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 31 March 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

122

27 January 1912

Charles Hewson Bid
Esther Dearham

Charles Henry Reid
Esther Rear
💍 1912/458

Widower
Widow

Farmer

46
51

Auckland
Auckland

18 years
18 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

12/32

27 January 1912

Registrar

No	122
Date of Notice	27 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Hewson Bid	Esther Dearham
BDM Match (69%)	Charles Henry Reid	Esther Rear
	💍 1912/458
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Farmer
Age	46	51
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	12/32
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1912
Officiating Minister	Registrar

123

29 January 1912

Robert Anthony Hill
Ann Annie Osborne

Robert Anthony Hill
Ivy Annie Osborne
💍 1912/989

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

26
23

Auckland
Remuera

3 months
3 months

St. Mark's Church, Remuera

12/515

29 January 1912

Rev. N. E. Connolly

No	123
Date of Notice	29 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Anthony Hill	Ann Annie Osborne
BDM Match (91%)	Robert Anthony Hill	Ivy Annie Osborne
	💍 1912/989
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Remuera
Length of Residence	3 months	3 months
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church, Remuera
Folio	12/515
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 January 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. N. E. Connolly

124

27 January 1912

Stephen Wilson Stephenson
Olive Blanche Goschead

Stephen Wilson Stephenson
Olive Blanche Coxhead
💍 1912/1950

Bachelor
Spinster

Storekeeper

27
19

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
6 months

St. Mary's Home Chapel, Otahuhu

12/1612

Isabella Goschead, mother

27 January 1912

Rev. H. Brason

No	124
Date of Notice	27 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stephen Wilson Stephenson	Olive Blanche Goschead
BDM Match (93%)	Stephen Wilson Stephenson	Olive Blanche Coxhead
	💍 1912/1950
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper
Age	27	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	6 months
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Home Chapel, Otahuhu
Folio	12/1612
Consent	Isabella Goschead, mother
Date of Certificate	27 January 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Brason

125

27 January 1912

Harold Victor Smith
Jessie Pearson Sparkes

Harold Victor Smith
Jessie Pearson
💍 1912/935

Bachelor
Spinster

Ironmonger

24
19

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
3 years

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

12/585

F. Sparkes, father

10 February 1912

Rev. G. E. Pilling

No	125
Date of Notice	27 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Victor Smith	Jessie Pearson Sparkes
BDM Match (82%)	Harold Victor Smith	Jessie Pearson
	💍 1912/935
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ironmonger
Age	24	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	12/585
Consent	F. Sparkes, father
Date of Certificate	10 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. E. Pilling

126

30 January 1912

Arthur Herbert Bullock
Alice Bullock

Arthur Beckett
Alice Puttock
💍 1912/438

Bachelor
Spinster

Mill Hand

32
24

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
5 days

Registrar's Office, Auckland

12/36

30 January 1912

Registrar

No	126
Date of Notice	30 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Herbert Bullock	Alice Bullock
BDM Match (61%)	Arthur Beckett	Alice Puttock
	💍 1912/438
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mill Hand
Age	32	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	5 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	12/36
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1912
Officiating Minister	Registrar

127

30 January 1912

Charles Emerson Ormiston
Florence Ann Lafe

Charles Meison
Florence Armitage
💍 1912/817

Bachelor
Spinster

Mechanic

26
26

Auckland
Remuera

11 years
11 years

St. Barnabas Church, Mount Eden

12/417

30 January 1912

Rev. J. Cocker

No	127
Date of Notice	30 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Emerson Ormiston	Florence Ann Lafe
BDM Match (62%)	Charles Meison	Florence Armitage
	💍 1912/817
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mechanic
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Remuera
Length of Residence	11 years	11 years
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church, Mount Eden
Folio	12/417
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Cocker

128

30 January 1912

William Harold Peek
Amy Jane Petchell

William Harold Peak
Amy Jane Petchell
💍 1912/4332

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist

26
23

Auckland
Otahuhu

2 years
2 years

Holy Trinity Church, Otahuhu

12/4198

30 January 1912

Rev. H. Brason

No	128
Date of Notice	30 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Harold Peek	Amy Jane Petchell
BDM Match (97%)	William Harold Peak	Amy Jane Petchell
	💍 1912/4332
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Otahuhu
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Otahuhu
Folio	12/4198
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Brason

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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).