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 293

District of Gisborne Quarter ending 31 March 1911 Registrar Henry Ewart Hill

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

1 March 1911

Outene Jackson
Harriet Midwinter

Rutene Jackson
Harriet Midwinter
💍 1911/1056

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheepfarmer
Domestic Duties

26
23

Ormond, Poverty Bay
Puba, Poverty Bay

9 years
11 years

Church of England, Te Karaka, Poverty Bay

11/484

Rev. Theodore Albert Meyer, Church of England

No	37
Date of Notice	1 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Outene Jackson	Harriet Midwinter
BDM Match (96%)	Rutene Jackson	Harriet Midwinter
	💍 1911/1056
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheepfarmer	Domestic Duties
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Ormond, Poverty Bay	Puba, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	9 years	11 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Te Karaka, Poverty Bay
Folio	11/484
Consent
Date of Certificate
Officiating Minister	Rev. Theodore Albert Meyer, Church of England

6 March 1911

Arthur John Syde
Eliza Frances Nalmer

Arthur John Gyde
Eliza Frances Palmer
💍 1911/1022

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman, N.Z. Railways
Dressmaker

22
23

Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Napier, Hawkes Bay

11 months
5 days

Private residence of the bride's sister, Carlyle Street, Napier

11/406

Rev. Alex Grant, Presbyterian Minister, Napier

No	38
Date of Notice	6 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur John Syde	Eliza Frances Nalmer
BDM Match (94%)	Arthur John Gyde	Eliza Frances Palmer
	💍 1911/1022
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman, N.Z. Railways	Dressmaker
Age	22	23
Dwelling Place	Gisborne, Poverty Bay	Napier, Hawkes Bay
Length of Residence	11 months	5 days
Marriage Place	Private residence of the bride's sister, Carlyle Street, Napier
Folio	11/406
Consent
Date of Certificate
Officiating Minister	Rev. Alex Grant, Presbyterian Minister, Napier

6 March 1911

Ernest Herbert Bunting
Ethel Flavell

Ernest Herbert Bunting
Ethel Flavell
💍 1911/821

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Housemaid

24
24

Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Gisborne

5 days
6 months

Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne

11/296

Rev. Leslie Dawson Thomas, Church of England

No	39
Date of Notice	6 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Herbert Bunting	Ethel Flavell
	💍 1911/821
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Housemaid
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Gisborne, Poverty Bay	Gisborne
Length of Residence	5 days	6 months
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne
Folio	11/296
Consent
Date of Certificate
Officiating Minister	Rev. Leslie Dawson Thomas, Church of England

7 March 1911

Sholto Douglas Bunting
Margaret Greig

Shotto Douglas Buntin
Margaret Greig
💍 1911/1005

Bachelor
Spinster

Manager, Merchant & Tailoring
Shopkeeper

31
30

Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Gisborne

12 months
15 months

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Gisborne

11/367

Rev. William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

No	40
Date of Notice	7 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sholto Douglas Bunting	Margaret Greig
BDM Match (95%)	Shotto Douglas Buntin	Margaret Greig
	💍 1911/1005
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Manager, Merchant & Tailoring	Shopkeeper
Age	31	30
Dwelling Place	Gisborne, Poverty Bay	Gisborne
Length of Residence	12 months	15 months
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Gisborne
Folio	11/367
Consent
Date of Certificate
Officiating Minister	Rev. William Grant, Presbyterian Minister

14 March 1911

Charles Herbert Gardham
Harriet Hannah

Charles Herbert Gardham
Harriet Hannah Hopper
💍 1911/1014

Widower
Spinster

Grocer
Domestic Duties

30
34

Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Gisborne

7 years
5 years

The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

11/416

Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

No	41
Date of Notice	14 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Herbert Gardham	Harriet Hannah
BDM Match (83%)	Charles Herbert Gardham	Harriet Hannah Hopper
	💍 1911/1014
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Grocer	Domestic Duties
Age	30	34
Dwelling Place	Gisborne, Poverty Bay	Gisborne
Length of Residence	7 years	5 years
Marriage Place	The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne
Folio	11/416
Consent
Date of Certificate
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

15 March 1911

Sidney Harold Jenkins
Catherine Haire

Sidney Harold Jenkins
Catherine Haire Liston
💍 1911/1023

Bachelor
Spinster

Slaughterman
Domestic Duties

22
21

Kaiti, Gisborne
Gisborne

3 months
1 week

St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Gisborne

11/424

Rev. Thomas Hane, Roman Catholic Minister

No	42
Date of Notice	15 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sidney Harold Jenkins	Catherine Haire
BDM Match (84%)	Sidney Harold Jenkins	Catherine Haire Liston
	💍 1911/1023
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Slaughterman	Domestic Duties
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Kaiti, Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	3 months	1 week
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Gisborne
Folio	11/424
Consent
Date of Certificate
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas Hane, Roman Catholic Minister

15 March 1911

Harold Boon
Elsa Robson McDonald

Harold Boon
Elsa Robson McDonald
💍 1911/1090

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter
Milliner

25
27

Gisborne, Poverty Bay
Gisborne

1 year
6 months

Methodist Church Parsonage, Gisborne

11/442

Rev. John F. Cochrane, Methodist Minister

No	43
Date of Notice	15 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Boon	Elsa Robson McDonald
	💍 1911/1090
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter	Milliner
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Gisborne, Poverty Bay	Gisborne
Length of Residence	1 year	6 months
Marriage Place	Methodist Church Parsonage, Gisborne
Folio	11/442
Consent
Date of Certificate
Officiating Minister	Rev. John F. Cochrane, Methodist Minister

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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).