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 31 December 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

5 October 1912

Alfred Harold George Shaw
Rose Edith Manwick

Alfred Harold George Shaw
Rose Edith Marwick
💍 1912/7091

Bachelor
Spinster

Drill Hand
Domestic duties

22
25

Thames
Thames

1 day
25 years

In the house of Mrs Manwick, Grey Street, Thames

12/7557

9 October 1912

Rev J Milne, Presbyterian

No	52
Date of Notice	5 October 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Harold George Shaw	Rose Edith Manwick
BDM Match (97%)	Alfred Harold George Shaw	Rose Edith Marwick
	💍 1912/7091
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Drill Hand	Domestic duties
Age	22	25
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	1 day	25 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs Manwick, Grey Street, Thames
Folio	12/7557
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 October 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev J Milne, Presbyterian

12 October 1912

Richard Cox
Rosetta Addison

Richard Cox
Rosetta Addison
💍 1912/7074

Bachelor
Spinster

Dairyman
Milliner

31
21

Thames
Thames

31 years
21 years

St Georges Church of England, Mackay Street, Thames

12/7563

12 October 1912

Dr O'Callaghan, Church of England

No	53
Date of Notice	12 October 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Cox	Rosetta Addison
	💍 1912/7074
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dairyman	Milliner
Age	31	21
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	31 years	21 years
Marriage Place	St Georges Church of England, Mackay Street, Thames
Folio	12/7563
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 October 1912
Officiating Minister	Dr O'Callaghan, Church of England

21 October 1912

Bruce Scott Bennett
Florence Irene Read

Bruce Scott Bennett
Florence Irene Read
💍 1912/7075

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheep Farmer
Domestic duties

31
31

Thames
Thames

2 days
31 years

St Georges Church, Mackay Street, Thames

12/7564

23 October 1912

Dr O'Callaghan, Church of England

No	54
Date of Notice	21 October 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bruce Scott Bennett	Florence Irene Read
	💍 1912/7075
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheep Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	31	31
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	2 days	31 years
Marriage Place	St Georges Church, Mackay Street, Thames
Folio	12/7564
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 October 1912
Officiating Minister	Dr O'Callaghan, Church of England

23 October 1912

George Morrison
Annie Braddock Dufty

George Morrison
Annie Craddock Dufty
💍 1912/7092

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Waitress

20
18

Thames
Thames

5 days
3 days

In the house of Mr & Mrs Dufty, Parawai

12/7557

George Morrison (father), William Dufty (father)

23 October 1912

Rev J Milne, Presbyterian

No	55
Date of Notice	23 October 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Morrison	Annie Braddock Dufty
BDM Match (98%)	George Morrison	Annie Craddock Dufty
	💍 1912/7092
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Waitress
Age	20	18
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	5 days	3 days
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr & Mrs Dufty, Parawai
Folio	12/7557
Consent	George Morrison (father), William Dufty (father)
Date of Certificate	23 October 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev J Milne, Presbyterian

24 October 1912

William John Kelly
Bertha May Cargill

William John Kelly
Bertha May Cargill
💍 1912/8159

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Domestic duties

28
18

Thames
Thames

28 years
18 years

Registrar's Office, Mary Street, Thames

12/6857

Robert Cargill (father)

24 October 1912

William A Potts, Registrar

No	56
Date of Notice	24 October 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Kelly	Bertha May Cargill
	💍 1912/8159
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Domestic duties
Age	28	18
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	28 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Mary Street, Thames
Folio	12/6857
Consent	Robert Cargill (father)
Date of Certificate	24 October 1912
Officiating Minister	William A Potts, Registrar

9 November 1912

Josiah Salisbury
Helen Eunice Prior Lawrence

Josiah Salisbury
Helen Eunice Prior Lawrence
💍 1912/8862

Bachelor
Spinster

Evangelist
Domestic duties

30
22

Thames
Dunedin

5 weeks

Church of Christ, Filleul Street, Dunedin

12/8398

9 November 1912

E Waterhouse, Church of Christ

No	57
Date of Notice	9 November 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Josiah Salisbury	Helen Eunice Prior Lawrence
	💍 1912/8862
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Evangelist	Domestic duties
Age	30	22
Dwelling Place	Thames	Dunedin
Length of Residence	5 weeks
Marriage Place	Church of Christ, Filleul Street, Dunedin
Folio	12/8398
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 November 1912
Officiating Minister	E Waterhouse, Church of Christ

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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).