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 033

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1911

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

164

14 February 1911

William Ross Watts
Eliza Annie Fletcher

William Ross Watts
Eliza Annie Fletcher
💍 1911/1420

Bachelor
Spinster

Orchardist

36
19

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
4 years

St. Matthews Church, Auckland

11/890

John Saland, father

14 February 1911

Rev. W. E. Glenn

No	164
Date of Notice	14 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Ross Watts	Eliza Annie Fletcher
	💍 1911/1420
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Orchardist
Age	36	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church, Auckland
Folio	11/890
Consent	John Saland, father
Date of Certificate	14 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Glenn

165

14 February 1911

Herbert Morton Tansley
Elizabeth Jane Foreman

Herbert Martin Tausley
Elizabeth Jane Foreman
💍 1911/845

Bachelor
Spinster

Ironworker

26
26

Auckland
Otahuhu

25 years
10 years

Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Auckland

11/119

14 February 1911

Rev. S. H. Rore

No	165
Date of Notice	14 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Morton Tansley	Elizabeth Jane Foreman
BDM Match (93%)	Herbert Martin Tausley	Elizabeth Jane Foreman
	💍 1911/845
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ironworker
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Otahuhu
Length of Residence	25 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Auckland
Folio	11/119
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. H. Rore

166

15 February 1911

Patrick Harden
Katie Elizabeth Best

Patrick Warden
Katie Elizabeth West
💍 1911/910

Bachelor
Spinster

Pub Steward

25
27

Kingsland
Kingsland

2 1/2 years
3 months, Mt. Albert

St. Lukes Church

11/211

15 February 1911

Rev. J. J. Parry

No	166
Date of Notice	15 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Patrick Harden	Katie Elizabeth Best
BDM Match (94%)	Patrick Warden	Katie Elizabeth West
	💍 1911/910
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Pub Steward
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Kingsland	Kingsland
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	3 months, Mt. Albert
Marriage Place	St. Lukes Church
Folio	11/211
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Parry

167

15 February 1911

Ernst August Loesel
Nellie Smith

Ernest August Sorgel
Nellie Smith
💍 1911/1632

Bachelor
Spinster

Wool Sorter

35
39

Ponsonby
Ponsonby

6 years
3 days

Primitive Methodist Church, Eden Terrace

11/851

15 February 1911

Rev. J. H. Lyon

No	167
Date of Notice	15 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernst August Loesel	Nellie Smith
BDM Match (90%)	Ernest August Sorgel	Nellie Smith
	💍 1911/1632
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Wool Sorter
Age	35	39
Dwelling Place	Ponsonby	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	6 years	3 days
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Eden Terrace
Folio	11/851
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Lyon

168

15 February 1911

Frederick Thomas Ludwig
Ruby Winifred Brackley

Fredrick Thomas Ludwig
Ruby Winifred Mackay
💍 1911/735

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

25
23

Avondale
Avondale

9 months
1 year

St. James Manse, Auckland

11/84

15 February 1911

Rev. R. L. Walker

No	168
Date of Notice	15 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Thomas Ludwig	Ruby Winifred Brackley
BDM Match (89%)	Fredrick Thomas Ludwig	Ruby Winifred Mackay
	💍 1911/735
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Avondale	Avondale
Length of Residence	9 months	1 year
Marriage Place	St. James Manse, Auckland
Folio	11/84
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker

169

15 February 1911

Harold Trevelyn D'Arcy Hamilton
Ruby Marie Aldridge

Bachelor
Spinster

Chemist

34
26

Mt. Eden
Mt. Eden

30 years
15 months

Church of Christ, West St., Auckland

11/92

15 February 1911

Rev. W. Aldridge

No	169
Date of Notice	15 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Trevelyn D'Arcy Hamilton	Ruby Marie Aldridge
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chemist
Age	34	26
Dwelling Place	Mt. Eden	Mt. Eden
Length of Residence	30 years	15 months
Marriage Place	Church of Christ, West St., Auckland
Folio	11/92
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Aldridge

170

15 February 1911

Goodman Lipsitz (known as Goodman Lees)
Beatrice Martha Pinion

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

26
23

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
2 years

Hebrew Synagogue, Anapau Road, Auckland

11/3889

15 February 1911

Rev. S. A. Goldstein

No	170
Date of Notice	15 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Goodman Lipsitz (known as Goodman Lees)	Beatrice Martha Pinion
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Hebrew Synagogue, Anapau Road, Auckland
Folio	11/3889
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. A. Goldstein

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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).