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

17 January 1912

Percy Joseph Darragh
Ethel Mary Hamon

Percy Joseph Payne
Ethel May Hamon
💍 1912/809

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

25
23

Auckland
Auckland

Life
Life

Holy Trinity Church, Devonport

12/409

17 January 1912

Rev. P. E. McFarland

No	79
Date of Notice	17 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Joseph Darragh	Ethel Mary Hamon
BDM Match (82%)	Percy Joseph Payne	Ethel May Hamon
	💍 1912/809
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Devonport
Folio	12/409
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 January 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. E. McFarland

17 January 1912

Harry Alfred Hale
Minnie Ellie Death

Harry Alfred Hale
Minnie Ettie Death
💍 1912/4479

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

42
38

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
9 years

St. Andrew's Church, Epsom

12/4329

17 January 1912

Rev. R. Burton

No	80
Date of Notice	17 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Alfred Hale	Minnie Ellie Death
BDM Match (94%)	Harry Alfred Hale	Minnie Ettie Death
	💍 1912/4479
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	42	38
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	9 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church, Epsom
Folio	12/4329
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 January 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Burton

17 January 1912

Edward John Swann
Edith Pearson

Edward John Ivory
Edith Person
💍 1912/62

Widower
Spinster

Hairdresser

42
27

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
14 days

Registrar's Office, Auckland

12/222

17 January 1912

Registrar

No	81
Date of Notice	17 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward John Swann	Edith Pearson
BDM Match (81%)	Edward John Ivory	Edith Person
	💍 1912/62
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser
Age	42	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	14 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	12/222
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 January 1912
Officiating Minister	Registrar

18 January 1912

Eli John Rickards
Martha Mary Jenson

Eli John Rickards
Martha May Fensom
💍 1912/476

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

22
21

Auckland
Auckland

Life
2 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

12/223

18 January 1912

Registrar

No	82
Date of Notice	18 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Eli John Rickards	Martha Mary Jenson
BDM Match (92%)	Eli John Rickards	Martha May Fensom
	💍 1912/476
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	12/223
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1912
Officiating Minister	Registrar

18 January 1912

Robert Guedley
Agnes Mackie Hawthorne

Robert Tuedley
Agnes Mackie Hawthorne
💍 1912/477

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

39
36

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
2 months

Registrar's Office, Auckland

12/224

18 January 1912

Registrar

No	83
Date of Notice	18 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Guedley	Agnes Mackie Hawthorne
BDM Match (96%)	Robert Tuedley	Agnes Mackie Hawthorne
	💍 1912/477
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	39	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	2 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	12/224
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1912
Officiating Minister	Registrar

18 January 1912

Richard Mason
Annie Jane Johnstone

Richard Mason
Anne Jane Johnstone
💍 1912/841

Bachelor
Spinster

Ironmonger

28
25

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
3 months

St. Benedict's Church, Auckland

12/466

18 January 1912

Rev. P. H. Phelan

No	84
Date of Notice	18 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Mason	Annie Jane Johnstone
BDM Match (98%)	Richard Mason	Anne Jane Johnstone
	💍 1912/841
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ironmonger
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	3 months
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church, Auckland
Folio	12/466
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. H. Phelan

18 January 1912

Philip Harrington
Marguerite Agnes Johnson

Philip Harrington
Marguerite Agnes Ann Johnson
💍 1912/69

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

25
16

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
1 year

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

12/4344

John Johnson, Father

18 January 1912

Rev. H. G. Holbrook

No	85
Date of Notice	18 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Philip Harrington	Marguerite Agnes Johnson
BDM Match (93%)	Philip Harrington	Marguerite Agnes Ann Johnson
	💍 1912/69
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	25	16
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	1 year
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	12/4344
Consent	John Johnson, Father
Date of Certificate	18 January 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. G. Holbrook

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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).