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 809

District of Kaponga Quarter ending 31 December 1911 Registrar Fred Anself

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

17 October 1911

David Morgan
Margarette Jane Mankon

David Morgan
Margaret Jane Manson
💍 1911/7689

Bachelor
Widow

Horse-trainer
Home duties

35
34

Kaponga
Kaponga

one month
three days

Residence of Mrs. Alfred Elkin King, Manaia, Kaponga

11/7795

17 October 1911

Rev. A. H. Lennot

No	15
Date of Notice	17 October 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Morgan	Margarette Jane Mankon
BDM Match (93%)	David Morgan	Margaret Jane Manson
	💍 1911/7689
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Horse-trainer	Home duties
Age	35	34
Dwelling Place	Kaponga	Kaponga
Length of Residence	one month	three days
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. Alfred Elkin King, Manaia, Kaponga
Folio	11/7795
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 October 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. H. Lennot

17 October 1911

Laban Bailey
Elizabeth Jane Hall

Laban Bailey
Elizabeth Jane Hall
💍 1911/7829

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Home duties

29
26

Kaponga
Auroa

three days
six years

Methodist Church, Auroa

11/7760

17 October 1911

Rev. W. A. Burley

No	16
Date of Notice	17 October 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Laban Bailey	Elizabeth Jane Hall
	💍 1911/7829
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Home duties
Age	29	26
Dwelling Place	Kaponga	Auroa
Length of Residence	three days	six years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Auroa
Folio	11/7760
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 October 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. A. Burley

7 November 1911

John Christie
Ellen Fanny Sarah Taylor

John Christie
Ellen Fanny Sarah Taylor
💍 1911/8400

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

28
18

Kaponga
Manaia

one year

Roman Catholic Church, Manaia

11/8479

William Taylor, Father

7 November 1911

Rev. E. Bergin

No	17
Date of Notice	7 November 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Christie	Ellen Fanny Sarah Taylor
	💍 1911/8400
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	28	18
Dwelling Place	Kaponga	Manaia
Length of Residence	one year
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Manaia
Folio	11/8479
Consent	William Taylor, Father
Date of Certificate	7 November 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Bergin

9 November 1911

Richard Morris
Dorothy May Ambler

Richard Morris
Dorothy May Hunter
💍 1911/6569

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine driver
Domestic Servant

39
22

Awakino East
Awakino East

eighteen years
six months

Office of the Registrar, Kaponga

11/6613

9 November 1911

Fred Anself

No	18
Date of Notice	9 November 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Morris	Dorothy May Ambler
BDM Match (89%)	Richard Morris	Dorothy May Hunter
	💍 1911/6569
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine driver	Domestic Servant
Age	39	22
Dwelling Place	Awakino East	Awakino East
Length of Residence	eighteen years	six months
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar, Kaponga
Folio	11/6613
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 November 1911
Officiating Minister	Fred Anself

22 November 1911

Edmund John Hall
Ivy Clara Garnett

Edmund John Hall
Ivy Clara Garrett
💍 1911/8695

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

42
21

Kaponga
Kaponga

three days
two years

Residence of Wilfred Gardner, Duthie Road, Kaponga

11/8759

22 November 1911

Rev. R. Richards

No	19
Date of Notice	22 November 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edmund John Hall	Ivy Clara Garnett
BDM Match (97%)	Edmund John Hall	Ivy Clara Garrett
	💍 1911/8695
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	42	21
Dwelling Place	Kaponga	Kaponga
Length of Residence	three days	two years
Marriage Place	Residence of Wilfred Gardner, Duthie Road, Kaponga
Folio	11/8759
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 November 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Richards

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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).