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 Waitara Quarter ending 31 March 1912 Registrar Henry Ernest Eglert

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

3 January 1912

Percy Allen Rowe
Harriett Bertrand

Percy Allen Rowe
Harriett Bertrand
💍 1912/4222

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

27
19

Urenui
Urenui

27 years
19 years

The Registrars Office, Waitara

12/4088

3 January 1912

H. E. Eglert

No	1
Date of Notice	3 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Allen Rowe	Harriett Bertrand
	💍 1912/4222
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	27	19
Dwelling Place	Urenui	Urenui
Length of Residence	27 years	19 years
Marriage Place	The Registrars Office, Waitara
Folio	12/4088
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 January 1912
Officiating Minister	H. E. Eglert

19 January 1912

Albert Francis Jones
Mary Hakefield Whittaker

Albert Francis Jones
Mary Wakefield Whittaker
💍 1912/4223

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

28
18

Pikau, O Koke
Pikau, O Kahu

15 years
3 1/2 years

The Registrars Office, Waitara

12/4089

Robert Whittaker, Father

19 January 1912

H. E. Eglert

No	2
Date of Notice	19 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Francis Jones	Mary Hakefield Whittaker
BDM Match (98%)	Albert Francis Jones	Mary Wakefield Whittaker
	💍 1912/4223
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	28	18
Dwelling Place	Pikau, O Koke	Pikau, O Kahu
Length of Residence	15 years	3 1/2 years
Marriage Place	The Registrars Office, Waitara
Folio	12/4089
Consent	Robert Whittaker, Father
Date of Certificate	19 January 1912
Officiating Minister	H. E. Eglert

31 January 1912

Frank Rundle Hamblyn
Ethel May Baker

Frank Rundle Hamblyn
Ethel May Baker
💍 1912/1988

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Tailoress

26
24

Inglewood
Waitara

8 years
3 days

St John's Church, Inglewood, Waitara

12/1402

31 January 1912

C. F. R. Harrison

No	3
Date of Notice	31 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Rundle Hamblyn	Ethel May Baker
	💍 1912/1988
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Tailoress
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Inglewood	Waitara
Length of Residence	8 years	3 days
Marriage Place	St John's Church, Inglewood, Waitara
Folio	12/1402
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1912
Officiating Minister	C. F. R. Harrison

1 February 1912

Bertel Irvine
Ada Florence Austin

Bertel Irvine
Ada Florence Austin
💍 1912/4224

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor
Dressmaker

24
18

Waitara
Waitara

4 months
24 days

Registrars Office, Waitara

12/4090

Austin, Father

1 February 1912

H. E. Eglert

No	4
Date of Notice	1 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bertel Irvine	Ada Florence Austin
	💍 1912/4224
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor	Dressmaker
Age	24	18
Dwelling Place	Waitara	Waitara
Length of Residence	4 months	24 days
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Waitara
Folio	12/4090
Consent	Austin, Father
Date of Certificate	1 February 1912
Officiating Minister	H. E. Eglert

5 February 1912

George Frederick Seymour Marsh
Kathleen Marsh

George Frederick Seymour Furze
Kathleen Marsh
💍 1912/4225

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

21
18

Naihi, Waitara
Naihi, Waitara

5 years
18 years

Registrars Office, Waitara

12/4091

Marsh, Father

5 February 1912

H. E. Eglert

No	5
Date of Notice	5 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Frederick Seymour Marsh	Kathleen Marsh
BDM Match (93%)	George Frederick Seymour Furze	Kathleen Marsh
	💍 1912/4225
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Naihi, Waitara	Naihi, Waitara
Length of Residence	5 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Waitara
Folio	12/4091
Consent	Marsh, Father
Date of Certificate	5 February 1912
Officiating Minister	H. E. Eglert

1 March 1912

August Herbert Wilson
Eliza Jane Langman

August Herbert Wilson
Eliza Jane Langman
💍 1912/1450

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmill Hand
Domestic Duties

29
29

Motun, Waitara
Aorangi

10 months
4 days

In the house of a Langman, Aorangi

12/1131

1 March 1912

C. F. R. Harrison

No	6
Date of Notice	1 March 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	August Herbert Wilson	Eliza Jane Langman
	💍 1912/1450
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmill Hand	Domestic Duties
Age	29	29
Dwelling Place	Motun, Waitara	Aorangi
Length of Residence	10 months	4 days
Marriage Place	In the house of a Langman, Aorangi
Folio	12/1131
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 March 1912
Officiating Minister	C. F. R. Harrison

12 March 1912

George Herbert Sofless
Marien Furge

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith
Domestic Duties

20
16

Waitara
Waitara

20 years
16 years

In the house of F. Furge, Waitara

12/3108

Fred Furge, Father

12 March 1912

Wm. Mills

No	7
Date of Notice	12 March 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Herbert Sofless	Marien Furge
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith	Domestic Duties
Age	20	16
Dwelling Place	Waitara	Waitara
Length of Residence	20 years	16 years
Marriage Place	In the house of F. Furge, Waitara
Folio	12/3108
Consent	Fred Furge, Father
Date of Certificate	12 March 1912
Officiating Minister	Wm. Mills

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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).