Intentions to Marry, 1915 Albertland to Hamilton

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840457, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1915 is bound in six volumes (a to f) with continuous page numbers. Each volume contains a different set of districts, going from north to south.

1915a contains pages 1-518, covering districts from Albertland to Hamilton

Page 023

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1915 Registrar E. Simmons

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

20 January 1915

Frank Herbert
Eva Emma Wiseman

Frank Herbert
Eva Emma Wiseman
💍 1915/8533

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

32
28

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
4 whs

St. Luke's Church

15/610

20 January 1915

Rev. C. A. Vaughan, Anglican.

No	71
Date of Notice	20 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Herbert	Eva Emma Wiseman
	💍 1915/8533
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	32	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	4 whs
Marriage Place	St. Luke's Church
Folio	15/610
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. A. Vaughan, Anglican.

20 January 1915

Charles Douglas Dickey
Olive Muriel Jebbitt

Charles Douglas Dickey
Olive Muriel Tebbutt
💍 1915/8173

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

25
24

Auckland
Auckland

3 mths.
1 yr.

Registrar's Office

15/21

20 January 1915

Deputy Registrar

No	72
Date of Notice	20 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Douglas Dickey	Olive Muriel Jebbitt
BDM Match (95%)	Charles Douglas Dickey	Olive Muriel Tebbutt
	💍 1915/8173
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 mths.	1 yr.
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	15/21
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

20 January 1915

Stephen Philip Craddock
Susan Annie M-Guire

Stephen Philip Craddock
Susan Annie McGuire
💍 1915/8174

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Labourer
Labourer

31
34

Auckland
Auckland

9 yrs
life

Registrar's Office

15/22

20 January 1915

Deputy Registrar

No	73
Date of Notice	20 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stephen Philip Craddock	Susan Annie M-Guire
BDM Match (97%)	Stephen Philip Craddock	Susan Annie McGuire
	💍 1915/8174
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Labourer	Labourer
Age	31	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 yrs	life
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	15/22
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

20 January 1915

Charles Isaac Young
Margaret Jane Robinson

Charles Isaac Young
Margaret Jane Robinson
💍 1915/8457

Bachelor
Spinster

Ship's Cook

24
23

Auckland
Auckland

1½ yrs.
14 yrs.

House of Bride's Father 22 Jackville Street Grey Lynn Auckland.

15/433

20 January 1915

Rev. A.C. Lawry methodist.

No	74
Date of Notice	20 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Isaac Young	Margaret Jane Robinson
	💍 1915/8457
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ship's Cook
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1½ yrs.	14 yrs.
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Father 22 Jackville Street Grey Lynn Auckland.
Folio	15/433
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. A.C. Lawry methodist.

20 January 1915

Herbert Victor Long
Mary Maude Paton

Herbert Victor Long
Mary Maude Paton
💍 1915/8458

Bachelor
Spinster

Chemist

33
36

Auckland
Auckland

9 mos
2 whs.

St. Barnabas Church mt Eden

15/434

20 January 1915

Rev. E. J. Farland, Anglican.

No	75
Date of Notice	20 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Victor Long	Mary Maude Paton
	💍 1915/8458
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chemist
Age	33	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 mos	2 whs.
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church mt Eden
Folio	15/434
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. Farland, Anglican.

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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).