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 020

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

21 January 1911

John Robson Kenny
Evelyn Kenny

John Robson
Evelyn Kenny
💍 1911/4422

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Assistant

30
23

Auckland
Auckland

Life
Life

St Patrick's Cathedral

11/4181

21 January 1911

Rev. D. G. Holbrook

No	79
Date of Notice	21 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Robson Kenny	Evelyn Kenny
BDM Match (82%)	John Robson	Evelyn Kenny
	💍 1911/4422
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Assistant
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	11/4181
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. G. Holbrook

21 January 1911

Emanuel Roderick Booth
Florence Louise Booth

Emanuel Roderick
Florence Louise Booth
💍 1911/786

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

34
27

Onehunga
Onehunga

2 years
1/2 year

House of Mr. J. Butler, Main Rd.

11/228

21 January 1911

Rev. D. J. Parr

No	80
Date of Notice	21 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Emanuel Roderick Booth	Florence Louise Booth
BDM Match (86%)	Emanuel Roderick	Florence Louise Booth
	💍 1911/786
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	34	27
Dwelling Place	Onehunga	Onehunga
Length of Residence	2 years	1/2 year
Marriage Place	House of Mr. J. Butler, Main Rd.
Folio	11/228
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. J. Parr

23 January 1911

Thomas Broncurry
Hilda Snowdon Sarrel

Thomas Moncur
Hilda Snowden Barry
💍 1911/855

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

33
31

Port Eden
Port Eden

3 years
5 years

House of Bride, Belle Vue Rd, Mt. Eden

11/104

23 January 1911

Rev. W. Day

No	81
Date of Notice	23 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Broncurry	Hilda Snowdon Sarrel
BDM Match (78%)	Thomas Moncur	Hilda Snowden Barry
	💍 1911/855
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	33	31
Dwelling Place	Port Eden	Port Eden
Length of Residence	3 years	5 years
Marriage Place	House of Bride, Belle Vue Rd, Mt. Eden
Folio	11/104
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Day

23 January 1911

Thomas Enwright
Nette Helena Josephine Andersen

Thomas Enwright
Mette Helena Josephine Andersen
💍 1911/638

Bachelor
Spinster

Surveyor's Assistant

27
21

Auckland
Auckland

1 month
2 months

Registrar's Office

11/11

23 January 1911

Registrar

No	82
Date of Notice	23 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Enwright	Nette Helena Josephine Andersen
BDM Match (98%)	Thomas Enwright	Mette Helena Josephine Andersen
	💍 1911/638
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Surveyor's Assistant
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 month	2 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	11/11
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Registrar

23 January 1911

Edward Maxton Fish
Caroline Blanche Andrews

Edward Maxton Bish
Caroline Blanche Andrews
💍 1911/752

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

24
31

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
Life

All Saints Church

11/150

23 January 1911

Rev. Arch. W. Calder

No	83
Date of Notice	23 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Maxton Fish	Caroline Blanche Andrews
BDM Match (97%)	Edward Maxton Bish	Caroline Blanche Andrews
	💍 1911/752
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	24	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	Life
Marriage Place	All Saints Church
Folio	11/150
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. Arch. W. Calder

23 January 1911

Christopher Nevin Roythorne
Ethel Maud Roythorne

Christopher Nevin
Ethel Etheridge Roythorne
💍 1911/640

Widower
Spinster

Carpenter

49
25

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
4 years

Registrar's Office

11/13

23 January 1911

Registrar

No	84
Date of Notice	23 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Christopher Nevin Roythorne	Ethel Maud Roythorne
BDM Match (66%)	Christopher Nevin	Ethel Etheridge Roythorne
	💍 1911/640
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	49	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	11/13
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Registrar

23 January 1911

Bernard Moore Sampson
Edith Rhoda Martha Robson

Bernard Moore Sampson
Edith Rhoda Martha Robson
💍 1911/749

Bachelor
Spinster

Medical Practitioner

30
26

Auckland
Auckland

1 day
4 years

St. Mark's Church

11/144

23 January 1911

Rev. D. G. Hosken

No	85
Date of Notice	23 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bernard Moore Sampson	Edith Rhoda Martha Robson
	💍 1911/749
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Medical Practitioner
Age	30	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 day	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church
Folio	11/144
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. G. Hosken

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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).