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

191

12 February 1912

John Henry Doherty
Herm Ann Allen

John Henry Doherty
Cherry Ann Allen
💍 1912/4428

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

28
25

Parnell
East Tamaki

Life
Life

Roman Catholic Church

12/4246

12 February 1912

Very Rev. P. Buckley

No	191
Date of Notice	12 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Henry Doherty	Herm Ann Allen
BDM Match (88%)	John Henry Doherty	Cherry Ann Allen
	💍 1912/4428
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Parnell	East Tamaki
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church
Folio	12/4246
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. P. Buckley

192

12 February 1912

Albert Henry Newman
Margaret McFallion

Albert Henry Newman
Margaret McCallion
💍 1912/823

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

29
25

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
1 year

Home of Mrs. A. Tucker, Mosley Avenue, Devonport

12/4247

12 February 1912

Rev. W. Trotter

No	192
Date of Notice	12 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Henry Newman	Margaret McFallion
BDM Match (97%)	Albert Henry Newman	Margaret McCallion
	💍 1912/823
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Home of Mrs. A. Tucker, Mosley Avenue, Devonport
Folio	12/4247
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Trotter

193

12 February 1912

Norman Cavanagh
Ellen Luisa Gardiner

Norman Cavanagh
Ellen Luse Gardiner
💍 1912/831

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

25
25

Auckland
Auckland

12 years
1 year

Holy Trinity Church, Devonport

12/407

12 February 1912

Rev. E. McFarland

No	193
Date of Notice	12 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Norman Cavanagh	Ellen Luisa Gardiner
BDM Match (95%)	Norman Cavanagh	Ellen Luse Gardiner
	💍 1912/831
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Devonport
Folio	12/407
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. McFarland

194

12 February 1912

Malcolm Poole
Laura Alice Johnson

Malcolm George Poole
Laura Alice Johnson
💍 1912/861

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

39
32

Auckland
Auckland

1 month
1 month

Presbyterian Church, Ellerslie

12/486

12 February 1912

Rev. J. Lothian

No	194
Date of Notice	12 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Malcolm Poole	Laura Alice Johnson
BDM Match (83%)	Malcolm George Poole	Laura Alice Johnson
	💍 1912/861
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	39	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 month	1 month
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Ellerslie
Folio	12/486
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Lothian

195

12 February 1912

John McPeal
Elsie Mary Rogers

John McGreal
Elsie May Rogers
💍 1912/4430

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

29
24

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
19 years

Roman Catholic Church, Otahuhu

12/4247

12 February 1912

Very Rev. P. Buckley

No	195
Date of Notice	12 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John McPeal	Elsie Mary Rogers
BDM Match (89%)	John McGreal	Elsie May Rogers
	💍 1912/4430
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	29	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Otahuhu
Folio	12/4247
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. P. Buckley

196

12 February 1912

James Henry McIntosh
Catherine Mary Breeze

James Henry McIntosh
Catherine Mary Breeze
💍 1912/887

Bachelor
Spinster

Shopkeeper

30
22

Auckland
Auckland

Life
7 years

St. James' Manse

12/561

12 February 1912

Rev. R. L. Walker

No	196
Date of Notice	12 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Henry McIntosh	Catherine Mary Breeze
	💍 1912/887
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shopkeeper
Age	30	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	7 years
Marriage Place	St. James' Manse
Folio	12/561
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker

197

12 February 1912

Adam Chandler Thomson
Ellen Josephine Freeman

Adam Chandler Thomson
Ellen Josephine Freeman
💍 1912/919

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer's Assistant

24
21

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
Life

Methodist Church, Eden Terrace

12/626

12 February 1912

Rev. J. Olphert

No	197
Date of Notice	12 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Adam Chandler Thomson	Ellen Josephine Freeman
	💍 1912/919
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer's Assistant
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	Life
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Eden Terrace
Folio	12/626
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Olphert

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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).