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 703

District of Thames Quarter ending 31 December 1912 Registrar William H Roth

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 November 1912

William James Patterson
Grace Kathleen Mayo

William James Paterson
Grace Kathleen Mayo
💍 1912/7089

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Domestic duties

24
22

Thames
Thames

7 days
22 years

St James's Presbyterian Church, Pollen Street, Thames

12/7555

16 November 1912

Rev J Milne, Presbyterian

No	58
Date of Notice	16 November 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William James Patterson	Grace Kathleen Mayo
BDM Match (98%)	William James Paterson	Grace Kathleen Mayo
	💍 1912/7089
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Domestic duties
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	7 days	22 years
Marriage Place	St James's Presbyterian Church, Pollen Street, Thames
Folio	12/7555
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 November 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev J Milne, Presbyterian

18 November 1912

Reginald Bradney Binns
Phyllis Hoy

Reginald Bradney Binns
Phyllis Hoy
💍 1912/7088

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Employee
Domestic duties

25
22

Inatatoki
Inatatoki

2 days
5 days

St James's Presbyterian Church, Pollen Street, Thames

12/7554

20 November 1912

Rev J Milne, Presbyterian

No	59
Date of Notice	18 November 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reginald Bradney Binns	Phyllis Hoy
	💍 1912/7088
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employee	Domestic duties
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Inatatoki	Inatatoki
Length of Residence	2 days	5 days
Marriage Place	St James's Presbyterian Church, Pollen Street, Thames
Folio	12/7554
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 November 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev J Milne, Presbyterian

19 November 1912

Charles Herbert Scott
Leah Whitehead

Charles Herbert Scott
Leah Whitehead
💍 1912/7072

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Dressmaker

29
23

Thames
Thames

4 days
2 years

St George's Church of England, Mackay St, Thames

12/7561

19 November 1912

Dr O'Callaghan, Church of England

No	60
Date of Notice	19 November 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Herbert Scott	Leah Whitehead
	💍 1912/7072
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Dressmaker
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	4 days	2 years
Marriage Place	St George's Church of England, Mackay St, Thames
Folio	12/7561
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 November 1912
Officiating Minister	Dr O'Callaghan, Church of England

23 November 1912

Steve Yelas
Marie Devcich

Steve Yelas
Marie Devcich
💍 1912/7077

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

41
28

Puriri
Puriri

3 days
3 years

St Francis Roman Catholic Church, Willoughby Street, Thames

12/7566

26 November 1912

Rev F J Dignan, Roman Catholic

No	61
Date of Notice	23 November 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Steve Yelas	Marie Devcich
	💍 1912/7077
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	41	28
Dwelling Place	Puriri	Puriri
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	St Francis Roman Catholic Church, Willoughby Street, Thames
Folio	12/7566
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 November 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev F J Dignan, Roman Catholic

3 December 1912

Albert Benjamin Lukey
Helen Innes

Albert Benjamin Lukey
Helen Inns
💍 1912/7135

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineers Assistant
Domestic duties

27
26

Thames
Thames

27 years
26 years

In the house of Mr J Taylor, Upper Albert St, Thames

12/7550

3 December 1912

Rev J Trestrail, Methodist Church of Australasia

No	62
Date of Notice	3 December 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Benjamin Lukey	Helen Innes
BDM Match (95%)	Albert Benjamin Lukey	Helen Inns
	💍 1912/7135
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineers Assistant	Domestic duties
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	27 years	26 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr J Taylor, Upper Albert St, Thames
Folio	12/7550
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 December 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev J Trestrail, Methodist Church of Australasia

9 December 1912

Martin Olsen
Emily Page McCormick

Martin Olsen
Emily Page McCormick
💍 1912/7090

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor
Domestic duties

25
23

Thames
Thames

2 weeks
23 years

In the house of Mr McCormick, Lower Karamu, Thames

12/7556

9 December 1912

Rev J Milne, Presbyterian

No	63
Date of Notice	9 December 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Martin Olsen	Emily Page McCormick
	💍 1912/7090
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor	Domestic duties
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	2 weeks	23 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr McCormick, Lower Karamu, Thames
Folio	12/7556
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 December 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev J Milne, Presbyterian

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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).