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 089

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 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

497

10 March 1911

Sidney Walter Sacon
Mildred Irene Cushing

Sydney Walter Bacon
Mildred Irene Cushing
💍 1911/461

Sydney Walter Bacon
Mildred Irene Cushing
💍 1911/2597

Bachelor
Spinster

Insurance Inspector

38
21

Auckland
Auckland

11 days
16 days

St. Matthew's Church

11/2270

10 March 1911

Rev. R. E. Gillam

No	497
Date of Notice	10 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sidney Walter Sacon	Mildred Irene Cushing
BDM Match (95%)	Sydney Walter Bacon	Mildred Irene Cushing
	💍 1911/461
BDM Match (95%)	Sydney Walter Bacon	Mildred Irene Cushing
	💍 1911/2597
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Insurance Inspector
Age	38	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 days	16 days
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	11/2270
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. E. Gillam

498

10 March 1911

Alexander Steven
Ada Harrison

Alexander Steven
Ada Hanison
💍 1911/2604

Bachelor
Spinster

Drapers Assistant

37
39

Auckland
Auckland

8 days
19 months

St. Paul's Church

11/2301

10 March 1911

Rev. C. A. Watson

No	498
Date of Notice	10 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Steven	Ada Harrison
BDM Match (92%)	Alexander Steven	Ada Hanison
	💍 1911/2604
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Drapers Assistant
Age	37	39
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 days	19 months
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church
Folio	11/2301
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. A. Watson

499

11 March 1911

William Patrick Parson
Christina Sarah Lawford

William Patrick Carson
Christina Sarah Lawford
💍 1911/2574

Bachelor
Widow

Boot Pressman

39
36

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
30 years

Home of Bride, Raleigh St. Mt. Roskill

11/2247

11 March 1911

Rev. J. Bissett

No	499
Date of Notice	11 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Patrick Parson	Christina Sarah Lawford
BDM Match (98%)	William Patrick Carson	Christina Sarah Lawford
	💍 1911/2574
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Boot Pressman
Age	39	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	30 years
Marriage Place	Home of Bride, Raleigh St. Mt. Roskill
Folio	11/2247
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 March 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Bissett

500

11 March 1911

Arthur Michael Conga
Ada Louisa Hannam

Arthur Michael Conza
Ada Louisa Hannam
💍 1911/468

Widower
Widow

Carrier

25
29

Auckland
Auckland

11 years
5 months

Registrar's Office

11/1814

11 March 1911

Registrar

No	500
Date of Notice	11 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Michael Conga	Ada Louisa Hannam
BDM Match (98%)	Arthur Michael Conza	Ada Louisa Hannam
	💍 1911/468
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Carrier
Age	25	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 years	5 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	11/1814
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 March 1911
Officiating Minister	Registrar

501

12 March 1911

Joseph Bertram Grove
Amy Mary Melvern

Joseph Burtram Grove
Amy Mary Melvern
💍 1911/2556

Bachelor
Spinster

Merchant

24
25

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
8 years

St. Andrew's Church, Epsom

11/2253

12 March 1911

Rev. J. P. Farrell

No	501
Date of Notice	12 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Bertram Grove	Amy Mary Melvern
BDM Match (98%)	Joseph Burtram Grove	Amy Mary Melvern
	💍 1911/2556
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Merchant
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	8 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church, Epsom
Folio	11/2253
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 March 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. P. Farrell

502

12 March 1911

Charles Barnard Paper
Hilda Anne Burns

Charles Barnard Gager
Leila Anne Burns
💍 1911/2784

Bachelor
Spinster

Tobacconist

24
23

Tekuranga
Auckland

12 years
Life

St. James Church, Tekuranga

11/2466

12 March 1911

Rev. R. L. Walker

No	502
Date of Notice	12 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Barnard Paper	Hilda Anne Burns
BDM Match (86%)	Charles Barnard Gager	Leila Anne Burns
	💍 1911/2784
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tobacconist
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Tekuranga	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. James Church, Tekuranga
Folio	11/2466
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 March 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker

503

12 March 1911

Samuel Vincent Goldsworthy
Annie Maria Goldsworthy

Samuel Vincent
Annie Maria Goldsworthy
💍 1911/2510

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

31
40

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
3 months

Home of Bride's Father, Jackson St.

11/2237

12 March 1911

Rev. A. B. Lawry

No	503
Date of Notice	12 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Vincent Goldsworthy	Annie Maria Goldsworthy
BDM Match (77%)	Samuel Vincent	Annie Maria Goldsworthy
	💍 1911/2510
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	31	40
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	3 months
Marriage Place	Home of Bride's Father, Jackson St.
Folio	11/2237
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 March 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. B. Lawry

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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).