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 112

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 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

642

20 June 1911

Alfred Thomas Cable
Clarence Sallan Else Beatrice Styles

Bachelor
Spinster

Operator

21
23

Auckland
Auckland

House of G. Capel, Henderson, North Auckland

11/2827

20 June 1911

Rev. R. J. Solar

No	642
Date of Notice	20 June 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Thomas Cable	Clarence Sallan Else Beatrice Styles
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Operator
Age	21	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence
Marriage Place	House of G. Capel, Henderson, North Auckland
Folio	11/2827
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 June 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. J. Solar

643

20 June 1911

Robert Candlish Allen
Ida Orrell Thompson

Robert Candlish Allen
Ida Tyrrell Thompson
💍 1911/4816

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

30
28

Auckland
Auckland

St. Paul's Parish Church

11/4643

20 June 1911

Rev. A. Fowler

No	643
Date of Notice	20 June 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Candlish Allen	Ida Orrell Thompson
BDM Match (95%)	Robert Candlish Allen	Ida Tyrrell Thompson
	💍 1911/4816
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	30	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Parish Church
Folio	11/4643
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 June 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Fowler

644

20 June 1911

Harry Frederick Davies
Margery Fraser

Harry Fredrick Davies
Margery Fraser
💍 1911/3014

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

36
40

Auckland
Auckland

St. Paul's Church, Remuera

11/2185

20 June 1911

Rev. J. S. Munro

No	644
Date of Notice	20 June 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Frederick Davies	Margery Fraser
BDM Match (98%)	Harry Fredrick Davies	Margery Fraser
	💍 1911/3014
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	36	40
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church, Remuera
Folio	11/2185
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 June 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. S. Munro

645

20 June 1911

David Allen Bridges
Linda Maria Harrison

David Olley Bridges
Linda Maria Harrison
💍 1911/4781

Bachelor
Spinster

Company Manager

28
20

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
Life

Central Mission Hall, Albert St.

11/4614

James Robert Harrison, father

20 June 1911

Rev. J. Bissett

No	645
Date of Notice	20 June 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Allen Bridges	Linda Maria Harrison
BDM Match (95%)	David Olley Bridges	Linda Maria Harrison
	💍 1911/4781
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Company Manager
Age	28	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	Life
Marriage Place	Central Mission Hall, Albert St.
Folio	11/4614
Consent	James Robert Harrison, father
Date of Certificate	20 June 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Bissett

646

21 June 1911

Frederick John Thompson
Agnes Browne

Frederick John Thompson
Sherred Brommer
💍 1911/3433

Bachelor
Spinster

Overseer

35
27

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
2 months

House of Mr. E. Gordes, 9 Clifton Rd, Herne Bay, Ponsonby

11/3081

21 June 1911

Rev. J. Jolly

No	646
Date of Notice	21 June 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick John Thompson	Agnes Browne
BDM Match (70%)	Frederick John Thompson	Sherred Brommer
	💍 1911/3433
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Overseer
Age	35	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	2 months
Marriage Place	House of Mr. E. Gordes, 9 Clifton Rd, Herne Bay, Ponsonby
Folio	11/3081
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 June 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Jolly

647

21 June 1911

Walter Edward Fairweather
Violet McDonald

Walter Edward Fairweather
Violet McDonald
💍 1911/2565

Bachelor
Spinster

Turncock

24
22

Point Chevalier
Point Chevalier

5 years
4 years

St. Matthew's Church

11/2261

21 June 1911

Rev. R. E. Gillam

No	647
Date of Notice	21 June 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Edward Fairweather	Violet McDonald
	💍 1911/2565
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Turncock
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Point Chevalier	Point Chevalier
Length of Residence	5 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	11/2261
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 June 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. E. Gillam

648

23 June 1911

Herbert Francis Wilson
Marie Jane Gordon

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

39
27

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
3 years

St. Matthew's Church

11/2262

23 June 1911

Rev. R. E. Gillam

No	648
Date of Notice	23 June 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Francis Wilson	Marie Jane Gordon
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	39	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	11/2262
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 June 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. E. Gillam

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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).