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).

Page 806

District of Eltham Quarter ending 31 March 1912 Registrar George R. Plow

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

16 January 1912

Herbert Andrew Store
Jessie Elizabeth Biscaya

Herbert Andrew Hore
Jessie Elizabeth Biscaya
💍 1912/721

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

24
25

Eltham
Eltham

5 years
5 weeks

The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Eltham

12/296

16 January 1912

The Registrar

No	1
Date of Notice	16 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Andrew Store	Jessie Elizabeth Biscaya
BDM Match (95%)	Herbert Andrew Hore	Jessie Elizabeth Biscaya
	💍 1912/721
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Eltham	Eltham
Length of Residence	5 years	5 weeks
Marriage Place	The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Eltham
Folio	12/296
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 January 1912
Officiating Minister	The Registrar

26 February 1912

Amos Henry Clarke
Emma Echlin

Amos Henry Clarke
Emma Echlin
💍 1912/1942

Widower
Widow

Farmer
Domestic Duties

59
47

Eltham
Eltham

3 days
3 days

At the residence of Fred Clarke, Eltham Road

12/1631

26 February 1912

Rev. F. W. Robertson

No	2
Date of Notice	26 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Amos Henry Clarke	Emma Echlin
	💍 1912/1942
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	59	47
Dwelling Place	Eltham	Eltham
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	At the residence of Fred Clarke, Eltham Road
Folio	12/1631
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. W. Robertson

5 March 1912

William George Whitmill
Ivy Minnie Cook

William George Whitmill
Ivy Miinie Cook
💍 1912/723

Bachelor
Widow

Carter
Domestic Duties

25
23

Eltham
Eltham

18 months
12 months

The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Eltham

12/297

5 March 1912

The Registrar

No	3
Date of Notice	5 March 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William George Whitmill	Ivy Minnie Cook
BDM Match (97%)	William George Whitmill	Ivy Miinie Cook
	💍 1912/723
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Carter	Domestic Duties
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Eltham	Eltham
Length of Residence	18 months	12 months
Marriage Place	The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Eltham
Folio	12/297
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 March 1912
Officiating Minister	The Registrar

16 March 1912

Harry Frank Haden
Jane Lydia Blennerhassett

Harry Frank Haden
Jane Lydia Blennerhassett
💍 1912/4423

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Manager
Domestic Duties

42
29

Eltham
Eltham

6 years
11 years

All Saints Church, Eltham

12/4241

16 March 1912

Rev. G. W. Dent

No	4
Date of Notice	16 March 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Frank Haden	Jane Lydia Blennerhassett
	💍 1912/4423
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Manager	Domestic Duties
Age	42	29
Dwelling Place	Eltham	Eltham
Length of Residence	6 years	11 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Eltham
Folio	12/4241
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 March 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. W. Dent

21 March 1912

Alfred Owen McDonald
Lillian Doris Golding Hooker

Alfred Ewen McDonald
Lillian Doris Golding Hooker
💍 1912/1973

Bachelor
Spinster

Saddler
Domestic Duties

25
21

Eltham
Eltham

1 month
3 days

Christchurch, Eltham

12/1388

21 March 1912

Rev. R. Richards

No	5
Date of Notice	21 March 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Owen McDonald	Lillian Doris Golding Hooker
BDM Match (98%)	Alfred Ewen McDonald	Lillian Doris Golding Hooker
	💍 1912/1973
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Saddler	Domestic Duties
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Eltham	Eltham
Length of Residence	1 month	3 days
Marriage Place	Christchurch, Eltham
Folio	12/1388
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 March 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Richards

25 March 1912

Frederick Vincent Whiting
Elsie Ann Whiting

Frederick Vincent
Elsie Ann Whiting
💍 1912/1974

Bachelor
Spinster

Watchmaker
Domestic Duties

26
22

Eltham
Eltham

7 years
22 years

Methodist Church, Eltham

12/1589

25 March 1912

Rev. R. Richards

No	6
Date of Notice	25 March 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Vincent Whiting	Elsie Ann Whiting
BDM Match (84%)	Frederick Vincent	Elsie Ann Whiting
	💍 1912/1974
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Watchmaker	Domestic Duties
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Eltham	Eltham
Length of Residence	7 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Eltham
Folio	12/1589
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 March 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Richards

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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).