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 665

District of Thames Quarter ending 31 March 1911 Registrar William Henry Potts

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

13 February 1911

Henry Wallis Oliver
Elizabeth Mellett

Henry Wallis Oliver
Elizabeth Mellett
💍 1911/1192

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Clerk
Dressmaker

28
30

Auckland
Thames

30 years
30 years

In the house of the Mother of the Bride, Pollen Street, Thames

11/461

13 February 1911

Right Rev. R. O'Reilly, Roman Catholic

No	7
Date of Notice	13 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Wallis Oliver	Elizabeth Mellett
	💍 1911/1192
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Clerk	Dressmaker
Age	28	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Thames
Length of Residence	30 years	30 years
Marriage Place	In the house of the Mother of the Bride, Pollen Street, Thames
Folio	11/461
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Right Rev. R. O'Reilly, Roman Catholic

27 February 1911

Charles Clifford Sheath
Eileen Elizabeth Foreman

Charles Clifford Sheath
Eileen Elizabeth Foreman
💍 1911/985

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant
Domestic duties

25
21

Thames
Thames

5 days
5 days

The Registrar's Office, Mary Street, Thames

11/347

27 February 1911

William H. Potts, Registrar

No	8
Date of Notice	27 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Clifford Sheath	Eileen Elizabeth Foreman
	💍 1911/985
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant	Domestic duties
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	5 days	5 days
Marriage Place	The Registrar's Office, Mary Street, Thames
Folio	11/347
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 February 1911
Officiating Minister	William H. Potts, Registrar

27 February 1911

Hugh Henry Woods
Caroline Larsen

Hugh Newry Woods
Caroline Larsen
💍 1911/962

Bachelor
Spinster

Measurer
Domestic duties

30
22

Puriri
Tapu

5 months
1 week

The Registrar's Office, Mary Street, Thames

11/348

27 February 1911

William H. Potts, Registrar

No	9
Date of Notice	27 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh Henry Woods	Caroline Larsen
BDM Match (94%)	Hugh Newry Woods	Caroline Larsen
	💍 1911/962
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Measurer	Domestic duties
Age	30	22
Dwelling Place	Puriri	Tapu
Length of Residence	5 months	1 week
Marriage Place	The Registrar's Office, Mary Street, Thames
Folio	11/348
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 February 1911
Officiating Minister	William H. Potts, Registrar

7 March 1911

James Allison McLeod
Annie Josephine Crawford

James Allison McLeod
Annie Josephine Crawford
💍 1911/756

Bachelor
Spinster

Mechanic
Nurse

34
27

Thames
Thames

3 days
4 months

St. James Presbyterian Church, Pollen Street, Thames

11/131

8 March 1911

Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

No	10
Date of Notice	7 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Allison McLeod	Annie Josephine Crawford
	💍 1911/756
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mechanic	Nurse
Age	34	27
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	3 days	4 months
Marriage Place	St. James Presbyterian Church, Pollen Street, Thames
Folio	11/131
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 March 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

13 March 1911

Samuel Stuart
Adeliza Mabel Gremlin

Samuel Stuart
Adeline Mabel Fremlin
💍 1911/1024

Bachelor
Spinster

Artist
Domestic duties

55
39

Thames
Thames

3 days
2 years

St. George's Church, Mackay Street, Thames

11/425

14 March 1911

Dr. O'Callaghan, Church of England

No	11
Date of Notice	13 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Stuart	Adeliza Mabel Gremlin
BDM Match (93%)	Samuel Stuart	Adeline Mabel Fremlin
	💍 1911/1024
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Artist	Domestic duties
Age	55	39
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	3 days	2 years
Marriage Place	St. George's Church, Mackay Street, Thames
Folio	11/425
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 March 1911
Officiating Minister	Dr. O'Callaghan, Church of England

13 March 1911

Roderick Duncan Campbell
Jessie Eileen Jones

Roderick Duncan Campbell
Jessie Eileen Jones
💍 1911/757

Bachelor
Spinster

Crown Lands Ranger
Domestic duties

27
22

Tapu
Tapu

2 days
22 years

In the house of J. S. Jones, Tapu

11/132

15 March 1911

Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

No	12
Date of Notice	13 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Roderick Duncan Campbell	Jessie Eileen Jones
	💍 1911/757
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Crown Lands Ranger	Domestic duties
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Tapu	Tapu
Length of Residence	2 days	22 years
Marriage Place	In the house of J. S. Jones, Tapu
Folio	11/132
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 March 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

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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).