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 850

District of Patea Quarter ending 30 June 1911 Registrar Albert Benner

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

25 April 1911

Sydney Badgwick
Daisy Elizabeth Green

Sydney Madquick
Daisy Elizabeth Green
💍 1911/6118

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

32
21

Manutahi
Manutahi

3 days
18 years

Private residence of W. Edward Sutton Manutahi

11/6033

25 April 1911

Rev. Henry John Deane

No	39
Date of Notice	25 April 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney Badgwick	Daisy Elizabeth Green
BDM Match (90%)	Sydney Madquick	Daisy Elizabeth Green
	💍 1911/6118
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	32	21
Dwelling Place	Manutahi	Manutahi
Length of Residence	3 days	18 years
Marriage Place	Private residence of W. Edward Sutton Manutahi
Folio	11/6033
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 April 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. Henry John Deane

1 May 1911

George Wheeler
Annie Harritt Connelly

George Wheeler
Annie Harriet Connelly
💍 1911/6120

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

24
23

Manutahi
Manutahi

5 years
5 years

Private residence of Mrs. Amelia Connelly Manutahi

11/6034

1 May 1911

Rev. Henry John Deane

No	40
Date of Notice	1 May 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Wheeler	Annie Harritt Connelly
BDM Match (98%)	George Wheeler	Annie Harriet Connelly
	💍 1911/6120
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Manutahi	Manutahi
Length of Residence	5 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Private residence of Mrs. Amelia Connelly Manutahi
Folio	11/6034
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 May 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. Henry John Deane

29 May 1911

James Francis Norman Hamlin
Mary Ellen Lewis

James Francis Norman Hamlin
Mary Ellen Lewis
💍 1911/6121

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

34
23

Kakaramea
Kakaramea

20 years
8 years

St. George's Church of England Patea

11/6035

29 May 1911

Rev. Henry John Deane

No	41
Date of Notice	29 May 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Francis Norman Hamlin	Mary Ellen Lewis
	💍 1911/6121
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	34	23
Dwelling Place	Kakaramea	Kakaramea
Length of Residence	20 years	8 years
Marriage Place	St. George's Church of England Patea
Folio	11/6035
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 May 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. Henry John Deane

2 June 1911

Andrew Snell
Helen Arbuthnot Davidson

Andrew Snell
Helen Arbuthnot Davidson
💍 1911/6122

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist
Domestic

24
25

Patea
Whenuakura

12 years
25 years

St. George's Church of England Patea

11/6036

2 June 1911

Rev. Henry John Deane

No	42
Date of Notice	2 June 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Snell	Helen Arbuthnot Davidson
	💍 1911/6122
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist	Domestic
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Patea	Whenuakura
Length of Residence	12 years	25 years
Marriage Place	St. George's Church of England Patea
Folio	11/6036
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. Henry John Deane

2 June 1911

Theophilus Pointon
Violet May Benney

Theophilius Pointon
Violet May Benney
💍 1911/2293

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Domestic

21
18

Patea
Patea

3 months
3 months

Registry Office Patea

11/1943

Charles Frederick Benney, father of Bride

2 June 1911

Registrar Patea

No	43
Date of Notice	2 June 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Theophilus Pointon	Violet May Benney
BDM Match (97%)	Theophilius Pointon	Violet May Benney
	💍 1911/2293
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Domestic
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Patea	Patea
Length of Residence	3 months	3 months
Marriage Place	Registry Office Patea
Folio	11/1943
Consent	Charles Frederick Benney, father of Bride
Date of Certificate	2 June 1911
Officiating Minister	Registrar Patea

7 June 1911

James Michael O'Sullivan
Katherine Ellen Sheahan

James Michael O'Sullivan
Katherine Ellen Stephen Sheahan
💍 1911/4250

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

28
26

Patea
Whenuakura

3 days
26 years

St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church

11/4062

7 June 1911

Rev. Edward Duffy

No	44
Date of Notice	7 June 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Michael O'Sullivan	Katherine Ellen Sheahan
BDM Match (87%)	James Michael O'Sullivan	Katherine Ellen Stephen Sheahan
	💍 1911/4250
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Patea	Whenuakura
Length of Residence	3 days	26 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church
Folio	11/4062
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 June 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. Edward Duffy

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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).