Intentions to Marry, 1912 Auckland, Taranaki, Gisborne

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840448, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1912 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki, Gisborne (1912a), Hawke's Bay, Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1912b), and Canterbury, Otago, Southland, Chatham Islands (1912c).

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District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1912 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

129

30 January 1912

Ernest Alexander Fillander
Lillian Catherine Barfoot-Saunt

Ernest Alexander Gillander
Lillian Catherine Baigent
💍 1912/437

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

28
25

Auckland
Auckland

6 days
1 yr

Registrar's office Auckland

12/35

30 January 1912

Registrar

No	129
Date of Notice	30 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Alexander Fillander	Lillian Catherine Barfoot-Saunt
BDM Match (84%)	Ernest Alexander Gillander	Lillian Catherine Baigent
	💍 1912/437
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 days	1 yr
Marriage Place	Registrar's office Auckland
Folio	12/35
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1912
Officiating Minister	Registrar

130

30 January 1912

Henry William David Roser
Mary Freeman White

Henry William David Rosier
Mary Freeman White
💍 1912/916

Bachelor
Spinster

Conductor

31
18

Auckland
Auckland

20 yrs
life

Residence Rev G H Hifson New Lynn

12/541

Sec. 27 H.D. White Father

14 February 1912

Rev G H Hifson

No	130
Date of Notice	30 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry William David Roser	Mary Freeman White
BDM Match (98%)	Henry William David Rosier	Mary Freeman White
	💍 1912/916
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Conductor
Age	31	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 yrs	life
Marriage Place	Residence Rev G H Hifson New Lynn
Folio	12/541
Consent	Sec. 27 H.D. White Father
Date of Certificate	14 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev G H Hifson

131

30 January 1912

Walter Mackrill Sutton
Martha Gordon

Walter Mackvill Sutton
Martha Gordon
💍 1912/851

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist

28
27

Auckland
Auckland

12 dys
3 mos

All Saints Church Ponsonby

12/452

30 January 1912

Rev H Mason

No	131
Date of Notice	30 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Mackrill Sutton	Martha Gordon
BDM Match (98%)	Walter Mackvill Sutton	Martha Gordon
	💍 1912/851
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 dys	3 mos
Marriage Place	All Saints Church Ponsonby
Folio	12/452
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev H Mason

132

31 January 1912

Thomas Upham
Olive Emily Lang

Thomas Higham
Olive Emily Laing
💍 1912/931

Bachelor
Spinster

Master Mariner

33
23

Auckland
Auckland

30 yrs
life

House of Brides Parents Franklyn

12/533

31 January 1912

Rev J Haselden

No	132
Date of Notice	31 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Upham	Olive Emily Lang
BDM Match (86%)	Thomas Higham	Olive Emily Laing
	💍 1912/931
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Master Mariner
Age	33	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 yrs	life
Marriage Place	House of Brides Parents Franklyn
Folio	12/533
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev J Haselden

133

31 January 1912

James Reid
Evelyn Sylvia Anstice

James Reid
Evelyn Sylvia
💍 1912/439

Bachelor
Spinster

Maltster

24
17

Auckland
Auckland

9 yrs
3 yrs

Registrar's office Auckland

12/37

Lillian Emily Anstice Mother

31 January 1912

Registrar

No	133
Date of Notice	31 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Reid	Evelyn Sylvia Anstice
BDM Match (81%)	James Reid	Evelyn Sylvia
	💍 1912/439
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Maltster
Age	24	17
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 yrs	3 yrs
Marriage Place	Registrar's office Auckland
Folio	12/37
Consent	Lillian Emily Anstice Mother
Date of Certificate	31 January 1912
Officiating Minister	Registrar

134

31 January 1912

Ernest John Curtis
Edith Maie Dando

Ernest John Curtis
Edith Maie Dando
💍 1912/4468

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

24
24

Auckland
Auckland

20 yrs
6 yrs

St Andrews Church Epsom

12/432

31 January 1912

Rev J R Burgin

No	134
Date of Notice	31 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest John Curtis	Edith Maie Dando
	💍 1912/4468
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 yrs	6 yrs
Marriage Place	St Andrews Church Epsom
Folio	12/432
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev J R Burgin

135

31 January 1912

Rolfe Bradshaw
Harriet Simpson

George Bradshaw
Harriet Simpson
💍 1912/934

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

36
30

Auckland
Auckland

2 mos
2 mos

St Matthews Church Auckland

12/583

31 January 1912

Rev W E Gillam

No	135
Date of Notice	31 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Rolfe Bradshaw	Harriet Simpson
BDM Match (87%)	George Bradshaw	Harriet Simpson
	💍 1912/934
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	36	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 mos	2 mos
Marriage Place	St Matthews Church Auckland
Folio	12/583
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev W E Gillam

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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).