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 312

District of Gisborne Quarter ending 31 December 1911 Registrar Henry Ewart Hill

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

146

18 November 1911

Joseph Young
Margaret Mary Ponsonly

Joseph Young
Margaret Mary Ponsonby
💍 1911/7649

Widower
Spinster

Engine Fitter
Domestic Servant

41
39

Gisborne
Turihau, Poverty Bay

3 years
5 years

Roman Catholic Church, Gisborne

11/7482

18 November 1911

Rev. Thomas Kane, Roman Catholic Minister

No	146
Date of Notice	18 November 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Young	Margaret Mary Ponsonly
BDM Match (98%)	Joseph Young	Margaret Mary Ponsonby
	💍 1911/7649
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Engine Fitter	Domestic Servant
Age	41	39
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Turihau, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	3 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Gisborne
Folio	11/7482
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 November 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas Kane, Roman Catholic Minister

147

20 November 1911

Cecil Waller Manning
Kathleen Treweatt Harroyd

Widower
Spinster

Land Agent
Domestic Duties

34
22

Gisborne
Makareka, Poverty Bay

3 years
Life

Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne

11/7460

20 November 1911

Rev. Leslie Dawson Thomas, Church of England

No	147
Date of Notice	20 November 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cecil Waller Manning	Kathleen Treweatt Harroyd
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Land Agent	Domestic Duties
Age	34	22
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Makareka, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	3 years	Life
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne
Folio	11/7460
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 November 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. Leslie Dawson Thomas, Church of England

148

27 November 1911

Henry Trinimont (Jnr) Hay
Kate Maria Morris

Henry Kinnimont
Kate Maria Morris
💍 1911/7424

Bachelor
Spinster

Slaughterman
Domestic Duties

27
24

Poverty Bay
Poverty Bay

9 years
Life

St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Gisborne

11/7483

27 November 1911

Rev. Thomas Kane, Roman Catholic Church

No	148
Date of Notice	27 November 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Trinimont (Jnr) Hay	Kate Maria Morris
BDM Match (74%)	Henry Kinnimont	Kate Maria Morris
	💍 1911/7424
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Slaughterman	Domestic Duties
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Poverty Bay	Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	9 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Gisborne
Folio	11/7483
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 November 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas Kane, Roman Catholic Church

149

1 December 1911

Herbert Thomas Hammas
Agnes May McCombe

Herbert Thomas Lammas
Agnes May McCombe
💍 1911/7652

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor
Housemaid

26
30

Gisborne
Poverty Bay

5 years
5 years

Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne

11/7462

1 December 1911

Rev. Leslie Dawson Thomas, Church of England

No	149
Date of Notice	1 December 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Thomas Hammas	Agnes May McCombe
BDM Match (98%)	Herbert Thomas Lammas	Agnes May McCombe
	💍 1911/7652
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor	Housemaid
Age	26	30
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	5 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne
Folio	11/7462
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 December 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. Leslie Dawson Thomas, Church of England

150

2 December 1911

William Henry Tresor
Mary Ann Crosswell

William Henry Ensor
Mary Ann Crosswell
💍 1911/6513

Bachelor
Widow

Miner
Domestic Duties

33
27

Matawai, Poverty Bay
Matawai, Poverty Bay

9 months
9 months

The Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

11/6533

2 December 1911

Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

No	150
Date of Notice	2 December 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Tresor	Mary Ann Crosswell
BDM Match (93%)	William Henry Ensor	Mary Ann Crosswell
	💍 1911/6513
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Miner	Domestic Duties
Age	33	27
Dwelling Place	Matawai, Poverty Bay	Matawai, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	9 months	9 months
Marriage Place	The Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne
Folio	11/6533
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 December 1911
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

151

8 December 1911

Henry Edward Willson
Gladys Poulgrain

Henry Edmond Willson
Gladys Poulgrain
💍 1911/7674

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

24
20

Patutahi, Poverty Bay
Makaraka

Life
Life

Private Residence of Muirs

11/7650

8 December 1911

Rev. Thomas Blair, Presbyterian Minister

No	151
Date of Notice	8 December 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Edward Willson	Gladys Poulgrain
BDM Match (93%)	Henry Edmond Willson	Gladys Poulgrain
	💍 1911/7674
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Patutahi, Poverty Bay	Makaraka
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	Private Residence of Muirs
Folio	11/7650
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 December 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas Blair, Presbyterian Minister

152

8 December 1911

Reginald Robert Foster
Virginia Victoria Lilian Parker

Reginald Robert Foster
Virjinia Victoria Lilian Parker
💍 1911/7651

Bachelor
Spinster

Surveyor
Dressmaker

39
28

Gisborne
Auckland

4 years
4 days

Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne

11/7461

8 December 1911

Rev. Leslie Dawson Thomas, Church of England

No	152
Date of Notice	8 December 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reginald Robert Foster	Virginia Victoria Lilian Parker
BDM Match (98%)	Reginald Robert Foster	Virjinia Victoria Lilian Parker
	💍 1911/7651
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Surveyor	Dressmaker
Age	39	28
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	4 days
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne
Folio	11/7461
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 December 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. Leslie Dawson Thomas, Church of England

153

9 December 1911

William Henry Jervis Philp
Emily Janet Eliza Toomath

William Henry Jervis Philp
Emily Janet Eliza Toomath
💍 1911/7638

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Schoolmistress

27
21

Gisborne
Gisborne

3 years
2 years

The Presbyterian Church Manse, Gisborne

11/7472

9 December 1911

Rev. William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

No	153
Date of Notice	9 December 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Jervis Philp	Emily Janet Eliza Toomath
	💍 1911/7638
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Schoolmistress
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	3 years	2 years
Marriage Place	The Presbyterian Church Manse, Gisborne
Folio	11/7472
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 December 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

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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).