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 329

District of Hamilton Quarter ending 31 March 1911 Registrar James Shiner Bond

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

21 March 1911

Henry Bougen
Nellie Bellamy

Henry Bougen
Nellie Bellamy
💍 1911/801

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Home duties

29
21

Waihou
Tauwhare

4 years
18 months

Private Residence of Mr. Thomas Bellamy, Tauwhare

11/250

21 March 1911

Rev. H. R. Blamires

No	14
Date of Notice	21 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Bougen	Nellie Bellamy
	💍 1911/801
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Home duties
Age	29	21
Dwelling Place	Waihou	Tauwhare
Length of Residence	4 years	18 months
Marriage Place	Private Residence of Mr. Thomas Bellamy, Tauwhare
Folio	11/250
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 March 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. R. Blamires

8 March 1911

Thomas Dalziel
Alice Sunnex

Thomas Dalziel
Alice Sunnex
💍 1911/816

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter
Domestic

23
19

Ruakura
Ruakura

5 months
5 months

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton

11/291

8 March 1911

J. S. Bond, Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton

No	15
Date of Notice	8 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Dalziel	Alice Sunnex
	💍 1911/816
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter	Domestic
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Ruakura	Ruakura
Length of Residence	5 months	5 months
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton
Folio	11/291
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 March 1911
Officiating Minister	J. S. Bond, Registrar of Marriages, Hamilton

9 March 1911

William Henry Arnold
Adeline Constance Broudlock

William Henry Arnold
Adeline Constance Proudlock
💍 1911/812

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

24
34

Rukuhia
Rukuhia

About 3 years
About 5 years

Mr. Albert Broudlock's House, Rukuhia

11/287

9 March 1911

Rev. J. Benning

No	16
Date of Notice	9 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Arnold	Adeline Constance Broudlock
BDM Match (98%)	William Henry Arnold	Adeline Constance Proudlock
	💍 1911/812
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	24	34
Dwelling Place	Rukuhia	Rukuhia
Length of Residence	About 3 years	About 5 years
Marriage Place	Mr. Albert Broudlock's House, Rukuhia
Folio	11/287
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 March 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Benning

22 March 1911

Richard Gwynne Trimble
Caroline Ethel Sherrie

Richard Gwynne Cherrie
Caroline Ethel Cherie
💍 1911/2198

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine driver
Home duties

20
18

Le Kowhai
Le Kowhai

3 days
3 months

Residence of Mr. Richard Trimble, Le Kowhai

11/174

Richard Trimble, father; Robert Cleland Sherrie, father

22 March 1911

Rev. E. M. Bowie

No	18
Date of Notice	22 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Gwynne Trimble	Caroline Ethel Sherrie
BDM Match (82%)	Richard Gwynne Cherrie	Caroline Ethel Cherie
	💍 1911/2198
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine driver	Home duties
Age	20	18
Dwelling Place	Le Kowhai	Le Kowhai
Length of Residence	3 days	3 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Richard Trimble, Le Kowhai
Folio	11/174
Consent	Richard Trimble, father; Robert Cleland Sherrie, father
Date of Certificate	22 March 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. M. Bowie

24 March 1911

Frederick John Bastable
Ivy Gladys Brassington

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Domestic

30
19

Hamilton
Hamilton

6 years
6 weeks

St. Peter's Church of England, Hamilton

Frank John Brassington, father

24 March 1911

Rev. E. M. Bowie

No	19
Date of Notice	24 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick John Bastable	Ivy Gladys Brassington
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Domestic
Age	30	19
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	6 years	6 weeks
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church of England, Hamilton
Folio
Consent	Frank John Brassington, father
Date of Certificate	24 March 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. M. Bowie

24 March 1911

Arthur Jackson Wood
Helen Hunter Cairns

Arthur Jackson Wood
Helen Hunter Cairns
💍 1911/8852

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Home duties

23
22

Gordonton
Gordonton

1 year 11 months
1 year 10 months

Residence of Mr. J. D. Mill, Hamilton

11/2374

24 March 1911

Rev. J. D. Mill

No	20
Date of Notice	24 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Jackson Wood	Helen Hunter Cairns
	💍 1911/8852
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Home duties
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Gordonton	Gordonton
Length of Residence	1 year 11 months	1 year 10 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. J. D. Mill, Hamilton
Folio	11/2374
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 March 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. D. Mill

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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).