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 Rotorua Quarter ending 31 December 1912 Registrar Arthur Frederick Bent

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

3 October 1912

Thomas Joseph Malloy
Mary Margaret Dunn

Thomas Joseph Malloy
Mary Margaret Dunn
💍 1912/7137

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Domestic duties

25
20

Rotorua
Rotorua

4 days
4 days

St. Patrick's Church, Ohinemutu

12/752

Margaret Dunn, mother

3 October 1912

Rev. Dean A. Lightheart

No	30
Date of Notice	3 October 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Joseph Malloy	Mary Margaret Dunn
	💍 1912/7137
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic duties
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Rotorua
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Church, Ohinemutu
Folio	12/752
Consent	Margaret Dunn, mother
Date of Certificate	3 October 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. Dean A. Lightheart

4 October 1912

John Neil McLean
Agnes McEwen

John Neil McLean
Agnes McEwen
💍 1912/7139

Widower
Spinster

Boardinghouse Keeper
Domestic duties

42
32

Rotorua
Rotorua

14 years
4 years

St. John's Presbyterian Church, Rotorua

12/753

4 October 1912

Rev. Thomas Scott M.A.

No	31
Date of Notice	4 October 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Neil McLean	Agnes McEwen
	💍 1912/7139
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Boardinghouse Keeper	Domestic duties
Age	42	32
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Rotorua
Length of Residence	14 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St. John's Presbyterian Church, Rotorua
Folio	12/753
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 October 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas Scott M.A.

4 October 1912

Henry Simon Fraser
Raimapaha Matene Te Huaki

Henry Simon Fraser
Raimapaha Matene
💍 1912/5609

Bachelor
Spinster

Boot maker
Domestic duties

48
42

Rotorua
Rotorua

about 8 years
all her life

St. Faiths Church, Ohinemutu

12/917

4 October 1912

Rev. Reni Matata W ikeriwhi

No	32
Date of Notice	4 October 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Simon Fraser	Raimapaha Matene Te Huaki
BDM Match (82%)	Henry Simon Fraser	Raimapaha Matene
	💍 1912/5609
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Boot maker	Domestic duties
Age	48	42
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Rotorua
Length of Residence	about 8 years	all her life
Marriage Place	St. Faiths Church, Ohinemutu
Folio	12/917
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 October 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. Reni Matata W ikeriwhi

14 October 1912

Robert Henry Faulkner
Agnes Emily Auroa Davies

Robert Henry Faulkner
Agnes Emily Auroa Davies
💍 1912/8951

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker
Tailoress

23
21

Tauranga
Tauranga

4 days
4 days

St. Luke's Church, Haukapa

12/871

14 October 1912

Rev. Archdeacon C. A. Tisdall

No	33
Date of Notice	14 October 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Henry Faulkner	Agnes Emily Auroa Davies
	💍 1912/8951
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker	Tailoress
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Tauranga	Tauranga
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	St. Luke's Church, Haukapa
Folio	12/871
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 October 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. Archdeacon C. A. Tisdall

11 November 1912

John Leith
Maude Mary Winifred Parker

John Leith
Maude Mary Winifred Parker
💍 1912/8093

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Waitress

31
22

Ngongotaha
Rotorua

about 7 weeks
about 3 weeks

Registry Office, Court House, Rotorua

12/699

11 November 1912

A. F. Bent, Registrar of Marriages

No	34
Date of Notice	11 November 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Leith	Maude Mary Winifred Parker
	💍 1912/8093
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Waitress
Age	31	22
Dwelling Place	Ngongotaha	Rotorua
Length of Residence	about 7 weeks	about 3 weeks
Marriage Place	Registry Office, Court House, Rotorua
Folio	12/699
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 November 1912
Officiating Minister	A. F. Bent, Registrar of Marriages

16 November 1912

Edward John Collison
Margaret Moyland

Edward John Collison
Margaret Moyland
💍 1912/7140

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmill hand
Domestic duties

34
30

Mamaku
Rotorua

about 3 months
about 3 months

St. John's Presbyterian Church, Pukuatua St., Rotorua

12/7531

16 November 1912

Rev. Thomas Scott M.A.

No	35
Date of Notice	16 November 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward John Collison	Margaret Moyland
	💍 1912/7140
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmill hand	Domestic duties
Age	34	30
Dwelling Place	Mamaku	Rotorua
Length of Residence	about 3 months	about 3 months
Marriage Place	St. John's Presbyterian Church, Pukuatua St., Rotorua
Folio	12/7531
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 November 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas Scott M.A.

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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).