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 Whangarei Quarter ending 31 December 1912 Registrar F. Bird

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

11 November 1912

Haroea North
Alice Roseanna Morgan

Harold North
Alice Roseanna Morgan
💍 1912/8485

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

21
18

Whangarei
Whangarei

21 years
18 years

Dwelling of H. Morgan

12/7644

Harry Morgan, father

11 November 1912

Rev. R. P. Keall

No	44
Date of Notice	11 November 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Haroea North	Alice Roseanna Morgan
BDM Match (92%)	Harold North	Alice Roseanna Morgan
	💍 1912/8485
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	21 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling of H. Morgan
Folio	12/7644
Consent	Harry Morgan, father
Date of Certificate	11 November 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. P. Keall

14 November 1912

Charles Turner Davidson
Litty Alison Davidson

Charles Turner Davidson
Kitty Alison
💍 1912/8087

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

23
17

Parakao
Parakao

2 years
17 years

Office of Registrar

12/6694

William Davidson, father

14 November 1912

F. Bird, Registrar

No	45
Date of Notice	14 November 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Turner Davidson	Litty Alison Davidson
BDM Match (76%)	Charles Turner Davidson	Kitty Alison
	💍 1912/8087
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	23	17
Dwelling Place	Parakao	Parakao
Length of Residence	2 years	17 years
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar
Folio	12/6694
Consent	William Davidson, father
Date of Certificate	14 November 1912
Officiating Minister	F. Bird, Registrar

15 November 1912

Stephen Charles Brooker
Christina Stechmann

Stephen Charles Brooker
Christina Stechmann
💍 1912/9079

Bachelor
Spinster

Sailor
Sailoress

28
21

Whangarei
Timaru

10 weeks
21 years

Wesley Church, Timaru

12/8292

15 November 1912

Rev. Hudson

No	46
Date of Notice	15 November 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stephen Charles Brooker	Christina Stechmann
	💍 1912/9079
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sailor	Sailoress
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Timaru
Length of Residence	10 weeks	21 years
Marriage Place	Wesley Church, Timaru
Folio	12/8292
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 November 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. Hudson

19 November 1912

Peter Jacob Gjest
Matilda Mazengarb

Peter Jacob Jost
Matilda Mazengarb
💍 1912/8467

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

26
25

Onerahi
Onerahi

2 months
6 weeks

Church of England, Whangarei

12/7578

19 November 1912

Rev. G. C. Cruickshank

No	47
Date of Notice	19 November 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Jacob Gjest	Matilda Mazengarb
BDM Match (91%)	Peter Jacob Jost	Matilda Mazengarb
	💍 1912/8467
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Onerahi	Onerahi
Length of Residence	2 months	6 weeks
Marriage Place	Church of England, Whangarei
Folio	12/7578
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 November 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. C. Cruickshank

20 November 1912

George Edward Little
Mary Ann Favinor

George Edward Kettle
Mary Ann Tavinor
💍 1912/8449

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

27
19

Otaika
Otaika

27 years
17 years

A. A. Favinor's Residence, Otaika

12/7584

Arthur Favinor, father

20 November 1912

Rev. Jasper Calder

No	48
Date of Notice	20 November 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Edward Little	Mary Ann Favinor
BDM Match (92%)	George Edward Kettle	Mary Ann Tavinor
	💍 1912/8449
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	27	19
Dwelling Place	Otaika	Otaika
Length of Residence	27 years	17 years
Marriage Place	A. A. Favinor's Residence, Otaika
Folio	12/7584
Consent	Arthur Favinor, father
Date of Certificate	20 November 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. Jasper Calder

10 December 1912

Francis Charles Drake
Eliza Mary Ann Macindine

Francis Charles Drake
Eliza Mary Ann Hallindine
💍 1913/2413

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine driver
Shop assistant

27
32

Whangarei
Whangarei

4 years
7 years

Christ Church, Whangarei

13/1856

10 December 1912

Rev. G. C. Cruickshank

No	49
Date of Notice	10 December 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Charles Drake	Eliza Mary Ann Macindine
BDM Match (94%)	Francis Charles Drake	Eliza Mary Ann Hallindine
	💍 1913/2413
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine driver	Shop assistant
Age	27	32
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	4 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Christ Church, Whangarei
Folio	13/1856
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 December 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. C. Cruickshank

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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).