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 234

District of Awhitu Quarter ending 31 March 1911 Registrar Joseph William Jordan

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

25 January 1911

Henry William Robwe
Mabel Annie Morley

Henry William Rowe
Mabel Annie Morley
💍 1911/1163

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

33
33

Waiuku
Ruakohua

33 years
12 years

Residence of Mr G H Morley Ruakohua

11/330

25 January 1911

Rev J Dukes Methodist Church

No	1
Date of Notice	25 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry William Robwe	Mabel Annie Morley
BDM Match (97%)	Henry William Rowe	Mabel Annie Morley
	💍 1911/1163
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	33	33
Dwelling Place	Waiuku	Ruakohua
Length of Residence	33 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr G H Morley Ruakohua
Folio	11/330
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev J Dukes Methodist Church

7 February 1911

Innis James Kerr
Jossie Flavell

Innis James Kerr
Jossie Flavell
💍 1911/822

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic Duties

23
24

Waiuku
Waiuku

3 days
12 years

Church of England Waiuku

11/279

7 February 1911

Rev C A Baughan

No	2
Date of Notice	7 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Innis James Kerr	Jossie Flavell
	💍 1911/822
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic Duties
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Waiuku	Waiuku
Length of Residence	3 days	12 years
Marriage Place	Church of England Waiuku
Folio	11/279
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev C A Baughan

18 February 1911

Edward McKinney
Jessie Holmes

Edward McKinney
Jessie Holmes
💍 1911/1366

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

23
23

Otaua
Otaua

6 years
23 years

Residence of Mrs George Holmes Otaua

11/508

18 February 1911

Rev R. Barr

No	3
Date of Notice	18 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward McKinney	Jessie Holmes
	💍 1911/1366
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Otaua	Otaua
Length of Residence	6 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs George Holmes Otaua
Folio	11/508
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev R. Barr

23 February 1911

Elias Dracevac
Muriel Pardy

Elias Dracevac
Muriel Pardy
💍 1911/2160

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

39
19

Orua Bay
Orua Bay

5 years
9 months

Registrars Office Waiuku

11/399

Aline Pardy Mother

23 February 1911

J W Jordan Registrar

No	4
Date of Notice	23 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Elias Dracevac	Muriel Pardy
	💍 1911/2160
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	39	19
Dwelling Place	Orua Bay	Orua Bay
Length of Residence	5 years	9 months
Marriage Place	Registrars Office Waiuku
Folio	11/399
Consent	Aline Pardy Mother
Date of Certificate	23 February 1911
Officiating Minister	J W Jordan Registrar

22 March 1911

Andrew Conrad Brighton
Elsie Sarah Lowe

Andrew Conrad Crighton
Elsie Sarah Lowe
💍 1911/829

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

23
22

Ruakohua
Ruakohua

1 year
22 years

Residence of Mr A. J. Lowe Ruakohua

11/280

22 March 1911

Rev C A Baughan

No	5
Date of Notice	22 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Conrad Brighton	Elsie Sarah Lowe
BDM Match (98%)	Andrew Conrad Crighton	Elsie Sarah Lowe
	💍 1911/829
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Ruakohua	Ruakohua
Length of Residence	1 year	22 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr A. J. Lowe Ruakohua
Folio	11/280
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 March 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev C A Baughan

29 March 1911

Sydney Howard Breese
Sarita Charlotte Denize

Sydney Howard Breeze
Sarita Charlotte Denize
💍 1911/830

Bachelor
Spinster

Leather-dresser
Domestic Duties

30
26

Otaua
Otaua

3 days
3 years

Union Church Otaua

11/281

29 March 1911

Rev C A Baughan

No	6
Date of Notice	29 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney Howard Breese	Sarita Charlotte Denize
BDM Match (98%)	Sydney Howard Breeze	Sarita Charlotte Denize
	💍 1911/830
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Leather-dresser	Domestic Duties
Age	30	26
Dwelling Place	Otaua	Otaua
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	Union Church Otaua
Folio	11/281
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 March 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev C A Baughan

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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).