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 Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 1911 Registrar Thomas Culpan

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

902

5 July 1911

Dranklen Thomas Bright
Nellie Green Bunker

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

36
26

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
2 1/2 years Auckland

Home of R. A. Asher, Khyber Pass

11/8617

5 July 1911

Rev. F. Cocks

No	902
Date of Notice	5 July 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Dranklen Thomas Bright	Nellie Green Bunker
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	36	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	2 1/2 years Auckland
Marriage Place	Home of R. A. Asher, Khyber Pass
Folio	11/8617
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 July 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. Cocks

903

5 July 1911

John Ackerman
Florence Amelia Joicy

John McKernan
Florence Amelia Foisy
💍 1911/4500

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer

35
37

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
3 years Auckland

Registrar's Office

11/4267

5 July 1911

Registrar

No	903
Date of Notice	5 July 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Ackerman	Florence Amelia Joicy
BDM Match (84%)	John McKernan	Florence Amelia Foisy
	💍 1911/4500
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer
Age	35	37
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	3 years Auckland
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	11/4267
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 July 1911
Officiating Minister	Registrar

904

5 July 1911

Robert Latham
June Elizabeth Cook

Robert Latham
Jane Elizabeth Cook
💍 1911/4501

Bachelor
Divorced

Labourer

39
42

Auckland
Auckland

15 years
32 years Auckland

Registrar's Office

11/4268

5 July 1911

Registrar

No	904
Date of Notice	5 July 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Latham	June Elizabeth Cook
BDM Match (97%)	Robert Latham	Jane Elizabeth Cook
	💍 1911/4501
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced
Profession	Labourer
Age	39	42
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 years	32 years Auckland
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	11/4268
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 July 1911
Officiating Minister	Registrar

905

5 July 1911

Charles Pardener
Clara Isabel Heather

Charles Gardener Fitness
Clara Isabel Heatley
💍 1911/4803

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Driver

21
21

Auckland
Auckland

6 days
6 days Remuera

Home of Witness, Orakei Rd

11/4654

5 July 1911

Rev. J. F. Jones

No	905
Date of Notice	5 July 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Pardener	Clara Isabel Heather
BDM Match (76%)	Charles Gardener Fitness	Clara Isabel Heatley
	💍 1911/4803
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 days	6 days Remuera
Marriage Place	Home of Witness, Orakei Rd
Folio	11/4654
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 July 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. F. Jones

906

5 July 1911

Walter Allen
Lucie Margaret Priston

Walter Allen Death
Lucie Margaret Priston
💍 1911/4794

Bachelor
Widow

Farmer

32
36

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
6 months Auckland

Church of the Holy Sepulchre

11/4621

5 July 1911

Rev. W. H. Wilson

No	906
Date of Notice	5 July 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Allen	Lucie Margaret Priston
BDM Match (83%)	Walter Allen Death	Lucie Margaret Priston
	💍 1911/4794
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Farmer
Age	32	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	6 months Auckland
Marriage Place	Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Folio	11/4621
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 July 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. Wilson

907

6 July 1911

Walter Griffiths
Isabella Hafen

Walter Griffiths
Isabella Hagen
💍 1911/4810

Bachelor
Spinster

Drover

38
22

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 months Ponsonby

Home of B. A. Hafen, Dompallies Terrace, Ponsonby

11/4660

6 July 1911

Rev. A. North

No	907
Date of Notice	6 July 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Griffiths	Isabella Hafen
BDM Match (96%)	Walter Griffiths	Isabella Hagen
	💍 1911/4810
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Drover
Age	38	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 months Ponsonby
Marriage Place	Home of B. A. Hafen, Dompallies Terrace, Ponsonby
Folio	11/4660
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 July 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. North

908

7 July 1911

Karl Emil Paul Schwartz
Mary Ann Josephine Corley

Karl Emil Paul Schwartze
Mary Anne Josephine Corley
💍 1911/4860

Bachelor
Spinster

Jeweller

36
30

Auckland
Auckland

6 days
6 days Onehunga

Roman Catholic Church

11/4711

7 July 1911

Very Rev. F. J. Hackett

No	908
Date of Notice	7 July 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Karl Emil Paul Schwartz	Mary Ann Josephine Corley
BDM Match (96%)	Karl Emil Paul Schwartze	Mary Anne Josephine Corley
	💍 1911/4860
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Jeweller
Age	36	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 days	6 days Onehunga
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church
Folio	11/4711
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 July 1911
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. F. J. Hackett

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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).