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

157

6 February 1912

James Graham
Ellen Agnes Dunbar

James Francis Kavanagh
Ellen Agnes Dunbar
💍 1912/4480

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

24
23

Auckland
Auckland

7 years
Life

St. Patrick's Cathedral

12/4347

6 February 1912

Rev. A. J. Holbrook

No	157
Date of Notice	6 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Graham	Ellen Agnes Dunbar
BDM Match (70%)	James Francis Kavanagh	Ellen Agnes Dunbar
	💍 1912/4480
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	12/4347
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. J. Holbrook

158

6 February 1912

Henry Prail
Annie Joan Lucas

Henry Graye
Annie Joan Lucas
💍 1912/443

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman

32
30

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
3 months

Registrar's Office

12/41

6 February 1912

Registrar

No	158
Date of Notice	6 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Prail	Annie Joan Lucas
BDM Match (86%)	Henry Graye	Annie Joan Lucas
	💍 1912/443
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman
Age	32	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	3 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	12/41
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Registrar

159

6 February 1912

Thomas Murray
Caroline Amelia Jacobsen

Francis Thomas Murray
Caroline Amelia Jacobsen
💍 1912/444

Bachelor
Married (not heard of husband for 7 years)

Caretaker

63
60

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

Registrar's Office

12/42

6 February 1912

Registrar

No	159
Date of Notice	6 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Murray	Caroline Amelia Jacobsen
BDM Match (81%)	Francis Thomas Murray	Caroline Amelia Jacobsen
	💍 1912/444
Condition	Bachelor	Married (not heard of husband for 7 years)
Profession	Caretaker
Age	63	60
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	12/42
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Registrar

160

8 February 1912

William Everitt Hoare
Hilda Irene Browne

William George Everitt
Hilda Irene Brownie
💍 1912/845

Bachelor
Spinster

Motorman

27
24

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
11 years

St. Benedict's Church

12/469

8 February 1912

Rev. A. J. Phelan

No	160
Date of Notice	8 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Everitt Hoare	Hilda Irene Browne
BDM Match (70%)	William George Everitt	Hilda Irene Brownie
	💍 1912/845
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motorman
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	11 years
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church
Folio	12/469
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. J. Phelan

161

8 February 1912

George Henry Sayles
Evelyn Isabel Le Phun

George Henry Bailes
Evelyn Isabel McPhun
💍 1912/956

Bachelor
Spinster

Elevator Attendant

30
23

Auckland
Auckland

1 year 2 months
4 years

St. Matthew's Church

12/582

8 February 1912

Rev. W. E. Phelan

No	161
Date of Notice	8 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Henry Sayles	Evelyn Isabel Le Phun
BDM Match (88%)	George Henry Bailes	Evelyn Isabel McPhun
	💍 1912/956
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Elevator Attendant
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year 2 months	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	12/582
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Phelan

162

8 February 1912

Roy Jaggers
Florence Winifred Munro

Roy Jaggers
Florence Winifred Munro
💍 1912/445

Bachelor
Spinster

Mill Hand

21
17

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
1 year 7 months

Registrar's Office

12/435

Phillip Munro, father

8 February 1912

Registrar

No	162
Date of Notice	8 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Roy Jaggers	Florence Winifred Munro
	💍 1912/445
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mill Hand
Age	21	17
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	1 year 7 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	12/435
Consent	Phillip Munro, father
Date of Certificate	8 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Registrar

163

9 February 1912

William Henry Philip Beehre
Adeline Gertrude Ragan

William Henry Philip Beehre
Adelene Gertrude Ryan
💍 1912/846

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Employee

23
25

Auckland
Auckland

1 year 9 months
Life

St. Benedict's Church

12/470

9 February 1912

Rev. A. J. Phelan

No	163
Date of Notice	9 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Philip Beehre	Adeline Gertrude Ragan
BDM Match (93%)	William Henry Philip Beehre	Adelene Gertrude Ryan
	💍 1912/846
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employee
Age	23	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year 9 months	Life
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church
Folio	12/470
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. J. Phelan

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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).