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).

Page 044

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1912

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

245

27 February 1912

Alfred Gibson Walsh
Emily Conolly

Alfred Wilson Walsh
Emily Conolly
💍 1912/991

Bachelor
Spinster

Artist

52
51

Auckland
Auckland

10 months
20 years

St. Mark's Church, Remuera

12/517

29 February 1912

Rev. W. Batty

No	245
Date of Notice	27 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Gibson Walsh	Emily Conolly
BDM Match (95%)	Alfred Wilson Walsh	Emily Conolly
	💍 1912/991
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Artist
Age	52	51
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 months	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church, Remuera
Folio	12/517
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Batty

246

27 February 1912

Charles Benjamin Steele
Josephine Margaret Ann Rusher

Charles Benjamin Steele
Josephine Margaret Annan
💍 1912/790

Bachelor
Spinster

Mechanic

20
20

Auckland
Auckland

Life
Life

House of Bride's Mother, Millais St.

12/440

David Steele, father; Mary Ann Rusher, mother

29 February 1912

Rev. J. Wilson

No	246
Date of Notice	27 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Benjamin Steele	Josephine Margaret Ann Rusher
BDM Match (88%)	Charles Benjamin Steele	Josephine Margaret Annan
	💍 1912/790
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mechanic
Age	20	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Mother, Millais St.
Folio	12/440
Consent	David Steele, father; Mary Ann Rusher, mother
Date of Certificate	29 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilson

247

27 February 1912

James Dickey
Mary Dithkley

James Dickey
Mary Pitkethley
💍 1912/797

Bachelor
Spinster

Carrier

36
26

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
22 years

House of Mrs. Smith, Dominion Rd.

12/446

29 February 1912

Rev. R. J. Hall

No	247
Date of Notice	27 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Dickey	Mary Dithkley
BDM Match (83%)	James Dickey	Mary Pitkethley
	💍 1912/797
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carrier
Age	36	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	22 years
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. Smith, Dominion Rd.
Folio	12/446
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. J. Hall

248

27 February 1912

John Ronaldson
Alice Maud Baxendine

John Ronaldson
Alice Maud Baxendine
💍 1912/915

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

36
25

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
50 years

House of Mrs. Holderman, New Lynn

12/540

29 February 1912

Rev. C. A. Lyon

No	248
Date of Notice	27 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Ronaldson	Alice Maud Baxendine
	💍 1912/915
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	36	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	50 years
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. Holderman, New Lynn
Folio	12/540
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. A. Lyon

249

27 February 1912

Horatio William Deacon
Ivy Jenkins Moore

Horatio William Dixon
Ivy Jenkins Moore
💍 1912/890

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Employee

28
26

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
Life

House of Bride's Father, 53 Wyndham St.

12/564

29 February 1912

Rev. R. L. Walker

No	249
Date of Notice	27 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Horatio William Deacon	Ivy Jenkins Moore
BDM Match (93%)	Horatio William Dixon	Ivy Jenkins Moore
	💍 1912/890
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employee
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	Life
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Father, 53 Wyndham St.
Folio	12/564
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker

250

27 February 1912

Valentine Kirk Johnson
Mildred Mary Johnson

Valentine Kirk
Mildred May Johnson
💍 1912/8743

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

25
28

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
9 years

Registrar's Office

12/58

29 February 1912

Registrar

No	250
Date of Notice	27 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Valentine Kirk Johnson	Mildred Mary Johnson
BDM Match (79%)	Valentine Kirk	Mildred May Johnson
	💍 1912/8743
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	25	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	12/58
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Registrar

251

27 February 1912

Leonard James Cowan
Ann Stamper Rudd

Leonard James Coward
Ann Stamper Rudd
💍 1912/8744

Bachelor
Spinster

Brewery Employee

23
19

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
2 months

Registrar's Office, Auckland

12/59

Elizabeth Rudd, mother

29 February 1912

Registrar

No	251
Date of Notice	27 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard James Cowan	Ann Stamper Rudd
BDM Match (95%)	Leonard James Coward	Ann Stamper Rudd
	💍 1912/8744
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Brewery Employee
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	2 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	12/59
Consent	Elizabeth Rudd, mother
Date of Certificate	29 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Registrar

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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).