Cecil Ernest Haite
Hatty Taylor

Cecil Ernest Waite
Hatty Taylor
💍 1911/4457

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

31
38

Auckland
Otahuhu

3 days
15 years

Residence of Bride's mother, Otahuhu

11/4206

6 March 1911

Rev. C. E. Porter

No	229
Date of Notice	6 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cecil Ernest Haite	Hatty Taylor
BDM Match (97%)	Cecil Ernest Waite	Hatty Taylor
	💍 1911/4457
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	31	38
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Otahuhu
Length of Residence	3 days	15 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Bride's mother, Otahuhu
Folio	11/4206
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 March 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. E. Porter

230

6 March 1911

Ronald William Findlay
Mabel Constance Stacey

Ronald William Findlay
Mabel Constance Stacey
💍 1911/763

Bachelor
Spinster

Fruiterer

25
24

Auckland
Auckland

life
life

House of Mrs. Findlay, 22 Sheehan Street, Ponsonby, Auckland

11/162

6 March 1911

Mr. A. G. Turner

No	230
Date of Notice	6 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ronald William Findlay	Mabel Constance Stacey
	💍 1911/763
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fruiterer
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	life	life
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. Findlay, 22 Sheehan Street, Ponsonby, Auckland
Folio	11/162
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 March 1911
Officiating Minister	Mr. A. G. Turner

231

6 March 1911

Charlie Gillard
Bertha Annie Hayes

Charlie Gillard
Bertha Annie Kayes
💍 1911/1416

Bachelor
Spinster

Coach Driver

23
22

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
1 year

St. Matthews Church, Auckland

11/886

6 March 1911

Rev. W. E. Gillam

No	231
Date of Notice	6 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charlie Gillard	Bertha Annie Hayes
BDM Match (97%)	Charlie Gillard	Bertha Annie Kayes
	💍 1911/1416
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coach Driver
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	1 year
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church, Auckland
Folio	11/886
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 March 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam

232

6 March 1911

Leonard Stanley Smith
Barbara Lovinea Turner

Leonard Stanley Smith
Barbara Lovinea Turner
💍 1911/744

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

24
23

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
5 years

Mission Hall, East Street, Auckland

11/143

6 March 1911

Rev. J. Wilson

No	232
Date of Notice	6 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Stanley Smith	Barbara Lovinea Turner
	💍 1911/744
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Mission Hall, East Street, Auckland
Folio	11/143
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 March 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilson

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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).