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 589

District of Rotorua Quarter ending 31 March 1911 Registrar Arthur Frederick Beut

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

16 January 1911

Simeon Barrett
Annie Myra Thorne

Simson Barrett
Annie Myra Thorne
💍 1911/1216

Bachelor
Spinster

Millhand
Domestic duties

21 years
19 years

Mamaku
Mamaku

about 5 years
about 5 years

Residence of Mr. R. H. Thorne, Mamaku

11/635

R. H. Thorne, father

16 January 1911

Rev. Chas. A. Stewart of Waimamaku

No	1
Date of Notice	16 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Simeon Barrett	Annie Myra Thorne
BDM Match (96%)	Simson Barrett	Annie Myra Thorne
	💍 1911/1216
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Millhand	Domestic duties
Age	21 years	19 years
Dwelling Place	Mamaku	Mamaku
Length of Residence	about 5 years	about 5 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. R. H. Thorne, Mamaku
Folio	11/635
Consent	R. H. Thorne, father
Date of Certificate	16 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. Chas. A. Stewart of Waimamaku

24 January 1911

Douglas McIntosh Cheyne
Mary Graham Russell

Douglas McCheyre McIntosh
Mary Graham Russell
💍 1911/2083

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist
Domestic duties

31 years
28 years

Rotorua
Rotorua

about 7 years
about 1 year

Court-house, Rotorua

11/658

24 January 1911

A. F. Beut, Registrar of Marriages

No	2
Date of Notice	24 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Douglas McIntosh Cheyne	Mary Graham Russell
BDM Match (72%)	Douglas McCheyre McIntosh	Mary Graham Russell
	💍 1911/2083
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist	Domestic duties
Age	31 years	28 years
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Rotorua
Length of Residence	about 7 years	about 1 year
Marriage Place	Court-house, Rotorua
Folio	11/658
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1911
Officiating Minister	A. F. Beut, Registrar of Marriages

31 January 1911

Harold Theodore Peat
Gladys Ashton Wickett

Harold Theodore Peat
Gladys Ashton Wickett
💍 1911/4313

Bachelor
Spinster

Minister
Domestic duties

25 years
21 years

Taihape
Rotorua

about 19 days
about 3 years

St. John's Presbyterian Church, Rotorua

11/346

31 January 1911

Rev. Thos. Scott, M.A.

No	3
Date of Notice	31 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Theodore Peat	Gladys Ashton Wickett
	💍 1911/4313
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Minister	Domestic duties
Age	25 years	21 years
Dwelling Place	Taihape	Rotorua
Length of Residence	about 19 days	about 3 years
Marriage Place	St. John's Presbyterian Church, Rotorua
Folio	11/346
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thos. Scott, M.A.

6 February 1911

Hare Takerei
Takare Hiriini

Hare Takerei
Takare Hirini
💍 1911/2084

Widower
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

about 55 years
about 35 years

Waiotapu
Waiotapu

more than 30 years
about 10 years

Registrar's Office, Courthouse, Rotorua

11/1659

6 February 1911

A. F. Beut, Registrar of Marriages

No	4
Date of Notice	6 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hare Takerei	Takare Hiriini
BDM Match (96%)	Hare Takerei	Takare Hirini
	💍 1911/2084
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	about 55 years	about 35 years
Dwelling Place	Waiotapu	Waiotapu
Length of Residence	more than 30 years	about 10 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Courthouse, Rotorua
Folio	11/1659
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 February 1911
Officiating Minister	A. F. Beut, Registrar of Marriages

2 March 1911

Sydney Robert Palmer
Mabel Rowley Dayman

Sydney Robert Palmer
Mabel Rowley Hayman
💍 1911/984

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmiller
Schoolteacher

32 years
26 years

Oreauni
Oreauni

3 days
3 days

St. John's Presbyterian Church, Pukaki St., Rotorua

11/345

2 March 1911

Rev. Thos. Scott, M.A.

No	5
Date of Notice	2 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney Robert Palmer	Mabel Rowley Dayman
BDM Match (97%)	Sydney Robert Palmer	Mabel Rowley Hayman
	💍 1911/984
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmiller	Schoolteacher
Age	32 years	26 years
Dwelling Place	Oreauni	Oreauni
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. John's Presbyterian Church, Pukaki St., Rotorua
Folio	11/345
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 March 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thos. Scott, M.A.

21 March 1911

Harry Alfred George Keck
Ethel Annie Wylie

Harry Alfred George Keck
Ethel Annie Wylie
💍 1911/1363

Bachelor
Spinster

Minister
Domestic duties

27 years
25 years

Featherston
Rotorua

about 9 months

Banibridge Memorial Church, Hinemoa St., Rotorua

11/528

21 March 1911

Rev. John Donald MacArthur

No	6
Date of Notice	21 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Alfred George Keck	Ethel Annie Wylie
	💍 1911/1363
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Minister	Domestic duties
Age	27 years	25 years
Dwelling Place	Featherston	Rotorua
Length of Residence	about 9 months
Marriage Place	Banibridge Memorial Church, Hinemoa St., Rotorua
Folio	11/528
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 March 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Donald MacArthur

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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).