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

143

1 February 1912

Hyalmar Herbert Myberg
Margaret June Clarke

Hjalmar Herbert Nyberg
Margaret Jane Sharkey
💍 1912/975

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

34
26

Auckland
Auckland

life
3 years

Home of Father of Bridegroom, 13 Seafield View, Auckland

12/603

1 February 1912

Rev. P. Bond

No	143
Date of Notice	1 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hyalmar Herbert Myberg	Margaret June Clarke
BDM Match (86%)	Hjalmar Herbert Nyberg	Margaret Jane Sharkey
	💍 1912/975
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	34	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	life	3 years
Marriage Place	Home of Father of Bridegroom, 13 Seafield View, Auckland
Folio	12/603
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Bond

144

1 February 1912

Christopher Darnton
Mary Bertrand

Christopher Darnton
Mary Bertrand
💍 1912/9450

Widower (19 November 1900)
Widow (18 January 1906)

Engineer

48
40

Auckland
Auckland

19 years
19 years

Home of Bridegroom, 36 Hall Road, Auckland

12/252

1 February 1912

Rev. A. C. Lawry

No	144
Date of Notice	1 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Christopher Darnton	Mary Bertrand
	💍 1912/9450
Condition	Widower (19 November 1900)	Widow (18 January 1906)
Profession	Engineer
Age	48	40
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	19 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Home of Bridegroom, 36 Hall Road, Auckland
Folio	12/252
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. C. Lawry

145

1 February 1912

Charles Frederick Cornford Coward
Mary Stanley

Charles Frederick Cornford Coward
Mary Stanley
💍 1912/4425

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

34
24

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
2 years

Epiphany Church, Auckland

12/4243

1 February 1912

Rev. E. H. Wyatt

No	145
Date of Notice	1 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Frederick Cornford Coward	Mary Stanley
	💍 1912/4425
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	34	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Epiphany Church, Auckland
Folio	12/4243
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. H. Wyatt

146

1 February 1912

George Allen Jarvis
Alice Irving

George Allen
Alice Jarvis Irving
💍 1912/897

Widower (12 August 1907)
Widow (June 1903)

Tea Merchant

52
39

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
life

Home of Bridegroom, 8 Park Avenue, Auckland

12/570

1 February 1912

Rev. R. Ready

No	146
Date of Notice	1 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Allen Jarvis	Alice Irving
BDM Match (63%)	George Allen	Alice Jarvis Irving
	💍 1912/897
Condition	Widower (12 August 1907)	Widow (June 1903)
Profession	Tea Merchant
Age	52	39
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	life
Marriage Place	Home of Bridegroom, 8 Park Avenue, Auckland
Folio	12/570
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Ready

147

2 February 1912

George Nicoll
Annie Burton Sibly

George Nicoll
Annie Burton Sibly
💍 1912/885

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

31
42

Auckland
Timaru

6 months
1 day

St. Andrew's Church, Timaru

12/559

2 February 1912

Rev. R. L. Walker

No	147
Date of Notice	2 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Nicoll	Annie Burton Sibly
	💍 1912/885
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	31	42
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Timaru
Length of Residence	6 months	1 day
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church, Timaru
Folio	12/559
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker

148

3 February 1912

George Kenneth Cawdron
Margaret Mary Healey

George Kenneth Cawdron
Margaret May Healey
💍 1912/886

Bachelor
Spinster

Maker

26
19

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
19 years

Home of Mrs. J. Healey, Victoria Avenue, Auckland

12/560

Herbert Healey, Father

3 February 1912

Rev. R. L. Walker

No	148
Date of Notice	3 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Kenneth Cawdron	Margaret Mary Healey
BDM Match (98%)	George Kenneth Cawdron	Margaret May Healey
	💍 1912/886
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Maker
Age	26	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Home of Mrs. J. Healey, Victoria Avenue, Auckland
Folio	12/560
Consent	Herbert Healey, Father
Date of Certificate	3 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker

149

5 February 1912

Samuel John Rowe
Dora Beatrice Peat

Samuel John Rowe
Dora Beatrice Hodge Peat
💍 1912/830

Bachelor
Widow (23 February 1909)

Carpenter

23
27

Auckland
Onehunga

life
1 1/2 years

Home of Bride's Mother, Edmonds Street, Onehunga

12/406

5 February 1912

Rev. D. D. Scott

No	149
Date of Notice	5 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel John Rowe	Dora Beatrice Peat
BDM Match (88%)	Samuel John Rowe	Dora Beatrice Hodge Peat
	💍 1912/830
Condition	Bachelor	Widow (23 February 1909)
Profession	Carpenter
Age	23	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Onehunga
Length of Residence	life	1 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Home of Bride's Mother, Edmonds Street, Onehunga
Folio	12/406
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. D. Scott

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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).