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 593

District of Rotorua Quarter ending 30 September 1911 Registrar Arthur Frederick Bent

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

4 July 1911

Cuthbert Edward Rawson
Emily Turner

Cuthbert Edward Rawson
Emily Turner
💍 1911/5488

Bachelor
Spinster

Coach Painter
Domestic Duties

25 years
23 years

Rotorua
Rotorua

about 4 years
about 4 years

at the residence of Mr. Kenneth Rennie in Pukaki Street, Rotorua

11/5327

4 July 1911

Very Rev. Dean Albert Lightheart

No	13
Date of Notice	4 July 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cuthbert Edward Rawson	Emily Turner
	💍 1911/5488
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coach Painter	Domestic Duties
Age	25 years	23 years
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Rotorua
Length of Residence	about 4 years	about 4 years
Marriage Place	at the residence of Mr. Kenneth Rennie in Pukaki Street, Rotorua
Folio	11/5327
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 July 1911
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. Dean Albert Lightheart

15 July 1911

Wilfred Pae Warbrick
Parehuia Rangitukehu

Wilfred Pae Warbrick
Parehuia Rangitukehu
💍 1911/8890

Widower
Spinster

Settler
Domestic Duties

28 years
29 years

Te Teko
Te Teko

3 days
3 days

Registrar's Office, Courthouse, Rotorua

11/4533

15 July 1911

A. F. Bent, Registrar

No	14
Date of Notice	15 July 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wilfred Pae Warbrick	Parehuia Rangitukehu
	💍 1911/8890
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Settler	Domestic Duties
Age	28 years	29 years
Dwelling Place	Te Teko	Te Teko
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Courthouse, Rotorua
Folio	11/4533
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 July 1911
Officiating Minister	A. F. Bent, Registrar

17 July 1911

Alfred Dennis Bryan
Louisa Peacock

Alfred Dennis Bryan
Louisa Peacock
💍 1911/8889

Bachelor
Spinster

Porter
Tailoress

23 years
22 years

Rotorua
Rotorua

8 months
9 months

Registrar's Office, Courthouse, Rotorua

11/4532

17 July 1911

A. F. Bent, Registrar

No	15
Date of Notice	17 July 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Dennis Bryan	Louisa Peacock
	💍 1911/8889
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Porter	Tailoress
Age	23 years	22 years
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Rotorua
Length of Residence	8 months	9 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Courthouse, Rotorua
Folio	11/4532
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 July 1911
Officiating Minister	A. F. Bent, Registrar

18 July 1911

James John Piercy Gray
Harriett Frances Jane Brown

James John Percy Gray
Harriett Frances Jane Brown
💍 1911/8888

Bachelor
Spinster

Small Goods-man
Domestic Duties

23 years
26 years

Rotorua
Rotorua

about 4 months
about 3 1/2 months

Registrar's Office, Courthouse, Rotorua

11/4531

18 July 1911

A. F. Bent, Registrar

No	16
Date of Notice	18 July 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James John Piercy Gray	Harriett Frances Jane Brown
BDM Match (98%)	James John Percy Gray	Harriett Frances Jane Brown
	💍 1911/8888
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Small Goods-man	Domestic Duties
Age	23 years	26 years
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Rotorua
Length of Residence	about 4 months	about 3 1/2 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Courthouse, Rotorua
Folio	11/4531
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 July 1911
Officiating Minister	A. F. Bent, Registrar

27 July 1911

Richard James Bentley
Rosalina Jeanne Crawford

Richard James Bentley
Rosalind Jeanne Crawford
💍 1911/8887

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Typiste

23 years
26 years

Whakatane
Whakatane

3 days
8 days

Registrar's Office, Courthouse, Rotorua

11/4530

27 July 1911

A. F. Bent, Registrar

No	17
Date of Notice	27 July 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard James Bentley	Rosalina Jeanne Crawford
BDM Match (98%)	Richard James Bentley	Rosalind Jeanne Crawford
	💍 1911/8887
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Typiste
Age	23 years	26 years
Dwelling Place	Whakatane	Whakatane
Length of Residence	3 days	8 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Courthouse, Rotorua
Folio	11/4530
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 July 1911
Officiating Minister	A. F. Bent, Registrar

21 August 1911

Joseph Hurot
Emily Flora Hall

Joseph Hurst
Emily Flora Hall
💍 1911/8446

Bachelor
Spinster

Coal & Firewood Merchant
Domestic Duties

25 years
19 years

Marton
Rotorua

5 days
19 years

St. John's Presbyterian Church, Rotorua

11/8430

Frank Hall, Father

21 August 1911

Rev. Thomas Scott M.A.

No	18
Date of Notice	21 August 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Hurot	Emily Flora Hall
BDM Match (96%)	Joseph Hurst	Emily Flora Hall
	💍 1911/8446
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coal & Firewood Merchant	Domestic Duties
Age	25 years	19 years
Dwelling Place	Marton	Rotorua
Length of Residence	5 days	19 years
Marriage Place	St. John's Presbyterian Church, Rotorua
Folio	11/8430
Consent	Frank Hall, Father
Date of Certificate	21 August 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas Scott M.A.

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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).