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 763

District of Whangarei Quarter ending 31 December 1911 Registrar William Jesse Runc

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

27 October 1911

John Jones
Maudie Dent

John Jones
Maudie Dent
💍 1911/8828

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

33 years
16 years

Whangarei
Whangarei

6 years
16 years

Dwelling of W. Dent, Makero St

11/9860

Edwin Stephen Dent, Father

27 October 1911

Rev. Albert Whalley

No	40
Date of Notice	27 October 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Jones	Maudie Dent
	💍 1911/8828
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	33 years	16 years
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	6 years	16 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling of W. Dent, Makero St
Folio	11/9860
Consent	Edwin Stephen Dent, Father
Date of Certificate	27 October 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. Albert Whalley

3 November 1911

Percy George Colebrook
Gertrude Badman

Percy George Colebrook
Gertrude Cadman
💍 1911/7616

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder
Dressmaker

28 years
24 years

Whangarei
Whangarei

13 years
17 days

Church of England, Christ Church

11/7719

3 November 1911

Rev. Calder

No	41
Date of Notice	3 November 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy George Colebrook	Gertrude Badman
BDM Match (97%)	Percy George Colebrook	Gertrude Cadman
	💍 1911/7616
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder	Dressmaker
Age	28 years	24 years
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	13 years	17 days
Marriage Place	Church of England, Christ Church
Folio	11/7719
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 November 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. Calder

6 November 1911

Herbert Chisholm Plaisted
Annie Elizabeth Kallison

Herbert Chisholm Plaisted
Annie Elizabeth Rallison
💍 1911/7627

Widower
Spinster

Carter
Domestic Duties

30 years
30 years

Whangarei
Whangarei

23 years
2 years

Maunu Rd, Whangarei, Kallison's Residence

11/7705

6 November 1911

Rev. Albert Whalley

No	42
Date of Notice	6 November 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Chisholm Plaisted	Annie Elizabeth Kallison
BDM Match (98%)	Herbert Chisholm Plaisted	Annie Elizabeth Rallison
	💍 1911/7627
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Carter	Domestic Duties
Age	30 years	30 years
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	23 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Maunu Rd, Whangarei, Kallison's Residence
Folio	11/7705
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 November 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. Albert Whalley

18 November 1911

William Parkes
Rosina Lilian Porteous

William Parker
Rosina Lilian Porteous
💍 1911/7746

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Driver
Clerk

37 years
31 years

Whangarei
Whangarei

20 years
3 months

Dwelling of W. Parkes

11/7851

18 November 1911

Rev. John Henry Hawkes

No	43
Date of Notice	18 November 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Parkes	Rosina Lilian Porteous
BDM Match (96%)	William Parker	Rosina Lilian Porteous
	💍 1911/7746
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver	Clerk
Age	37 years	31 years
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	20 years	3 months
Marriage Place	Dwelling of W. Parkes
Folio	11/7851
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 November 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Henry Hawkes

8 December 1911

Edmond Arthur Wyle
Mabel North

Edmund Arthur Vyle
Mabel North
💍 1911/7747

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter
Home Duties

27
22

Ohaika
Ohaika

27 years
22 years

M. G. North's Residence, Whangarei

11/7852

8 December 1911

Rev. Keall

No	44
Date of Notice	8 December 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edmond Arthur Wyle	Mabel North
BDM Match (94%)	Edmund Arthur Vyle	Mabel North
	💍 1911/7747
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter	Home Duties
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Ohaika	Ohaika
Length of Residence	27 years	22 years
Marriage Place	M. G. North's Residence, Whangarei
Folio	11/7852
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 December 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. Keall

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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).