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 119

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 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

682

1 July 1911

Harry Edward Jones
Ethel Maggie Johnston

Harry Edward Jones
Ethel Maggie Johnstone
💍 1911/5587

Bachelor
Spinster

Insurance agent

34
27

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
2 months

Methodist Mission Hall, East St. Auckland

11/542

26 July 1911

Rev. J. Wilson

No	682
Date of Notice	1 July 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Edward Jones	Ethel Maggie Johnston
BDM Match (98%)	Harry Edward Jones	Ethel Maggie Johnstone
	💍 1911/5587
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Insurance agent
Age	34	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	2 months
Marriage Place	Methodist Mission Hall, East St. Auckland
Folio	11/542
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 July 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilson

683

1 July 1911

Frederick Manley Partridge
Auguste Catherine Frederick Todhunter

Frederick Stanley Partridge
Auguste Catherine Frederica Todter
💍 1911/4772

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

26
28

Auckland
Auckland

4 months
2 months

Church of the Holy Sepulchre Auckland

11/4623

3 July 1911

Rev. A. Rease

No	683
Date of Notice	1 July 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Manley Partridge	Auguste Catherine Frederick Todhunter
BDM Match (91%)	Frederick Stanley Partridge	Auguste Catherine Frederica Todter
	💍 1911/4772
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	26	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 months	2 months
Marriage Place	Church of the Holy Sepulchre Auckland
Folio	11/4623
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 July 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Rease

684

3 July 1911

Henry William Quoi
Esther Ann Honham

Henry William Quoi
Esther Ann Bonham
💍 1911/4804

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

18
19

Auckland
Auckland

4 months
4 months

Home of Elizabeth Carmichael, mother, 4 Devon St. Eden Terrace

11/4655

Elizabeth Carmichael, mother

3 July 1911

Rev. J. Olphert

No	684
Date of Notice	3 July 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry William Quoi	Esther Ann Honham
BDM Match (97%)	Henry William Quoi	Esther Ann Bonham
	💍 1911/4804
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	18	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 months	4 months
Marriage Place	Home of Elizabeth Carmichael, mother, 4 Devon St. Eden Terrace
Folio	11/4655
Consent	Elizabeth Carmichael, mother
Date of Certificate	3 July 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Olphert

685

3 July 1911

John Irwin Dicken
Margaret Anne Hudson

John Irwin Dickey
Margaret Anne Hudson
💍 1911/4935

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

27
25

Auckland
Auckland

1 month
2 months

St. David's Church Auckland

11/4786

3 July 1911

Rev. R. Barr

No	685
Date of Notice	3 July 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Irwin Dicken	Margaret Anne Hudson
BDM Match (97%)	John Irwin Dickey	Margaret Anne Hudson
	💍 1911/4935
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 month	2 months
Marriage Place	St. David's Church Auckland
Folio	11/4786
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 July 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Barr

686

3 July 1911

Albert Francis McKeown Hogwood
Elizabeth Reid Hendry

Albert Francis McKeown Hoggard
Elizabeth Reed Hendry
💍 1911/5588

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

29
28

Auckland
Auckland

1 month
3 months

Home of Dr. From, 6 Albany Rd. Ponsonby

11/5427

3 July 1911

Rev. J. Wilson

No	686
Date of Notice	3 July 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Francis McKeown Hogwood	Elizabeth Reid Hendry
BDM Match (93%)	Albert Francis McKeown Hoggard	Elizabeth Reed Hendry
	💍 1911/5588
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	29	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 month	3 months
Marriage Place	Home of Dr. From, 6 Albany Rd. Ponsonby
Folio	11/5427
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 July 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilson

687

3 July 1911

Ernest Barraclough
Helena Mary Lovett

Ernest Harradence
Helena Mary Lovell
💍 1911/4802

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

25
24

Auckland
Auckland

18 months
1 year

Home of Mrs. Mills, King Edward St. Mt. Eden

11/4653

3 July 1911

Rev. E. A. Kinword

No	687
Date of Notice	3 July 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Barraclough	Helena Mary Lovett
BDM Match (75%)	Ernest Harradence	Helena Mary Lovell
	💍 1911/4802
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 months	1 year
Marriage Place	Home of Mrs. Mills, King Edward St. Mt. Eden
Folio	11/4653
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 July 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. A. Kinword

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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).