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 668

District of Thames Quarter ending 30 June 1911 Registrar William Henry Potts

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

1 April 1911

Ernest Valentine Quick
Edith Winifred Bagnall

Ernest Valentine Tuick
Edith Winifred Bagnall
💍 1911/3187

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant
Domestic duties

30
24

Thames
Turua

1 day
2 years

Victoria Hall, Turua

11/2736

5 April 1911

Rev. W. P. Wooley, Baptist

No	15
Date of Notice	1 April 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Valentine Quick	Edith Winifred Bagnall
BDM Match (98%)	Ernest Valentine Tuick	Edith Winifred Bagnall
	💍 1911/3187
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant	Domestic duties
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Thames	Turua
Length of Residence	1 day	2 years
Marriage Place	Victoria Hall, Turua
Folio	11/2736
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 April 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. P. Wooley, Baptist

5 April 1911

Leonard John Ritching
Kathleen Myrtle Wright

Leonard John Kitching
Kathleen Myrtle Wright
💍 1911/3173

Bachelor
Spinster

Assayer
Domestic duties

24
19

Thames
Thames

24 years
19 years

In the house of Harry L. Wright, Sealey Street, Thames

11/2746

Harry L. Wright (Father)

5 April 1911

Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

No	16
Date of Notice	5 April 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard John Ritching	Kathleen Myrtle Wright
BDM Match (98%)	Leonard John Kitching	Kathleen Myrtle Wright
	💍 1911/3173
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Assayer	Domestic duties
Age	24	19
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	24 years	19 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Harry L. Wright, Sealey Street, Thames
Folio	11/2746
Consent	Harry L. Wright (Father)
Date of Certificate	5 April 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

5 April 1911

Victor Lord
Catherine Margaret Moorby

Victor Lord
Cathrine Margaret Moorby
💍 1911/2524

Bachelor
Spinster

Drill Hand
Domestic duties

23
18

Turua
Turua

8 months
17 months

In the Registrar's Office, Mary Street, Thames

11/1974

John Moorby (Father)

5 April 1911

William H. Potts, Registrar

No	17
Date of Notice	5 April 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Victor Lord	Catherine Margaret Moorby
BDM Match (98%)	Victor Lord	Cathrine Margaret Moorby
	💍 1911/2524
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Drill Hand	Domestic duties
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Turua	Turua
Length of Residence	8 months	17 months
Marriage Place	In the Registrar's Office, Mary Street, Thames
Folio	11/1974
Consent	John Moorby (Father)
Date of Certificate	5 April 1911
Officiating Minister	William H. Potts, Registrar

10 April 1911

Francis Peter Wilton
Juanita Olive Scanlen

Francis Peter Wilton
Juanita Olive Hanlan
💍 1911/2852

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman
Domestic duties

21
22

Thames
Hikutaia

21 years
13 years

In the house of J. Scanlen, Hikutaia

11/2484

10 April 1911

Rev. H. H. Hinton, Baptist

No	18
Date of Notice	10 April 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Peter Wilton	Juanita Olive Scanlen
BDM Match (93%)	Francis Peter Wilton	Juanita Olive Hanlan
	💍 1911/2852
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman	Domestic duties
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	Thames	Hikutaia
Length of Residence	21 years	13 years
Marriage Place	In the house of J. Scanlen, Hikutaia
Folio	11/2484
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 April 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. H. Hinton, Baptist

13 April 1911

William Taylor
Alicia Emily Fisher

William Taylor
Alicia Emily Fisher
💍 1911/2872

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Domestic duties

39
23

Thames
Matatoki

39 years
1 year

In the Public Hall, Matatoki

11/2480

13 April 1911

Thomas H. Salmon, Christians commonly known as Brethren

No	19
Date of Notice	13 April 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Taylor	Alicia Emily Fisher
	💍 1911/2872
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic duties
Age	39	23
Dwelling Place	Thames	Matatoki
Length of Residence	39 years	1 year
Marriage Place	In the Public Hall, Matatoki
Folio	11/2480
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 April 1911
Officiating Minister	Thomas H. Salmon, Christians commonly known as Brethren

15 April 1911

Hugh Kennedy
Alice Mildred Kitching

Hugh Kennedy
Alice Mildred Kitching
💍 1911/2758

Bachelor
Spinster

Carriage Builder
Dressmaker

30
28

Thames
Thames

2 days
28 years

In the house of Mr. H. H. Kitching, Willoughby St., Thames

11/2407

17 April 1911

Rev. J. Trestrail, Methodist Church of Australasia

No	20
Date of Notice	15 April 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh Kennedy	Alice Mildred Kitching
	💍 1911/2758
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carriage Builder	Dressmaker
Age	30	28
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	2 days	28 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. H. H. Kitching, Willoughby St., Thames
Folio	11/2407
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 April 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Trestrail, Methodist Church of Australasia

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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).