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 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

10 January 1911

Patrick Frederick Johnson
Amarch Ann O'Heare

Patrick Frederick Johnson
Anorah Ann O'Meara
💍 1911/893

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

25
23

Auckland
Auckland

6 days
3 days

Methodist Church, Grey Lynn

11/218

10 January 1911

Rev. J. B. Barran

No	36
Date of Notice	10 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Patrick Frederick Johnson	Amarch Ann O'Heare
BDM Match (86%)	Patrick Frederick Johnson	Anorah Ann O'Meara
	💍 1911/893
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Grey Lynn
Folio	11/218
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Barran

10 January 1911

William Mundy
Priscilla Hames

William Mundy
Priscilla Haines
💍 1911/1434

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

61
43

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

Methodist Church, Takapuna

11/1002

10 January 1911

Registrar Pillan

No	37
Date of Notice	10 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Mundy	Priscilla Hames
BDM Match (94%)	William Mundy	Priscilla Haines
	💍 1911/1434
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	61	43
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Takapuna
Folio	11/1002
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Registrar Pillan

10 January 1911

Edmund Robert Turner
Anne House

Edmund Robert Turner
Annie Flower
💍 1911/838

Bachelor
Spinster

Range Maker

39
30

Auckland
Parnell

9 years
6 years

Congregational Church, Beresford St, Auckland

11/1111

10 January 1911

Rev. H. S. Craik

No	38
Date of Notice	10 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edmund Robert Turner	Anne House
BDM Match (75%)	Edmund Robert Turner	Annie Flower
	💍 1911/838
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Range Maker
Age	39	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Parnell
Length of Residence	9 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Beresford St, Auckland
Folio	11/1111
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. S. Craik

10 January 1911

Heinrich Sines
Sarah Agnes Fenton

Heinrich Bines
Sarah Agnes Fenton
💍 1911/655

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

28
21

Auckland
Parnell

8 months
1 month

Registrar's Office, Auckland

11/4

10 January 1911

Registrar

No	39
Date of Notice	10 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Heinrich Sines	Sarah Agnes Fenton
BDM Match (96%)	Heinrich Bines	Sarah Agnes Fenton
	💍 1911/655
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Parnell
Length of Residence	8 months	1 month
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	11/4
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Registrar

10 January 1911

Joseph Landsdale Smith
Winifred Ruth Kent

Joseph Lansdale Smith
Winifred Ruth Kent
💍 1911/852

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

22
22

Auckland
Devonport

4 days
19 years

Methodist Church, Devonport

11/125

10 January 1911

Rev. W. A. Seek

No	40
Date of Notice	10 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Landsdale Smith	Winifred Ruth Kent
BDM Match (98%)	Joseph Lansdale Smith	Winifred Ruth Kent
	💍 1911/852
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Devonport
Length of Residence	4 days	19 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Devonport
Folio	11/125
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. A. Seek

11 January 1911

Neville Hesbit Walker
Edith Marion Donnelly

Neville Nesbit Walker
Edyth Marion Donnelly
💍 1911/656

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman

29
26

Ponsonby
Devonport

12 months
4 months

Registrar's Office, Auckland

11/5

11 January 1911

Registrar

No	41
Date of Notice	11 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Neville Hesbit Walker	Edith Marion Donnelly
BDM Match (95%)	Neville Nesbit Walker	Edyth Marion Donnelly
	💍 1911/656
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman
Age	29	26
Dwelling Place	Ponsonby	Devonport
Length of Residence	12 months	4 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	11/5
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Registrar

11 January 1911

Arthur Edward Denham
Lilian Rellaw Calthro

Arthur Edward Denham
Lilian Retlaw Cathro
💍 1911/1402

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

34
26

Palmerston North
Auckland

10 years
3 days

St. Matthew's Church, Palmerston North

11/896

11 January 1911

Rev. W. S. Pillan

No	42
Date of Notice	11 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Edward Denham	Lilian Rellaw Calthro
BDM Match (95%)	Arthur Edward Denham	Lilian Retlaw Cathro
	💍 1911/1402
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	34	26
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Palmerston North
Folio	11/896
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. S. Pillan

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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).