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).

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District of Inglewood Quarter ending 31 December 1911 Registrar G. W. Sennett

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

2 October 1911

Eric Julian
Ethel May Dunbar Spencer

Eric Julian
Ethel May Dunbar
💍 1911/8543

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser

20
23

Inglewood
Inglewood

6 days
14 days

at the Church of Inglewood

11/8551

2 October 1911

Rev. C. Houchen

No	26
Date of Notice	2 October 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Eric Julian	Ethel May Dunbar Spencer
BDM Match (83%)	Eric Julian	Ethel May Dunbar
	💍 1911/8543
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser
Age	20	23
Dwelling Place	Inglewood	Inglewood
Length of Residence	6 days	14 days
Marriage Place	at the Church of Inglewood
Folio	11/8551
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 October 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. Houchen

7 October 1911

Charles Nicol Cartwright
Joy Caroline Hopkinson

Charles Nicol Cartwright
Ivy Caroline Hopkinson
💍 1911/7886

Bachelor
Spinster

Factory hand

27
21

Tariki
Inglewood

10 years
21 years

at the Residence of Mr. J. Hopkinson

11/7894

7 October 1911

Rev. W. S. Bowre

No	27
Date of Notice	7 October 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Nicol Cartwright	Joy Caroline Hopkinson
BDM Match (95%)	Charles Nicol Cartwright	Ivy Caroline Hopkinson
	💍 1911/7886
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Factory hand
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Tariki	Inglewood
Length of Residence	10 years	21 years
Marriage Place	at the Residence of Mr. J. Hopkinson
Folio	11/7894
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 October 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. S. Bowre

9 October 1911

George Hanover Lechtwark
Blanche Evelyn Lechtwark

George Hanover
Blanche Evelyn Lichtwark
💍 1911/7705

Bachelor
Spinster

Coach Proprietor

28
20

Turangi
Tarata

3 years
3 months

at the Residence of Mr. J. Waste at Tarata

11/7787

9 October 1911

Rev. J. M. Manus

No	28
Date of Notice	9 October 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Hanover Lechtwark	Blanche Evelyn Lechtwark
BDM Match (77%)	George Hanover	Blanche Evelyn Lichtwark
	💍 1911/7705
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coach Proprietor
Age	28	20
Dwelling Place	Turangi	Tarata
Length of Residence	3 years	3 months
Marriage Place	at the Residence of Mr. J. Waste at Tarata
Folio	11/7787
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 October 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. M. Manus

31 October 1911

Abel Blake Gamlin
Mary Ethel Giles

Abel Blake Gamlin
Ivy Ethel Giles
💍 1911/7751

Bachelor
Spinster

Settler

35
27

Inglewood
Inglewood

20 years
27 years

at the Residence of Mr. J. Giles at Stundish St., Inglewood

11/7833

31 October 1911

J. Richard

No	29
Date of Notice	31 October 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Abel Blake Gamlin	Mary Ethel Giles
BDM Match (91%)	Abel Blake Gamlin	Ivy Ethel Giles
	💍 1911/7751
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Settler
Age	35	27
Dwelling Place	Inglewood	Inglewood
Length of Residence	20 years	27 years
Marriage Place	at the Residence of Mr. J. Giles at Stundish St., Inglewood
Folio	11/7833
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 October 1911
Officiating Minister	J. Richard

8 November 1911

Gustave George Nicholas Metcalfe
Victoria Royuski

Gustave George Nicholas Metor Sutar
Victoria Rojuski
💍 1911/6616

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

26
27

Ratapiko
Ratapiko

18 months
27 years

at the Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Inglewood

11/6660

8 November 1911

G. W. Bennett

No	30
Date of Notice	8 November 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gustave George Nicholas Metcalfe	Victoria Royuski
BDM Match (85%)	Gustave George Nicholas Metor Sutar	Victoria Rojuski
	💍 1911/6616
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	26	27
Dwelling Place	Ratapiko	Ratapiko
Length of Residence	18 months	27 years
Marriage Place	at the Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Inglewood
Folio	11/6660
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 November 1911
Officiating Minister	G. W. Bennett

15 November 1911

Albert Henry Jury
Annie Beatrice Sole

Albert Henry Jury
Annie Beatrice Sole
💍 1911/7750

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

28
28

Inglewood
Inglewood

5 days
18 years

at the Residence of Mr. H. Sole, Durham Road, Manaia District, Tacounki

11/7832

Henry Sole, father of Annie Beatrice Sole

15 November 1911

J. Richard

No	31
Date of Notice	15 November 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Henry Jury	Annie Beatrice Sole
	💍 1911/7750
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	28	28
Dwelling Place	Inglewood	Inglewood
Length of Residence	5 days	18 years
Marriage Place	at the Residence of Mr. H. Sole, Durham Road, Manaia District, Tacounki
Folio	11/7832
Consent	Henry Sole, father of Annie Beatrice Sole
Date of Certificate	15 November 1911
Officiating Minister	J. Richard

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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).