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 Ohinemuri Quarter ending 31 March 1912 Registrar George William Woods

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

8 January 1912

Thomas Henry Abrahams
Annie Begg

Thomas Henry Abrahams
Annie Begg
💍 1912/511

Widower
Spinster

Miner
Domestic Servant

30
24

Maratoto
Maratoto

9 months
5 days

Office of the Registrar, Paeroa

12/157

8 January 1912

G. W. Woods, Registrar

No	1
Date of Notice	8 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Henry Abrahams	Annie Begg
	💍 1912/511
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic Servant
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Maratoto	Maratoto
Length of Residence	9 months	5 days
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar, Paeroa
Folio	12/157
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 January 1912
Officiating Minister	G. W. Woods, Registrar

17 January 1912

George Martin
Zillah Helena Johnson

George Martin
Lillah Helena Johnson
💍 1912/1629

George Mearus
Elizabeth Amelia Johnson
💍 1912/3156

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith
Waitress

27
20

Karangahake
Karangahake

3 years
3 years

Church of England, Paeroa

12/133

Johnson, Father

17 January 1912

Rev. J. P. Cowie

No	2
Date of Notice	17 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Martin	Zillah Helena Johnson
BDM Match (98%)	George Martin	Lillah Helena Johnson
	💍 1912/1629
BDM Match (62%)	George Mearus	Elizabeth Amelia Johnson
	💍 1912/3156
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith	Waitress
Age	27	20
Dwelling Place	Karangahake	Karangahake
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Paeroa
Folio	12/133
Consent	Johnson, Father
Date of Certificate	17 January 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. P. Cowie

10 February 1912

Thomas Norcott
Jane Kathleen Gilmore

Thomas Norcott
Jane Kathleen Gilmore
💍 1912/514

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Domestic duties

32
19

Karangahake
Karangahake

3 years
17 years

Office of the Registrar, Paeroa

12/162

George Barnard Gilmore, Father

10 February 1912

R. J. Bramley, Deputy Registrar

No	3
Date of Notice	10 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Norcott	Jane Kathleen Gilmore
	💍 1912/514
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic duties
Age	32	19
Dwelling Place	Karangahake	Karangahake
Length of Residence	3 years	17 years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar, Paeroa
Folio	12/162
Consent	George Barnard Gilmore, Father
Date of Certificate	10 February 1912
Officiating Minister	R. J. Bramley, Deputy Registrar

14 February 1912

Charles Francis Potier
Janet Menia McCracken

Charles Francis Potier
Janet Menia McCracken
💍 1912/515

Bachelor
Spinster

Factory assistant
Domestic duties

25
27

Paeroa
Paeroa

5 months
3 days

Office of the Registrar, Paeroa

12/163

14 February 1912

R. J. Bramley, Deputy Registrar

No	4
Date of Notice	14 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Francis Potier	Janet Menia McCracken
	💍 1912/515
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Factory assistant	Domestic duties
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Paeroa	Paeroa
Length of Residence	5 months	3 days
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar, Paeroa
Folio	12/163
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1912
Officiating Minister	R. J. Bramley, Deputy Registrar

20 March 1912

Edwin Libbis
Louisa Fitzgerald

Edwin Libbis
Louisa Fitzgerald
💍 1912/1628

Bachelor
Spinster

Horsedriver
Domestic duties

24
25

Paeroa
Paeroa

6 weeks
6 weeks

Church of England, Paeroa

12/135

20 March 1912

Rev. J. P. Cowie

No	5
Date of Notice	20 March 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin Libbis	Louisa Fitzgerald
	💍 1912/1628
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Horsedriver	Domestic duties
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Paeroa	Paeroa
Length of Residence	6 weeks	6 weeks
Marriage Place	Church of England, Paeroa
Folio	12/135
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 March 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. P. Cowie

27 March 1912

Hugh Price Gillard
Annie Elizabeth Styles

Hugh Price Gillard
Annie Elizabeth Styles
💍 1912/4254

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Home duties

27
26

Netherton
Komata

3 years
26 years

Roman Catholic Church, Paeroa

12/4145

27 March 1912

Rev. J. J. Hackett (Dean)

No	6
Date of Notice	27 March 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh Price Gillard	Annie Elizabeth Styles
	💍 1912/4254
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Home duties
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Netherton	Komata
Length of Residence	3 years	26 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Paeroa
Folio	12/4145
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 March 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Hackett (Dean)

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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).