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 780

District of Eltham Quarter ending 30 September 1911 Registrar George D. Your

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

322

1 July 1911

John Thomas Feron
Agnes Eveline Brusco

John Thomas Feron
Agnes Eveline Brisco
💍 1911/5879

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

28
23

Eltham
Eltham

8 years
23 years

Knox Presbyterian Church Eltham

11/5469

1 July 1911

Rev. F. H. Robertson

No	322
Date of Notice	1 July 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Thomas Feron	Agnes Eveline Brusco
BDM Match (98%)	John Thomas Feron	Agnes Eveline Brisco
	💍 1911/5879
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Eltham	Eltham
Length of Residence	8 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Knox Presbyterian Church Eltham
Folio	11/5469
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 July 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. H. Robertson

323

4 July 1911

Daniel Patrick Hurley
Elizabeth Agnes Walsh

Daniel Patrick Hurley
Elizabeth Agnes Walsh
💍 1911/6317

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

28
25

Eltham
Eltham

3 days
10 years

The Roman Catholic Church Eltham

11/6164

4 July 1911

Rev. Dean Jas. McKenna

No	323
Date of Notice	4 July 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel Patrick Hurley	Elizabeth Agnes Walsh
	💍 1911/6317
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Eltham	Eltham
Length of Residence	3 days	10 years
Marriage Place	The Roman Catholic Church Eltham
Folio	11/6164
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 July 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. Dean Jas. McKenna

324

4 July 1911

Seymour George Corbett
Emily Bertha Hills

Seymour George Corbett
Emily Bertha Hills
💍 1911/8932

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

41
34

Eltham
Eltham

20 years
7 months

At the house of Mr. George Watson Stuart Road Eltham

11/5894

4 July 1911

Rev. W. Cannell

No	324
Date of Notice	4 July 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Seymour George Corbett	Emily Bertha Hills
	💍 1911/8932
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	41	34
Dwelling Place	Eltham	Eltham
Length of Residence	20 years	7 months
Marriage Place	At the house of Mr. George Watson Stuart Road Eltham
Folio	11/5894
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 July 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Cannell

325

12 July 1911

Thomas Haigh Hudson
Alice Ethel Death

Thomas Haigh Hudson
Alice Ethel Death
💍 1911/6126

Bachelor
Spinster

Creamery Manager
Domestic Duties

24
27

Fraser Road
Fraser Road

3 years
10 years

All Saints Church Eltham

11/6017

12 July 1911

Rev. G. H. Dent

No	325
Date of Notice	12 July 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Haigh Hudson	Alice Ethel Death
	💍 1911/6126
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Creamery Manager	Domestic Duties
Age	24	27
Dwelling Place	Fraser Road	Fraser Road
Length of Residence	3 years	10 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church Eltham
Folio	11/6017
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 July 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Dent

326

15 July 1911

William Preece Bootten
Hannah Elsie Bootten

William Preece Bootten
Hannah Elsie Bootten
💍 1911/8931

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

20
21

Mata
Rawhitiroa

12 years
14 years

Wesleyan Church Eltham

11/5893

Joseph Bootten, Father

15 July 1911

Rev. Raymond Richards

No	326
Date of Notice	15 July 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Preece Bootten	Hannah Elsie Bootten
	💍 1911/8931
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	20	21
Dwelling Place	Mata	Rawhitiroa
Length of Residence	12 years	14 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church Eltham
Folio	11/5893
Consent	Joseph Bootten, Father
Date of Certificate	15 July 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. Raymond Richards

327

24 July 1911

Henry Robert Harrison
Selia Fitness

Henry Robert Harrison
Celia Fitness
💍 1911/5882

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

36
37

Eltham
Eltham

24 years
10 years

At the residence of Ebenezer Fitness Fraser Road

11/5472

24 July 1911

Rev. F. H. Robertson

No	327
Date of Notice	24 July 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Robert Harrison	Selia Fitness
BDM Match (96%)	Henry Robert Harrison	Celia Fitness
	💍 1911/5882
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	36	37
Dwelling Place	Eltham	Eltham
Length of Residence	24 years	10 years
Marriage Place	At the residence of Ebenezer Fitness Fraser Road
Folio	11/5472
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 July 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. H. Robertson

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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).