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 795

District of Inglewood Quarter ending 31 March 1911 Registrar G. W. Bennett

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

10 January 1911

James Valentine Grant
Mabel Ruth Nicholls

John Valentine Grant
Mabel Ruth Nicholls
💍 1911/1412

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist

24
30

Inglewood
Inglewood

3 days
12 years

at the Residence of S. H. Nicholls, Mountain Road, Moa District

11/905

10 January 1911

S. J. Albert

No	1
Date of Notice	10 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Valentine Grant	Mabel Ruth Nicholls
BDM Match (91%)	John Valentine Grant	Mabel Ruth Nicholls
	💍 1911/1412
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist
Age	24	30
Dwelling Place	Inglewood	Inglewood
Length of Residence	3 days	12 years
Marriage Place	at the Residence of S. H. Nicholls, Mountain Road, Moa District
Folio	11/905
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1911
Officiating Minister	S. J. Albert

17 January 1911

Albert John Law
Joy Juanita Curtis

Albert John Law
Ivy Juanita Curtis
💍 1911/1646

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Officer

29
23

Inglewood
Inglewood

3 years
25 years

at the Church of England at Inglewood

11/841

17 January 1911

J. G. Evans

No	2
Date of Notice	17 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert John Law	Joy Juanita Curtis
BDM Match (94%)	Albert John Law	Ivy Juanita Curtis
	💍 1911/1646
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Officer
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Inglewood	Inglewood
Length of Residence	3 years	25 years
Marriage Place	at the Church of England at Inglewood
Folio	11/841
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 January 1911
Officiating Minister	J. G. Evans

17 February 1911

Henry John Evett
Edith M. Lead

Henry John Emetts
Edith McLeod
💍 1911/1411

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

23
26

Inglewood
Inglewood

6 days
6 days

at the Residence of Mr. B. Evett, Inglewood

11/904

17 February 1911

S. J. Albert

No	3
Date of Notice	17 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry John Evett	Edith M. Lead
BDM Match (83%)	Henry John Emetts	Edith McLeod
	💍 1911/1411
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	23	26
Dwelling Place	Inglewood	Inglewood
Length of Residence	6 days	6 days
Marriage Place	at the Residence of Mr. B. Evett, Inglewood
Folio	11/904
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 February 1911
Officiating Minister	S. J. Albert

20 February 1911

Silas William Augustus Bathhurst
Alice Rhoda Taylor

Silas William Augustus Bathurst
Alice Rhoda Taylor
💍 1911/1116

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

26
21

Inglewood
Inglewood

14 days
3 years

at the Residence of Mr. C. W. Taylor, Hurst at Inglewood

11/568

20 February 1911

Adj. A. Gray

No	4
Date of Notice	20 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Silas William Augustus Bathhurst	Alice Rhoda Taylor
BDM Match (98%)	Silas William Augustus Bathurst	Alice Rhoda Taylor
	💍 1911/1116
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Inglewood	Inglewood
Length of Residence	14 days	3 years
Marriage Place	at the Residence of Mr. C. W. Taylor, Hurst at Inglewood
Folio	11/568
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Adj. A. Gray

12 March 1911

Lupton Arnold Wicksteed
Edith Marshall

Lupton Arnold Wickstead
Edith Marshall
💍 1911/1623

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

35
27

Moa District
Moa District

3 days
24 years

at the Church of England at Taranaki

11/842

12 March 1911

J. G. Evans

No	5
Date of Notice	12 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lupton Arnold Wicksteed	Edith Marshall
BDM Match (98%)	Lupton Arnold Wickstead	Edith Marshall
	💍 1911/1623
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	35	27
Dwelling Place	Moa District	Moa District
Length of Residence	3 days	24 years
Marriage Place	at the Church of England at Taranaki
Folio	11/842
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 March 1911
Officiating Minister	J. G. Evans

22 March 1911

Frank Hoyle
Mary Hamilton

Frank Floyd
Mary Hamaton
💍 1911/1843

Bachelor
Spinster

Surfaceman

24
27

Moa District
Moa District

3 days
3 days

at the Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Inglewood

11/939

22 March 1911

G. W. Bennett

No	6
Date of Notice	22 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Hoyle	Mary Hamilton
BDM Match (74%)	Frank Floyd	Mary Hamaton
	💍 1911/1843
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Surfaceman
Age	24	27
Dwelling Place	Moa District	Moa District
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	at the Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Inglewood
Folio	11/939
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 March 1911
Officiating Minister	G. W. Bennett

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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).