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 Taumarunui Quarter ending 31 March 1912 Registrar James Thorne

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

Caesar Gellin
Catherine Christian

Caesar Crcllin
Catherine Christian
💍 1912/1762

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer
Domestic

43
40

Taumarunui
Taumarunui

3 Weeks
3 days

Presbyterian Manse, Taumarunui

12/1372

8 January 1912

Rev. J. E. Ward

No	92
Date of Notice	8 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Caesar Gellin	Catherine Christian
BDM Match (89%)	Caesar Crcllin	Catherine Christian
	💍 1912/1762
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer	Domestic
Age	43	40
Dwelling Place	Taumarunui	Taumarunui
Length of Residence	3 Weeks	3 days
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Taumarunui
Folio	12/1372
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 January 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. E. Ward

30 January 1912

Bertram Anderson Beattie
Gertrude Priscilla Callaway

Bertram Anderson Beattie
Gertrude Priscilla Callaway
💍 1912/1760

Divorced
Spinster

Contractor
Music Dealer

36
35

Taumarunui
Taumarunui

5 years
5 years

Presbyterian Church, Taumarunui

12/1370

30 January 1912

Rev. J. E. Ward

No	93
Date of Notice	30 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bertram Anderson Beattie	Gertrude Priscilla Callaway
	💍 1912/1760
Condition	Divorced	Spinster
Profession	Contractor	Music Dealer
Age	36	35
Dwelling Place	Taumarunui	Taumarunui
Length of Residence	5 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Taumarunui
Folio	12/1370
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. E. Ward

30 January 1912

James John Hogan
Catherine Nash

James John Hogan
Catherine Nash
💍 1912/1761

Bachelor
Spinster

Train Examiner, N.Z. Railways
Dressmaker

34
29

Taumarunui
Manunui

4 years
9 months

Private Residence of Mr. James Touhey, Manunui

12/1371

30 January 1912

Rev. J. A. Molloy

No	94
Date of Notice	30 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James John Hogan	Catherine Nash
	💍 1912/1761
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Train Examiner, N.Z. Railways	Dressmaker
Age	34	29
Dwelling Place	Taumarunui	Manunui
Length of Residence	4 years	9 months
Marriage Place	Private Residence of Mr. James Touhey, Manunui
Folio	12/1371
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Molloy

19 February 1912

John William Brown
Isabella Winifred Elsie Stevenson

John William Brown
Isabella Winifred Elsie Stevenson
💍 1912/1764

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Domestic Duties

22
21

Taumarunui
Taumarunui

4 months
3 Years

Presbyterian Church, Taumarunui

12/1373

19 February 1912

Rev. J. E. Ward

No	95
Date of Notice	19 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John William Brown	Isabella Winifred Elsie Stevenson
	💍 1912/1764
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Domestic Duties
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Taumarunui	Taumarunui
Length of Residence	4 months	3 Years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Taumarunui
Folio	12/1373
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. E. Ward

24 February 1912

Alick Cammock
Margaret O'Shea

Alick Cammock
Margaret Oshea
💍 1912/4502

Bachelor
Spinster

Milhand
Household Duties

21
29

Matapuna
Matapuna

3 Weeks
3 weeks

Private residence of W. Tunnicliffe, Matapuna

12/4400

24 February 1912

Rev. J. Williams

No	96
Date of Notice	24 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alick Cammock	Margaret O'Shea
BDM Match (93%)	Alick Cammock	Margaret Oshea
	💍 1912/4502
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Milhand	Household Duties
Age	21	29
Dwelling Place	Matapuna	Matapuna
Length of Residence	3 Weeks	3 weeks
Marriage Place	Private residence of W. Tunnicliffe, Matapuna
Folio	12/4400
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Williams

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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).