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 Cambridge Quarter ending 30 December 1911 Registrar F. Dermott

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

3 October 1911

Frederick Scheffler
Adelaide Smart

Frederick Scheffler
Adelaide Smart
💍 1911/8682

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Inassens

32
30

Pukekura
Cambridge

4 years
3 years

Residence of Mrs. Finsch, Leamington

11/8752

3 October 1911

Rev. N. J. Gow

No	43
Date of Notice	3 October 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Scheffler	Adelaide Smart
	💍 1911/8682
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Inassens
Age	32	30
Dwelling Place	Pukekura	Cambridge
Length of Residence	4 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. Finsch, Leamington
Folio	11/8752
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 October 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. N. J. Gow

27 October 1911

Arthur Norman Macky
Helen Watt

Arthur Norman Macky
Helen Watt
💍 1911/8689

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Schoolteacher

31
27

Pakerimu
Cambridge

6 years
27 years

Presbyterian Church, Cambridge

11/8753

27 October 1911

Rev. N. J. Gow

No	44
Date of Notice	27 October 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Norman Macky	Helen Watt
	💍 1911/8689
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Schoolteacher
Age	31	27
Dwelling Place	Pakerimu	Cambridge
Length of Residence	6 years	27 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Cambridge
Folio	11/8753
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 October 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. N. J. Gow

28 November 1911

Henry Underwood
Ada Ann Billing

Henry Underwood
Ada Ann Billing
💍 1911/8690

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

34
30

Cambridge
Cambridge

3 years
12 months

Residence of W. L. C. Williams, William St, Cambridge

11/8754

28 November 1911

Rev. N. J. Gow

No	45
Date of Notice	28 November 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Underwood	Ada Ann Billing
	💍 1911/8690
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	34	30
Dwelling Place	Cambridge	Cambridge
Length of Residence	3 years	12 months
Marriage Place	Residence of W. L. C. Williams, William St, Cambridge
Folio	11/8754
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 November 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. N. J. Gow

6 December 1911

Thomas Merwyn Wells
Mabel Reale

Thomas Mervyn Wells
Mabel Beale
💍 1911/8358

Bachelor
Spinster

Merchant
Domestic duties

31
24

Cambridge
Cambridge

31 years
2 years

Anglican Church, Cambridge

11/8409

6 December 1911

Rev. Wm. A. Del Willis

No	46
Date of Notice	6 December 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Merwyn Wells	Mabel Reale
BDM Match (93%)	Thomas Mervyn Wells	Mabel Beale
	💍 1911/8358
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Merchant	Domestic duties
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Cambridge	Cambridge
Length of Residence	31 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Cambridge
Folio	11/8409
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 December 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. Wm. A. Del Willis

19 December 1911

Francis Graham Harvie
Laura Kathleen Willis

Francis Graham Harvie
Laura Kathleen Willis
💍 1911/8359

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk in Holy Orders

31
25

Mount Albert, Auckland
Cambridge

12 months
25 years

St. Andrews Church, Cambridge

11/8410

19 December 1911

Rev. E. M. Bowie

No	47
Date of Notice	19 December 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Graham Harvie	Laura Kathleen Willis
	💍 1911/8359
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk in Holy Orders
Age	31	25
Dwelling Place	Mount Albert, Auckland	Cambridge
Length of Residence	12 months	25 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrews Church, Cambridge
Folio	11/8410
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 December 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. M. Bowie

21 December 1911

Francis Bertram Goueton
Sophia Mabel Letts

Francis Bertram Goulton
Sophia Mabel Letts
💍 1911/8691

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

23
24

Pukekura
Kaio

8 months
18 months

Residence of J. Stirlings, Pukekura

11/8755

21 December 1911

Rev. N. J. Gow

No	48
Date of Notice	21 December 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Bertram Goueton	Sophia Mabel Letts
BDM Match (98%)	Francis Bertram Goulton	Sophia Mabel Letts
	💍 1911/8691
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Pukekura	Kaio
Length of Residence	8 months	18 months
Marriage Place	Residence of J. Stirlings, Pukekura
Folio	11/8755
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 December 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. N. J. Gow

30 December 1911

Charles Ernest Jeans
Alice Hannah Read

Charles Ernest Jeans
Alice Hannah Read
💍 1912/1580

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

28
24

Whitehall
French Pass Road

7 years
5 years

Residence of G. Read, French Pass

12/1310

30 December 1911

Rev. H. Foston

No	49
Date of Notice	30 December 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Ernest Jeans	Alice Hannah Read
	💍 1912/1580
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Whitehall	French Pass Road
Length of Residence	7 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Residence of G. Read, French Pass
Folio	12/1310
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 December 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Foston

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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).