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 031

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 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

150

13 February 1911

George Blake
Violet Christina Mitchell

George Blake
Violet Christina Mitchell
💍 1911/896

Bachelor
Spinster

Coach Builder

29
22

Auckland
Kingsland

1 year
4 years

St Benedict's Church, Auckland

11/221

13 February 1911

Rev. J. S. Carraw

No	150
Date of Notice	13 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Blake	Violet Christina Mitchell
	💍 1911/896
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coach Builder
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Kingsland
Length of Residence	1 year	4 years
Marriage Place	St Benedict's Church, Auckland
Folio	11/221
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. S. Carraw

151

13 February 1911

George Day
Alice Mary Anfore

George Day
Alice May Angove
💍 1911/2214

George Day
Alice Lydia Seward
💍 1911/8842

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Fireman

24
26

Auckland
Northcote

6 years
6 months

Home of Bride, Northcote

11/1740

13 February 1911

Rev. J. S. Carraw

No	151
Date of Notice	13 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Day	Alice Mary Anfore
BDM Match (91%)	George Day	Alice May Angove
	💍 1911/2214
BDM Match (72%)	George Day	Alice Lydia Seward
	💍 1911/8842
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Fireman
Age	24	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Northcote
Length of Residence	6 years	6 months
Marriage Place	Home of Bride, Northcote
Folio	11/1740
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. S. Carraw

152

13 February 1911

Charles Ball
Helena Redfern

Charles Ball
Helena Redfern
💍 1911/737

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

28
27

Auckland
Auckland

1 month
4 years

Methodist Mission Hall, East St, Auckland

11/136

13 February 1911

Rev. Jas. Gibson

No	152
Date of Notice	13 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Ball	Helena Redfern
	💍 1911/737
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 month	4 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Mission Hall, East St, Auckland
Folio	11/136
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. Jas. Gibson

153

13 February 1911

John D'Azire Smith
Violet Frances Folz

Stanley John D'Azire Smith
Violet Frances Gotz
💍 1911/846

Bachelor
Widow

Clerk

26
36

Auckland
Auckland

Life
3 years

Church of the Holy Sepulchre

11/120

13 February 1911

Rev. A. Reave

No	153
Date of Notice	13 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John D'Azire Smith	Violet Frances Folz
BDM Match (79%)	Stanley John D'Azire Smith	Violet Frances Gotz
	💍 1911/846
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Clerk
Age	26	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	3 years
Marriage Place	Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Folio	11/120
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Reave

154

13 February 1911

William Bann
Mabel Louise Taylor

William Bain
Mabel Lousie Taylor
💍 1911/2176

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

34
26

Auckland
Mt Albert

8 years
8 years

Primitive Methodist Church, Dominion Rd, Mt Eden

11/1725

13 February 1911

Rev. A. White

No	154
Date of Notice	13 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Bann	Mabel Louise Taylor
BDM Match (91%)	William Bain	Mabel Lousie Taylor
	💍 1911/2176
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	34	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Mt Albert
Length of Residence	8 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Dominion Rd, Mt Eden
Folio	11/1725
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. White

155

13 February 1911

James Franklin Buchanan
Johanna Fitzsimonds Warren

James Martin Patrick Buchanan
Johanna Fitzsimonds Warren
💍 1911/1461

Bachelor
Spinster

Jockey

34
24

Auckland
Ellerslie

15 years
Life

Roman Catholic Church, Ellerslie

11/879

13 February 1911

Rev. M. Downey

No	155
Date of Notice	13 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Franklin Buchanan	Johanna Fitzsimonds Warren
BDM Match (81%)	James Martin Patrick Buchanan	Johanna Fitzsimonds Warren
	💍 1911/1461
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Jockey
Age	34	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ellerslie
Length of Residence	15 years	Life
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Ellerslie
Folio	11/879
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Downey

156

13 February 1911

Walter Clapcott Smith
Grace Freeland

Walter Clapcot Smith
Grace Greenland
💍 1911/1631

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

22
19

Auckland
Kingsland

3 months
2 years

Home of Father of Bride, Kingsland

11/850

Father of Bride

13 February 1911

Rev. H. Hyson

No	156
Date of Notice	13 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Clapcott Smith	Grace Freeland
BDM Match (91%)	Walter Clapcot Smith	Grace Greenland
	💍 1911/1631
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	22	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Kingsland
Length of Residence	3 months	2 years
Marriage Place	Home of Father of Bride, Kingsland
Folio	11/850
Consent	Father of Bride
Date of Certificate	13 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Hyson

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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).