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

400

1 April 1912

William James Harbrooke
Hilda Tupp

William James Warbrooke
Hilda Tripp
💍 1912/9455

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

27
23

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
5 years

St. James' Manse

12/2174

4 April 1912

Rev. R. H. Walker

No	400
Date of Notice	1 April 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William James Harbrooke	Hilda Tupp
BDM Match (89%)	William James Warbrooke	Hilda Tripp
	💍 1912/9455
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St. James' Manse
Folio	12/2174
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 April 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. H. Walker

401

1 April 1912

Edward James Herd Patterson
Emmeline Bond

Edward James Herd Patterson
Emmeline Coad
💍 1912/2478

Bachelor
Spinster

Carrier

23
23

Auckland
Auckland

Life
Life

Methodist Church, Newmarket

12/2267

7 April 1912

Rev. A. R. Potter

No	401
Date of Notice	1 April 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward James Herd Patterson	Emmeline Bond
BDM Match (92%)	Edward James Herd Patterson	Emmeline Coad
	💍 1912/2478
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carrier
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Newmarket
Folio	12/2267
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 April 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. R. Potter

402

1 April 1912

William Robert Baker
Alice Martin Thompson

William Robert Baker
Alice Martin Thompson
💍 1912/2161

Bachelor
Spinster

Mariner

62
39

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
3 months

Registrar's Office

12/1874

4 April 1912

Registrar

No	402
Date of Notice	1 April 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Robert Baker	Alice Martin Thompson
	💍 1912/2161
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mariner
Age	62	39
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	3 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	12/1874
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 April 1912
Officiating Minister	Registrar

403

1 April 1912

Henry Newbury England
Josephine King

Henry Newbury England
Ivy Gertrude King
💍 1912/2483

Bachelor
Spinster

Foreman

30
20

Auckland
Auckland

Life
Life

Church of St. Sepulchre, Newton

12/2277

7 April 1912

Rev. J. H. Elliott

No	403
Date of Notice	1 April 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Newbury England	Josephine King
BDM Match (71%)	Henry Newbury England	Ivy Gertrude King
	💍 1912/2483
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Foreman
Age	30	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	Church of St. Sepulchre, Newton
Folio	12/2277
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 April 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Elliott

404

1 April 1912

Cecil Weston
Isabel Gertrude Heaven

Cecil Western
Isabel Gertrude Hewson
💍 1912/2669

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

32
30

Auckland
Auckland

15 months
4 months

All Saints Church

12/2320

9 April 1912

Rev. E. H. Calder

No	404
Date of Notice	1 April 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cecil Weston	Isabel Gertrude Heaven
BDM Match (86%)	Cecil Western	Isabel Gertrude Hewson
	💍 1912/2669
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	32	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 months	4 months
Marriage Place	All Saints Church
Folio	12/2320
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 April 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. H. Calder

405

1 April 1912

Alister Stephenson
Agnes Susanna Holton

Alester Stephenson
Agnes Susanna Holton
💍 1912/2436

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

32
27

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
9 days

Church of the Assumption

12/2224

9 April 1912

Rev. J. Polden

No	405
Date of Notice	1 April 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alister Stephenson	Agnes Susanna Holton
BDM Match (97%)	Alester Stephenson	Agnes Susanna Holton
	💍 1912/2436
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	32	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	9 days
Marriage Place	Church of the Assumption
Folio	12/2224
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 April 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Polden

406

1 April 1912

Keith Duffield Grant
Margaret Ann Davies

Keith Dugid Grant
Margaret Ann Davies
💍 1912/2162

Bachelor
Spinster

Packing Case Manufacturer

28
28

Auckland
Auckland

10 months
4 months

Registrar's Office

12/1875

5 April 1912

Registrar

No	406
Date of Notice	1 April 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Keith Duffield Grant	Margaret Ann Davies
BDM Match (90%)	Keith Dugid Grant	Margaret Ann Davies
	💍 1912/2162
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Packing Case Manufacturer
Age	28	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 months	4 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	12/1875
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 April 1912
Officiating Minister	Registrar

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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).