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 Eltham Quarter ending 30 September 1912 Registrar George Davie Your

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

22 July 1912

John Usborne Lock
Lillian Mallinder

John Osborne Cock
Lillian Mallinder
💍 1912/4971

Widower
Spinster

Baker
Shop Assistant

32
31

Stratford
Eltham

4 years
3 days

at the office of the Registrar of Marriages Eltham

12/4678

22 July 1912

The Registrar

No	16
Date of Notice	22 July 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Usborne Lock	Lillian Mallinder
BDM Match (94%)	John Osborne Cock	Lillian Mallinder
	💍 1912/4971
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Baker	Shop Assistant
Age	32	31
Dwelling Place	Stratford	Eltham
Length of Residence	4 years	3 days
Marriage Place	at the office of the Registrar of Marriages Eltham
Folio	12/4678
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 July 1912
Officiating Minister	The Registrar

3 August 1912

George Edward Moullions
Margaret Ann Kirk

George Edward Mullions
Margaret Ann Kirk
💍 1912/6123

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

28
22

Eltham
Eltham

7 years
5 years

Wesleyan Church Eltham

12/5264

3 August 1912

Rev. R. Richards

No	17
Date of Notice	3 August 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Edward Moullions	Margaret Ann Kirk
BDM Match (98%)	George Edward Mullions	Margaret Ann Kirk
	💍 1912/6123
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Eltham	Eltham
Length of Residence	7 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church Eltham
Folio	12/5264
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 August 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Richards

12 August 1912

George Henry Fine
Mary Ann Coates

George Henry Fine
Mary Jane Coates
💍 1912/6127

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

26
29

Eltham
Eltham

1 week
10 days

Knox Presbyterian Church Eltham

12/5268

12 August 1912

Rev. J. W. Robertson

No	18
Date of Notice	12 August 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Henry Fine	Mary Ann Coates
BDM Match (91%)	George Henry Fine	Mary Jane Coates
	💍 1912/6127
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	26	29
Dwelling Place	Eltham	Eltham
Length of Residence	1 week	10 days
Marriage Place	Knox Presbyterian Church Eltham
Folio	12/5268
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 August 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. W. Robertson

24 August 1912

James Hodge
Catherine Isobel Jane Rankin

James Hodge
Isabella Catherine Jane Rankin
💍 1912/6126

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

23
25

Eltham
Eltham Road Eltham

2 years
2 years

At the house of F. C. Babbage Eltham Road Eltham

12/5267

24 August 1912

Rev. J. W. Robertson

No	19
Date of Notice	24 August 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Hodge	Catherine Isobel Jane Rankin
BDM Match (73%)	James Hodge	Isabella Catherine Jane Rankin
	💍 1912/6126
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	23	25
Dwelling Place	Eltham	Eltham Road Eltham
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	At the house of F. C. Babbage Eltham Road Eltham
Folio	12/5267
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 August 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. W. Robertson

31 August 1912

Arthur John Simmons
Catherine Campbell Bradford

Arthur John Simmons
Catherine Campbell Bradford
💍 1912/114

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Dressmaker

28
31

Eltham
Eltham

10 days
6 months

At the residence of C. H. Bradford Castle St., Eltham

12/5265

31 August 1912

Rev. R. Richards

No	20
Date of Notice	31 August 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur John Simmons	Catherine Campbell Bradford
BDM Match (98%)	Arthur John Simmons	Catherine Campbell Bradford
	💍 1912/114
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Dressmaker
Age	28	31
Dwelling Place	Eltham	Eltham
Length of Residence	10 days	6 months
Marriage Place	At the residence of C. H. Bradford Castle St., Eltham
Folio	12/5265
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 August 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Richards

7 September 1912

John Alfred Duffill
Joyce Wilson

John Alfred Duffill
Joyce Wilson
💍 1912/5245

Bachelor
Spinster

Architect
Domestic Duties

28
24

Eltham
Eltham

7 years
15 years

All Saints Church Eltham

12/8780

7 September 1912

Rev. S. W. Dent

No	21
Date of Notice	7 September 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Alfred Duffill	Joyce Wilson
	💍 1912/5245
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Architect	Domestic Duties
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Eltham	Eltham
Length of Residence	7 years	15 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church Eltham
Folio	12/8780
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 September 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. W. Dent

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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).