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

11 January 1912

Arthur Edward Dean
Christina Isabella Chadwick

Arthur Edward Day
Christina Arabella Chadwick
💍 1912/990

Bachelor
Widow

Teacher

33
36

Auckland
Auckland

Life
2 years

St. Mark's Church

12/516

11 January 1912

Rev. R. Heatt

No	37
Date of Notice	11 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Edward Dean	Christina Isabella Chadwick
BDM Match (91%)	Arthur Edward Day	Christina Arabella Chadwick
	💍 1912/990
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Teacher
Age	33	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church
Folio	12/516
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Heatt

11 January 1912

William Robert Hyde
Annie Hannah Miller

William Robert Hyde
Annie Hanna
💍 1912/924

Widower
Spinster

Iron Smith

47
42

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
2 years

St. James' Church

12/548

11 January 1912

Rev. R. L. Walker

No	38
Date of Notice	11 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Robert Hyde	Annie Hannah Miller
BDM Match (79%)	William Robert Hyde	Annie Hanna
	💍 1912/924
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Iron Smith
Age	47	42
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. James' Church
Folio	12/548
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker

11 January 1912

Edward John Walter
Florence Jane Coles

Edwyn John Werge Walker
Florence Jane Coles
💍 1912/986

Bachelor
Spinster

Manufacturer

25
21

Auckland
Auckland

7 years
9 years

St. Luke's Church

12/512

11 January 1912

Rev. H. R. Calder

No	39
Date of Notice	11 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward John Walter	Florence Jane Coles
BDM Match (78%)	Edwyn John Werge Walker	Florence Jane Coles
	💍 1912/986
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Manufacturer
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 years	9 years
Marriage Place	St. Luke's Church
Folio	12/512
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. R. Calder

11 January 1912

James Gibson Davidson
Mary Kathleen Parrett

James Gibson Davidson
Mary Kathleen Garnett
💍 1912/463

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

37
24

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

Registrar's Office

12/11

11 January 1912

Registrar

No	40
Date of Notice	11 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Gibson Davidson	Mary Kathleen Parrett
BDM Match (95%)	James Gibson Davidson	Mary Kathleen Garnett
	💍 1912/463
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	37	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	12/11
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1912
Officiating Minister	Registrar

12 January 1912

Samuel Ham Salter
Muriel Rebecca White

Samuel Wain Batten
Muriel Rebecca White
💍 1912/883

Bachelor
Spinster

Butter Cutter

36
30

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
3 years

House of E. Freeman

12/549

12 January 1912

Rev. R. L. Beck

No	41
Date of Notice	12 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Ham Salter	Muriel Rebecca White
BDM Match (83%)	Samuel Wain Batten	Muriel Rebecca White
	💍 1912/883
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butter Cutter
Age	36	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	3 years
Marriage Place	House of E. Freeman
Folio	12/549
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 January 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Beck

12 January 1912

Walter Darling Savage
Ethel May Savage

Walter Darling
Ethel May Savage
💍 1912/876

Bachelor
Spinster

Dairyman

29
23

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
Life

House of J. Miller, Devonport

12/477

12 January 1912

Rev. R. L. Beck

No	42
Date of Notice	12 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Darling Savage	Ethel May Savage
BDM Match (83%)	Walter Darling	Ethel May Savage
	💍 1912/876
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dairyman
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	Life
Marriage Place	House of J. Miller, Devonport
Folio	12/477
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 January 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Beck

12 January 1912

Charles Wallace Boswell
Adela Beatrice Smith

Charles Wallace Boswell
Adela Beatrice Smith
💍 1912/894

Bachelor
Spinster

Teacher

25
20

Auckland
Auckland

12 years
6 months

House of Mrs. Jane Smith, Bourne St.

12/550

Jane Smith, mother of bride

12 January 1912

Rev. R. L. Walker

No	43
Date of Notice	12 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Wallace Boswell	Adela Beatrice Smith
	💍 1912/894
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Teacher
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 years	6 months
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. Jane Smith, Bourne St.
Folio	12/550
Consent	Jane Smith, mother of bride
Date of Certificate	12 January 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker

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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).