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 149

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 1912

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

940

1 August 1912

Archibald Gordon
Henrietta Leonard

Archibald Gordon Grey
Henrietta Leonard
💍 1912/7445

Bachelor
Spinster

Marine Officer

26
21

Auckland
Auckland

Life
4 years

Presbyterian Church, Epsom

12/5393

1 August 1912

Rev. W. Brother

No	940
Date of Notice	1 August 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archibald Gordon	Henrietta Leonard
BDM Match (88%)	Archibald Gordon Grey	Henrietta Leonard
	💍 1912/7445
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Marine Officer
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	4 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Epsom
Folio	12/5393
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 August 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Brother

941

1 August 1912

Reuben Roper
Louisa Helen Taylor

Reuben Roper
Louisa Helen Taylor
💍 1912/6351

Bachelor
Spinster

Foreman

31
26

Auckland
Auckland

Life
Life

Holy Trinity Church, Devonport

12/5943

1 August 1912

Rev. W. Sutton

No	941
Date of Notice	1 August 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reuben Roper	Louisa Helen Taylor
	💍 1912/6351
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Foreman
Age	31	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Devonport
Folio	12/5943
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 August 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Sutton

942

1 August 1912

Charles Henry Taylor
Daisy Isabel McIntosh

Charles Henry Taylor
Daisy Isabel McIntosh
💍 1912/6333

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Official

29
26

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
2 years

St. Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden

12/6020

1 August 1912

Rev. E. McFarland

No	942
Date of Notice	1 August 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Henry Taylor	Daisy Isabel McIntosh
	💍 1912/6333
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Official
Age	29	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden
Folio	12/6020
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 August 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. McFarland

943

1 August 1912

William Wilson Davison
Elizabeth West Anderson

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

24
20

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

Registrar's Office, Auckland

Not solemnised, See attached to date Registrar

No	943
Date of Notice	1 August 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Wilson Davison	Elizabeth West Anderson
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio
Consent	Not solemnised, See attached to date Registrar
Date of Certificate
Officiating Minister

944

2 August 1912

Thomas John Allen
Florence Maud Kerr

Thomas John Allen
Florence Mary Kerr
💍 1912/7559

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

30
29

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
1 year 7 months

Roman Catholic Church, Otahuhu

12/5508

2 August 1912

Rev. W. Suckley

No	944
Date of Notice	2 August 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas John Allen	Florence Maud Kerr
BDM Match (94%)	Thomas John Allen	Florence Mary Kerr
	💍 1912/7559
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	30	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	1 year 7 months
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Otahuhu
Folio	12/5508
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 August 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Suckley

945

2 August 1912

Edward Douglas Reynolds
Margaret Reynolds

Edward Dormer
Margaret Reynolds
💍 1912/7492

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

26
21

Auckland
Auckland

1 3/4 years
1/2 year

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

12/5466

2 August 1912

Rev. W. E. Gillam

No	945
Date of Notice	2 August 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Douglas Reynolds	Margaret Reynolds
BDM Match (72%)	Edward Dormer	Margaret Reynolds
	💍 1912/7492
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 3/4 years	1/2 year
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	12/5466
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 August 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam

946

2 August 1912

William Heales Watt
Margaret Watt

William Keates
Margaret Scott Watt
💍 1912/7569

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

38
37

Auckland
Darnell

6 years
3 years

Boarding House of Bride's Father, Windsor St.

12/5492

2 August 1912

Rev. J. A. Simpson

No	946
Date of Notice	2 August 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Heales Watt	Margaret Watt
BDM Match (66%)	William Keates	Margaret Scott Watt
	💍 1912/7569
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	38	37
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Darnell
Length of Residence	6 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Boarding House of Bride's Father, Windsor St.
Folio	12/5492
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 August 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Simpson

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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).