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

15 January 1912

Roye Edward Ward
Martha Ann Siffleet

George Edward Ward White
Martha Ann Siffleet
💍 1912/471

Divorced

Hairdresser

36
30

Auckland
Auckland

13 years
10 years

Registrar's Office

12/19

15 January 1912

Registrar

No	65
Date of Notice	15 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Roye Edward Ward	Martha Ann Siffleet
BDM Match (79%)	George Edward Ward White	Martha Ann Siffleet
	💍 1912/471
Condition	Divorced
Profession	Hairdresser
Age	36	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	13 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	12/19
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 January 1912
Officiating Minister	Registrar

15 January 1912

John Joseph Power
Hazel Brighty

John Joseph Power
Hazel Gerrighty
💍 1912/4475

Bachelor
Spinster

Police Constable

28
21

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
4 years

St Patrick's Cathedral

12/434

15 January 1912

Rev. H. G. Holbrook

No	66
Date of Notice	15 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Joseph Power	Hazel Brighty
BDM Match (90%)	John Joseph Power	Hazel Gerrighty
	💍 1912/4475
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Police Constable
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	12/434
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 January 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. G. Holbrook

15 January 1912

Fred Smith
Elizabeth Henderson

Fred Smith
Elizabeth Henderson Veart
💍 1912/473

Bachelor
Spinster

Cook

29
22

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
Life

Registrar's Office

12/20

15 January 1912

Registrar

No	67
Date of Notice	15 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Fred Smith	Elizabeth Henderson
BDM Match (88%)	Fred Smith	Elizabeth Henderson Veart
	💍 1912/473
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cook
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	Life
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	12/20
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 January 1912
Officiating Minister	Registrar

15 January 1912

William Frederick Ward
Alice May Brown

William Frederick Ward
Alice May Brown
💍 1912/805

Bachelor
Spinster

Foreman

23
19

Auckland
Kingsland

4 years
2 years

Home of J. G. Brown, New North Road

12/431

James Brown, father

15 January 1912

Rev. Wilson

No	68
Date of Notice	15 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Frederick Ward	Alice May Brown
	💍 1912/805
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Foreman
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Kingsland
Length of Residence	4 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Home of J. G. Brown, New North Road
Folio	12/431
Consent	James Brown, father
Date of Certificate	15 January 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. Wilson

16 January 1912

Ernest Howard Hill
Caroline Minnie Steele

Ernest Howard Hill
Caroline Minnie Steele
💍 1912/4250

Bachelor
Spinster

Upholsterer

33
31

Auckland
Newton

24 years
6 months

St Sepulchre Church

12/4141

16 January 1912

Rev. A. E. Lush

No	69
Date of Notice	16 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Howard Hill	Caroline Minnie Steele
	💍 1912/4250
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Upholsterer
Age	33	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Newton
Length of Residence	24 years	6 months
Marriage Place	St Sepulchre Church
Folio	12/4141
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 January 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. E. Lush

16 January 1912

William Arthur Packer
Annie Isabel Davies

William Arthur Cocker
Amy Isabel Davies
💍 1912/4138

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Clerk

45
44

Rotorua Island
Rotorua Island

1 year
3 years

Home of Mr. H. T. Barnes, Rotorua

12/3954

16 January 1912

Rev. J. H. Haywood

No	70
Date of Notice	16 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Arthur Packer	Annie Isabel Davies
BDM Match (85%)	William Arthur Cocker	Amy Isabel Davies
	💍 1912/4138
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Clerk
Age	45	44
Dwelling Place	Rotorua Island	Rotorua Island
Length of Residence	1 year	3 years
Marriage Place	Home of Mr. H. T. Barnes, Rotorua
Folio	12/3954
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 January 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Haywood

16 January 1912

William Hain
Jane Gibson McKinnon

William Hain
Jane Gibson McKirvey
💍 1912/2062

Widower
Spinster

Clergyman

67
34

Auckland
Epsom

4 years
15 years

Home of Mr. J. A. McKinnon

12/1750

16 January 1912

Rev. J. Jolly

No	71
Date of Notice	16 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Hain	Jane Gibson McKinnon
BDM Match (90%)	William Hain	Jane Gibson McKirvey
	💍 1912/2062
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Clergyman
Age	67	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Epsom
Length of Residence	4 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Home of Mr. J. A. McKinnon
Folio	12/1750
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 January 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Jolly

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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).