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 431

District of Mahurangi Quarter ending 31 March 1911 Registrar John Ramsay

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

12 January 1911

Eric Fritiof Dahlberg
Catherine Schischka

Eric Fritiof Dahlberg
Catherine Schischka
💍 1911/1028

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic duties

25
27

Warkworth
Puhoi

3 days
3 weeks

The Roman Catholic Church Puhoi

11/429

12 January 1911

Rev John O'Hara

No	1
Date of Notice	12 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Eric Fritiof Dahlberg	Catherine Schischka
	💍 1911/1028
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic duties
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Warkworth	Puhoi
Length of Residence	3 days	3 weeks
Marriage Place	The Roman Catholic Church Puhoi
Folio	11/429
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev John O'Hara

27 January 1911

Alfred Ernest Clark
Agnes Elizabeth Oakes

Alfred Ernest Clark
Agnes Elizabeth Oakes
💍 1911/928

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

18
18

Warkworth
Warkworth

8 months
19 years

At the residence of Rev Percy Reginald Paris Warkworth

11/277

Richard Oakes, father

27 January 1911

Rev Percy Reginald Paris

No	2
Date of Notice	27 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Ernest Clark	Agnes Elizabeth Oakes
	💍 1911/928
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	18	18
Dwelling Place	Warkworth	Warkworth
Length of Residence	8 months	19 years
Marriage Place	At the residence of Rev Percy Reginald Paris Warkworth
Folio	11/277
Consent	Richard Oakes, father
Date of Certificate	27 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev Percy Reginald Paris

2 February 1911

Edward Charles Yarr
Ida Maude Algie

Edward Charles Farr
Ida Maud Algie
💍 1911/936

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman
Domestic duties

27
29

Mullet Point
Mullet Pt

3 days
29 years

At the residence of Alexander Algie Mullet Point

11/303

2 February 1911

Rev Samuel Entrican

No	3
Date of Notice	2 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Charles Yarr	Ida Maude Algie
BDM Match (94%)	Edward Charles Farr	Ida Maud Algie
	💍 1911/936
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman	Domestic duties
Age	27	29
Dwelling Place	Mullet Point	Mullet Pt
Length of Residence	3 days	29 years
Marriage Place	At the residence of Alexander Algie Mullet Point
Folio	11/303
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev Samuel Entrican

14 February 1911

Robert Henry Williamson
Emily Evelyn Wilson

Robert Henry Williamson
Emily Evelyn Wilson
💍 1911/811

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Home duties

25
16

Warkworth
Warkworth

3 years
16 years

At the dwelling house of Mr William Wilson Hill Street Warkworth

11/278

William Wilson, father of bride

14 February 1911

Rev Percy R Paris

No	4
Date of Notice	14 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Henry Williamson	Emily Evelyn Wilson
	💍 1911/811
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Home duties
Age	25	16
Dwelling Place	Warkworth	Warkworth
Length of Residence	3 years	16 years
Marriage Place	At the dwelling house of Mr William Wilson Hill Street Warkworth
Folio	11/278
Consent	William Wilson, father of bride
Date of Certificate	14 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev Percy R Paris

6 March 1911

Patrick Shine
May Gussie Helena Brott

Patrick Shine
May Gussie Helena Brott
💍 1911/1018

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Home duties

27
20

Kaipara Flats
Kaipara Flats

3 days
20 years

In the residence of Adam William Brott Kaipara Flats

11/420

Adam William Brott, father of bride

6 March 1911

Rev K. W. S. Yeale

No	5
Date of Notice	6 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Patrick Shine	May Gussie Helena Brott
	💍 1911/1018
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Home duties
Age	27	20
Dwelling Place	Kaipara Flats	Kaipara Flats
Length of Residence	3 days	20 years
Marriage Place	In the residence of Adam William Brott Kaipara Flats
Folio	11/420
Consent	Adam William Brott, father of bride
Date of Certificate	6 March 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev K. W. S. Yeale

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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).