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 30 June 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

632

20 March 1912

Albert Alexander Marshall
Lilian Christina Nelson

Albert Alexander Marshall
Lilian Christina Nelson
💍 1912/9441

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

23
22

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
Life

St. Paul's Church, Auckland Rd

12/216

20 March 1912

Rev. A. A. Murray

No	632
Date of Notice	20 March 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Alexander Marshall	Lilian Christina Nelson
	💍 1912/9441
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church, Auckland Rd
Folio	12/216
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 March 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. A. Murray

633

20 March 1912

James Reid Goldfinch
Jessie Mary Goldfinch

James Reid
Jessie Mary Goldfinch
💍 1912/9440

Widower
Spinster

Physician & Surgeon

31
25

Auckland
Fielding

6 years

St. Andrew's Church

12/2160

20 March 1912

Rev. A. A. Murray

No	633
Date of Notice	20 March 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Reid Goldfinch	Jessie Mary Goldfinch
BDM Match (75%)	James Reid	Jessie Mary Goldfinch
	💍 1912/9440
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Physician & Surgeon
Age	31	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Fielding
Length of Residence	6 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church
Folio	12/2160
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 March 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. A. Murray

634

20 March 1912

George Edgar Hutter
Mary Cecilia Doms

George Edgar Nutter
Mary Cecilia Tom
💍 1912/4155

Bachelor
Spinster

Shopkeeper

32
30

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
Life

Church of England, Papatoetoe

12/4021

20 March 1912

Rev. H. Mason

No	634
Date of Notice	20 March 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Edgar Hutter	Mary Cecilia Doms
BDM Match (91%)	George Edgar Nutter	Mary Cecilia Tom
	💍 1912/4155
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shopkeeper
Age	32	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	Life
Marriage Place	Church of England, Papatoetoe
Folio	12/4021
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 March 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Mason

635

21 March 1912

John Edward Sales
Elsie Mary Campbell

John Edward Bates
Elsie May Campbell
💍 1912/2431

Bachelor
Spinster

Merchant

28
22

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
2 years

St. Barnabas Church, Mount Eden

12/2202

21 March 1912

Rev. E. McFarland

No	635
Date of Notice	21 March 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Edward Sales	Elsie Mary Campbell
BDM Match (91%)	John Edward Bates	Elsie May Campbell
	💍 1912/2431
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Merchant
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church, Mount Eden
Folio	12/2202
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 March 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. McFarland

636

21 March 1912

Maurice William Thomas
Edith Ellen Spurker

Maurice Williams
Edith Ellen Thomas
💍 1912/2465

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

25
23

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
18 months

Methodist Mission Hall, East St.

12/2230

21 March 1912

Rev. R. Turner

No	636
Date of Notice	21 March 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Maurice William Thomas	Edith Ellen Spurker
BDM Match (68%)	Maurice Williams	Edith Ellen Thomas
	💍 1912/2465
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	18 months
Marriage Place	Methodist Mission Hall, East St.
Folio	12/2230
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 March 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Turner

637

21 March 1912

Ernest Scougall Hale
Barbara Ellen Hale

Ernest Scorringi
Barbara Ellen Hale
💍 1912/2466

Bachelor
Spinster

Motorman

26
25

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
4 years

Methodist Mission Hall, East St.

12/2231

21 March 1912

Rev. R. Turner

No	637
Date of Notice	21 March 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Scougall Hale	Barbara Ellen Hale
BDM Match (75%)	Ernest Scorringi	Barbara Ellen Hale
	💍 1912/2466
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motorman
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Mission Hall, East St.
Folio	12/2231
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 March 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Turner

638

21 March 1912

Arthur O'Connell Smith
Hannah Victoria Smith

Arthur O'Connell
Hannah Victoria Smith
💍 1912/5678

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman

32
30

Auckland
Auckland

7 years
9 years

St. John's Church, Parnell

12/5640

21 March 1912

Rev. J. G. Patterson

No	638
Date of Notice	21 March 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur O'Connell Smith	Hannah Victoria Smith
BDM Match (86%)	Arthur O'Connell	Hannah Victoria Smith
	💍 1912/5678
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman
Age	32	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 years	9 years
Marriage Place	St. John's Church, Parnell
Folio	12/5640
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 March 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. G. Patterson

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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).