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 Thames Quarter ending 30 June 1912 Registrar William Henry Potts

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

2 April 1912

Herbert James Sanders
Ethel Ann Rutledge

Herbert James Sanders
Ethel Ann Rutledge
💍 1912/3190

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Shop Assistant

25
26

Thames
Thames

11 years
4 weeks

In the house of Mr. D. Sanders, Mackay Street, Thames

12/2990

2 April 1912

Chas. Waterhouse, Church of Christ

No	10
Date of Notice	2 April 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert James Sanders	Ethel Ann Rutledge
	💍 1912/3190
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Shop Assistant
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	11 years	4 weeks
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. D. Sanders, Mackay Street, Thames
Folio	12/2990
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1912
Officiating Minister	Chas. Waterhouse, Church of Christ

4 April 1912

Francis Emanuel Aro
Moarena Grace

Francis Emanuel Aro
Merena Grace
💍 1912/3186

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Domestic duties

21
16

Turua
Turua

2 years
6 years

Church of England

12/2986

Grace (Father)

4 April 1912

Rev. Timoti Maanuma, Church of England

No	11
Date of Notice	4 April 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Emanuel Aro	Moarena Grace
BDM Match (92%)	Francis Emanuel Aro	Merena Grace
	💍 1912/3186
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic duties
Age	21	16
Dwelling Place	Turua	Turua
Length of Residence	2 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Church of England
Folio	12/2986
Consent	Grace (Father)
Date of Certificate	4 April 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. Timoti Maanuma, Church of England

4 April 1912

John James Taylor
Margaret Annie Bedford

John James Taylor
Margaret Annie Bedford
💍 1912/3399

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

29
21

Puriri
Puriri

3 years
21 years

In the house of Mr. J. Bedford, Puriri

12/3177

4 April 1912

Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

No	12
Date of Notice	4 April 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John James Taylor	Margaret Annie Bedford
	💍 1912/3399
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	29	21
Dwelling Place	Puriri	Puriri
Length of Residence	3 years	21 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. J. Bedford, Puriri
Folio	12/3177
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 April 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

9 April 1912

Charles Heal
Ann Elizabeth Doidge

Charles Neal
Ann Elizabeth Doidge
💍 1912/3507

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer
Domestic duties

47
53

Thames
Thames

3 days
30 years

In the house of Mrs. Doidge, Richmond St., Thames

12/3178

10 April 1912

Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

No	13
Date of Notice	9 April 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Heal	Ann Elizabeth Doidge
BDM Match (96%)	Charles Neal	Ann Elizabeth Doidge
	💍 1912/3507
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	47	53
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	3 days	30 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs. Doidge, Richmond St., Thames
Folio	12/3178
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 April 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

23 April 1912

George Finley Dixon
Vera Constance Adams

George Finlay Dixon
Vera Constance Adams
💍 1912/3208

Bachelor
Spinster

Civil Servant
Domestic duties

34
32

Wellington
Thames

15 years 8 months
1 year

St. Georges Church, Mackay Street, Thames

12/2985

23 April 1912

Rev. J. O'Callaghan, Church of England

No	14
Date of Notice	23 April 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Finley Dixon	Vera Constance Adams
BDM Match (97%)	George Finlay Dixon	Vera Constance Adams
	💍 1912/3208
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Civil Servant	Domestic duties
Age	34	32
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Thames
Length of Residence	15 years 8 months	1 year
Marriage Place	St. Georges Church, Mackay Street, Thames
Folio	12/2985
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 April 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. O'Callaghan, Church of England

23 April 1912

Adam Reid Glasgow
Isabella Glasgow

Adam Reid
Isabella Glasgow
💍 1912/2269

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Domestic duties

27
20

Thames
Thames

2 years
20 years

Registrar's Office, Mary Street, Thames

12/2034

James Glasgow (Father)

23 April 1912

William H. Potts, Registrar

No	15
Date of Notice	23 April 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Adam Reid Glasgow	Isabella Glasgow
BDM Match (76%)	Adam Reid	Isabella Glasgow
	💍 1912/2269
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic duties
Age	27	20
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	2 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Mary Street, Thames
Folio	12/2034
Consent	James Glasgow (Father)
Date of Certificate	23 April 1912
Officiating Minister	William H. Potts, 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).