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

882

6 July 1912

Wilfred Peter Drost
Elizabeth Brenchley

Wilfred Peter Frost
Elizabeth Brenchley
💍 1912/7562

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

24
30

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
4 days

Central Mission Hall, Albert St, Auckland

12/5485

6 July 1912

Rev. J. Bissett

No	882
Date of Notice	6 July 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wilfred Peter Drost	Elizabeth Brenchley
BDM Match (97%)	Wilfred Peter Frost	Elizabeth Brenchley
	💍 1912/7562
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	24	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Central Mission Hall, Albert St, Auckland
Folio	12/5485
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 July 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Bissett

883

6 July 1912

Alfred John Kemp
Mary Elmore

Alfred John Kemp
Mary Gilmore
💍 1912/7576

Widower
Spinster

Plumber

43
32

Auckland
Auckland

Life
18 years

House of Bride's Mother, Ravenstone, Antill Rd

12/5498

6 July 1912

Rev. A. Hay

No	883
Date of Notice	6 July 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred John Kemp	Mary Elmore
BDM Match (92%)	Alfred John Kemp	Mary Gilmore
	💍 1912/7576
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	43	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	18 years
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Mother, Ravenstone, Antill Rd
Folio	12/5498
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 July 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Hay

884

6 July 1912

William Henry Coog
Mary Louisa Cash

William Henry Cossey
Mary Louisa Cash
💍 1912/7452

Bachelor
Spinster

Surfaceman N.Z.R.

40
36

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
32 years

House of Mrs. J. Hills, 92 Newton Rd, Auckland

12/5399

6 July 1912

Rev. J. Cocker

No	884
Date of Notice	6 July 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Coog	Mary Louisa Cash
BDM Match (90%)	William Henry Cossey	Mary Louisa Cash
	💍 1912/7452
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Surfaceman N.Z.R.
Age	40	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	32 years
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. J. Hills, 92 Newton Rd, Auckland
Folio	12/5399
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 July 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Cocker

885

6 July 1912

Horace Baillie Cooper
Ethel Dean Ryan

Horace Baillie Cooper
Ethel Dean
💍 1912/6083

Bachelor
Spinster

Secretary

35
23

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
3 1/2 years

House of Bride's Father, Richmond Rd, Ponsonby

12/5373

6 July 1912

Rev. R. Mitchell

No	885
Date of Notice	6 July 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Horace Baillie Cooper	Ethel Dean Ryan
BDM Match (83%)	Horace Baillie Cooper	Ethel Dean
	💍 1912/6083
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Secretary
Age	35	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	3 1/2 years
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Father, Richmond Rd, Ponsonby
Folio	12/5373
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 July 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Mitchell

886

6 July 1912

Ivan Raymond Creagh
Alice Ellen Stribley

Ivon Raymond Creagh
Alice Ellen Stribley
💍 1912/6079

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

33
32

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
5 years

House of Bride's Father, Rosehill, Auckland

12/5370

6 July 1912

Rev. A. Miller

No	886
Date of Notice	6 July 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ivan Raymond Creagh	Alice Ellen Stribley
BDM Match (97%)	Ivon Raymond Creagh	Alice Ellen Stribley
	💍 1912/6079
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	33	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	5 years
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Father, Rosehill, Auckland
Folio	12/5370
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 July 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Miller

887

6 July 1912

John Edwin Hallamore
Lilly Dorothy Williamson Simpson

John Edwin Hallamore
Lillie Dorothy Williamson Simpson
💍 1912/6080

Bachelor
Widow

Farmer

40
27

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
5 years

Seventh Day Adventist Church, Backelvie St, Auckland

12/5371

6 July 1912

Rev. J. Pallant

No	887
Date of Notice	6 July 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Edwin Hallamore	Lilly Dorothy Williamson Simpson
BDM Match (97%)	John Edwin Hallamore	Lillie Dorothy Williamson Simpson
	💍 1912/6080
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Farmer
Age	40	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Seventh Day Adventist Church, Backelvie St, Auckland
Folio	12/5371
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 July 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Pallant

888

6 July 1912

George William Avenell
Ethel Maud White

George William Avenell
Ethel Maud White
💍 1912/7491

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman

23
21

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
Life

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

12/5464

6 July 1912

Rev. J. T. Robbins

No	888
Date of Notice	6 July 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George William Avenell	Ethel Maud White
	💍 1912/7491
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	Life
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	12/5464
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 July 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. T. Robbins

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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).