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 June 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

526

22 April 1912

George Frankton Patterson
Gertrude Hilda Elizabeth Wardell

George Frankton Patterson
Gertrude Hilda Elizabeth Wardell
💍 1912/3252

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

24
22

Auckland
Auckland

22 years
13 years

St. Matthew's Church

12/3028

22 April 1912

Rev. W. E. Gillam

No	526
Date of Notice	22 April 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Frankton Patterson	Gertrude Hilda Elizabeth Wardell
	💍 1912/3252
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	22 years	13 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	12/3028
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 April 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam

527

22 April 1912

Charles Simpson
Flora McCrae

Charles Simpson
Flora McCrae
💍 1912/4549

Widower
Widow

Machinist

40
38

Auckland
Auckland

26 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral

12/4368

22 April 1912

Rev. A. J. Holbrook

No	527
Date of Notice	22 April 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Simpson	Flora McCrae
	💍 1912/4549
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Machinist
Age	40	38
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	26 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	12/4368
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 April 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. J. Holbrook

528

22 April 1912

Cecil Coyle Cairns
Ann Gwendoline Herring

Cecil Coyle Cairns
Ann Gwendoline Herring
💍 1912/4550

Bachelor
Spinster

Saddler

24
27

Auckland
Auckland

7 years
Life

St. Patrick's Cathedral

12/4369

22 April 1912

Rev. A. J. Holbrook

No	528
Date of Notice	22 April 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cecil Coyle Cairns	Ann Gwendoline Herring
	💍 1912/4550
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Saddler
Age	24	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	12/4369
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 April 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. J. Holbrook

529

22 April 1912

Edwin Francis Jordan
Olive Annie Graham

Edward Francis Jordan
Olive Annie Agnes Graham
💍 1912/2663

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman

30
22

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
11 years, Henderson

Presbyterian Church

12/2304

22 April 1912

Rev. R. Sommerville

No	529
Date of Notice	22 April 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin Francis Jordan	Olive Annie Graham
BDM Match (80%)	Edward Francis Jordan	Olive Annie Agnes Graham
	💍 1912/2663
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman
Age	30	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	11 years, Henderson
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church
Folio	12/2304
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 April 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Sommerville

530

22 April 1912

John Seaton McKenzie
Eileen Emily Coldham

John Seaton McKenzie
Eileen Emily Coldham
💍 1912/2383

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

25
22

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
Life, Onehunga

St. Peter's Church

12/2146

22 April 1912

Rev. J. Haselden

No	530
Date of Notice	22 April 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Seaton McKenzie	Eileen Emily Coldham
	💍 1912/2383
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	Life, Onehunga
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church
Folio	12/2146
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 April 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Haselden

531

24 April 1912

James Mitchell
Anna Josephine O'Brien

James Mitchell
Anna Josephine OBrien
💍 1912/4551

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman

30
28

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
6 months

St. Patrick's Cathedral

12/4370

24 April 1912

Rev. M. J. Furlong

No	531
Date of Notice	24 April 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Mitchell	Anna Josephine O'Brien
BDM Match (98%)	James Mitchell	Anna Josephine OBrien
	💍 1912/4551
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman
Age	30	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	6 months
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	12/4370
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 April 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. J. Furlong

532

24 April 1912

Richard Vivian Fusham
Elizabeth Dare

Richard Graham Vivian
Elizabeth Dare
💍 1912/2539

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman

29
24

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
4 years, 42 Upper Queen Street, Auckland

Home of Mrs. Mace, 42 Upper Queen Street, Auckland

12/2279

24 April 1912

Rev. J. Aldridge

No	532
Date of Notice	24 April 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Vivian Fusham	Elizabeth Dare
BDM Match (76%)	Richard Graham Vivian	Elizabeth Dare
	💍 1912/2539
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman
Age	29	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years, 42 Upper Queen Street, Auckland
Marriage Place	Home of Mrs. Mace, 42 Upper Queen Street, Auckland
Folio	12/2279
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 April 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Aldridge

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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).