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 Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 1912 Registrar Thomas Culpan

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

910

24 July 1912

Albert Alcock
Esther Gallagher

Albert Alcock Noble
Esther Gallagher
💍 1912/6088

Bachelor
Widow

Cabinet Maker

28
27

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
40 years

Primitive Methodist Church, Auckland

12/5378

24 July 1912

Rev. R. Raine

No	910
Date of Notice	24 July 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Alcock	Esther Gallagher
BDM Match (84%)	Albert Alcock Noble	Esther Gallagher
	💍 1912/6088
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Cabinet Maker
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	40 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Auckland
Folio	12/5378
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 July 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Raine

911

24 July 1912

Walter Scott Hopkins Bishoprick
Mildred Elizabeth Kelly

Walter Scott Hopkins Bishoprick
Mildred Elizabeth Kelly
💍 1912/7459

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

25
28

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
20 years

Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Auckland

12/5386

24 July 1912

Rev. A. Richards

No	911
Date of Notice	24 July 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Scott Hopkins Bishoprick	Mildred Elizabeth Kelly
	💍 1912/7459
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	25	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Auckland
Folio	12/5386
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 July 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Richards

912

25 July 1912

Walter Buttery
Harriet Wilkinson

Walter Buttery
Harriet Wilkinson
💍 1912/7778

Bachelor
Spinster

Confectioner

28
25

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
11 months

Home of Mr. R. A. Jeffreys, Harding St., New Lynn

12/5911

25 July 1912

Rev. G. A. Hyon

No	912
Date of Notice	25 July 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Buttery	Harriet Wilkinson
	💍 1912/7778
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Confectioner
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	11 months
Marriage Place	Home of Mr. R. A. Jeffreys, Harding St., New Lynn
Folio	12/5911
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 July 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. A. Hyon

913

25 July 1912

Arthur Frankham
Mary Ann Dalby

Arthur Frankham
Mary Ann Dalby
💍 1912/6093

Bachelor
Spinster

Motorman

24
25

Auckland
Remuera

2 1/2 years
7 months

St. Luke's Church

12/5360

25 July 1912

Rev. J. S. Monro

No	913
Date of Notice	25 July 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Frankham	Mary Ann Dalby
	💍 1912/6093
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motorman
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Remuera
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	7 months
Marriage Place	St. Luke's Church
Folio	12/5360
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 July 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. S. Monro

914

25 July 1912

Joseph Luke
Ann Lucy McCabe

Joseph Luke Culleton
Ann Lucy McCabe
💍 1912/7773

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist

26
24

Auckland
Auckland

40 years
40 years

St. Benedict's Church

12/5929

25 July 1912

Rev. J. J. Dignan

No	914
Date of Notice	25 July 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Luke	Ann Lucy McCabe
BDM Match (78%)	Joseph Luke Culleton	Ann Lucy McCabe
	💍 1912/7773
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	40 years	40 years
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church
Folio	12/5929
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 July 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Dignan

915

25 July 1912

Martin Ernest Leigh
Margaret Jane Young

Martin Ernest Leigh
Margaret Jane Young
💍 1912/6027

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

26
27

Auckland
Auckland

6 days
2 months

Registrar's Office, Auckland

12/5293

25 July 1912

Registrar

No	915
Date of Notice	25 July 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Martin Ernest Leigh	Margaret Jane Young
	💍 1912/6027
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	26	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 days	2 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	12/5293
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 July 1912
Officiating Minister	Registrar

916

26 July 1912

John Walsh
Mary Newall

John Walsh
Mary Keneally
💍 1912/7511

John Walsh
Mary Frances Hannan
💍 1912/4394

Bachelor
Spinster

Platelayer

24
26

Matamata
Auckland

2 1/2 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Morrinsville

12/5426

26 July 1912

Rev. M. J. O'Doherty

No	916
Date of Notice	26 July 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Walsh	Mary Newall
BDM Match (85%)	John Walsh	Mary Keneally
	💍 1912/7511
BDM Match (68%)	John Walsh	Mary Frances Hannan
	💍 1912/4394
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Platelayer
Age	24	26
Dwelling Place	Matamata	Auckland
Length of Residence		2 1/2 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Morrinsville
Folio	12/5426
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 July 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. J. O'Doherty

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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).