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 799

District of Inglewood Quarter ending 30 September 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

15 July 1911

Edward George Hardy
Agnes Mary Cusack

Edward George Hardy
Agnes Mary Cusack
💍 1911/8905

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

33
39

Inglewood
Stratford

5 days
3 days

at the Roman Catholic Church at Inglewood

11/514

15 July 1911

Rev. J. McManus

No	16
Date of Notice	15 July 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward George Hardy	Agnes Mary Cusack
	💍 1911/8905
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	33	39
Dwelling Place	Inglewood	Stratford
Length of Residence	5 days	3 days
Marriage Place	at the Roman Catholic Church at Inglewood
Folio	11/514
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 July 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. McManus

25 July 1911

Edward Shirley Finch
Alice Maud Finch

Edward Shirley
Alice Maud Finch
💍 1911/4684

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

33
30

Egmont Village
Egmont Village

1 week
1 week

at the Office of the Registrar at Inglewood

11/4504

25 July 1911

G. W. Bennett

No	17
Date of Notice	25 July 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Shirley Finch	Alice Maud Finch
BDM Match (85%)	Edward Shirley	Alice Maud Finch
	💍 1911/4684
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	33	30
Dwelling Place	Egmont Village	Egmont Village
Length of Residence	1 week	1 week
Marriage Place	at the Office of the Registrar at Inglewood
Folio	11/4504
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 July 1911
Officiating Minister	G. W. Bennett

29 July 1911

William Ernest Haylock
Jessie Jane Bracegirdle

William Ernest Haylock
Jessie Jane Bracegirdle
💍 1911/5150

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

33
23

Tariki, Taranaki
New District, Taranaki

5 years
23 years

at the Church of England at Inglewood

11/5005

29 July 1911

Rev. C. Houchen

No	18
Date of Notice	29 July 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Ernest Haylock	Jessie Jane Bracegirdle
	💍 1911/5150
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	33	23
Dwelling Place	Tariki, Taranaki	New District, Taranaki
Length of Residence	5 years	23 years
Marriage Place	at the Church of England at Inglewood
Folio	11/5005
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 July 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. Houchen

7 August 1911

Henry Richard Jordan McConnell
Daisy Louisa McConnell

Henry Richard Jordan
Daisy Louisa McGonnell
💍 1911/5287

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

22
20

Waroona, New District
Waroona, New District

3 days
3 days

at the Wesleyan Church at Inglewood

11/5124

Michael McConnell, father of bride

7 August 1911

Rev. W. J. Bowere

No	19
Date of Notice	7 August 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Richard Jordan McConnell	Daisy Louisa McConnell
BDM Match (81%)	Henry Richard Jordan	Daisy Louisa McGonnell
	💍 1911/5287
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Waroona, New District	Waroona, New District
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	at the Wesleyan Church at Inglewood
Folio	11/5124
Consent	Michael McConnell, father of bride
Date of Certificate	7 August 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Bowere

7 August 1911

Thomas Murray Coutts
Daisy Coutts

Thomas McElroy
Daisy Coutts
💍 1911/6083

Bachelor
Spinster

Factory Manager

29
22

Tariki
Tariki

4 years
22 years

at the Residence of Mr. G. Coutts, Mountain Road

11/5970

7 August 1911

Rev. W. J. Bowere

No	20
Date of Notice	7 August 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Murray Coutts	Daisy Coutts
BDM Match (73%)	Thomas McElroy	Daisy Coutts
	💍 1911/6083
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Factory Manager
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Tariki	Tariki
Length of Residence	4 years	22 years
Marriage Place	at the Residence of Mr. G. Coutts, Mountain Road
Folio	11/5970
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 August 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Bowere

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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).