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 047

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

239

8 March 1911

William Brown
Rama Sainsbury

William Brown
Rama Sainsbury
💍 1911/666

Bachelor
Widow (4 January 1908)

Grocer

48
39

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
24 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

11/39

8 March 1911

Deputy Registrar

No	239
Date of Notice	8 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Brown	Rama Sainsbury
	💍 1911/666
Condition	Bachelor	Widow (4 January 1908)
Profession	Grocer
Age	48	39
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	24 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	11/39
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 March 1911
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

240

9 March 1911

Charles Edward Hodge
Selina Hill

Charles Edward Hodge
Selina Hill
💍 1911/862

Bachelor
Spinster

Mechanician

33
38

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
10 years

House of Mr. J. Hill, Bradford Street, Parnell, Auckland

11/187

9 March 1911

Rev. W. Trotter

No	240
Date of Notice	9 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Edward Hodge	Selina Hill
	💍 1911/862
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mechanician
Age	33	38
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	10 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. J. Hill, Bradford Street, Parnell, Auckland
Folio	11/187
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 March 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Trotter

241

9 March 1911

Louis Frear Littleproud
Kate Eliza Thompson

Louis Frear Littleproud
Kate Eliza Thompson
💍 1911/842

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

38
44

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
3 weeks

Congregational Church, Beresford Street, Auckland

11/116

9 March 1911

Rev. H. Steele Craik

No	241
Date of Notice	9 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Louis Frear Littleproud	Kate Eliza Thompson
	💍 1911/842
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	38	44
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	3 weeks
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Beresford Street, Auckland
Folio	11/116
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 March 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Steele Craik

242

9 March 1911

Thomas Andrew Latham
Harriet Paulina Charlotte Grant

Thomas Andrew Latham
Harriet Paulina Charlotte Grant
💍 1911/878

Bachelor
Widow (16 June 1909)

Engineer

27
26

Auckland
Auckland

5 weeks
4 weeks

Methodist Parsonage, Kingsland, Auckland

11/202

9 March 1911

Rev. A. R. Scotter

No	242
Date of Notice	9 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Andrew Latham	Harriet Paulina Charlotte Grant
	💍 1911/878
Condition	Bachelor	Widow (16 June 1909)
Profession	Engineer
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 weeks	4 weeks
Marriage Place	Methodist Parsonage, Kingsland, Auckland
Folio	11/202
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 March 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. R. Scotter

243

9 March 1911

Archibald Edward Shaw
Ellen Henderson

Archibald Edward Shaw
Ellen Henderson
💍 1911/667

Bachelor
Spinster

Barman

27
22

Auckland
Auckland

2 weeks
2 weeks

Registrar's Office, Auckland

11/40

9 March 1911

Deputy Registrar

No	243
Date of Notice	9 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archibald Edward Shaw	Ellen Henderson
	💍 1911/667
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Barman
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 weeks	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	11/40
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 March 1911
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

244

10 March 1911

William John Carr King
Bertha Turner

William John Carr King
Bertha Turner
💍 1911/2177

Bachelor
Spinster

Florist

34
22

Auckland
Auckland

33 years
11 months

Primitive Methodist Church, Dominion Road, Auckland

11/1726

10 March 1911

Rev. Hedley White

No	244
Date of Notice	10 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Carr King	Bertha Turner
	💍 1911/2177
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Florist
Age	34	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	33 years	11 months
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Dominion Road, Auckland
Folio	11/1726
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. Hedley White

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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).