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 019

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1915 Registrar Eivermore

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

14 January 1915

Uriah Alexander Forgie
Juanita Ruby Best

Wriah Alexander Forgie
Juanita Ruby Best
💍 1915/8532

Bachelor
Spinster

Leather Merchant

27
26

Auckland
Auckland

18 yrs
Life

St. Matthews Church

15/609

14 January 1915

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Anglican.

No	51
Date of Notice	14 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Uriah Alexander Forgie	Juanita Ruby Best
BDM Match (98%)	Wriah Alexander Forgie	Juanita Ruby Best
	💍 1915/8532
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Leather Merchant
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 yrs	Life
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church
Folio	15/609
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Anglican.

14 January 1915

John Roach
Grace Winifred Hammerick

John Roach
Grace Winifred Hammerick
💍 1915/8405

Bachelor
Spinster

Professional Rider

25
21

Auckland
Auckland

15 mos.
12 yrs

House of Mr. E. M. Caffery Willow Street

15/456

14 January 1915

Rt. Rev. In. J. Brodie, Roman Catholic.

No	52
Date of Notice	14 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Roach	Grace Winifred Hammerick
	💍 1915/8405
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Professional Rider
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 mos.	12 yrs
Marriage Place	House of Mr. E. M. Caffery Willow Street
Folio	15/456
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Rt. Rev. In. J. Brodie, Roman Catholic.

14 January 1915

Llewellyn Edward Thomas
Doris Eileen Murphy

Llewellyn Edward Thomas
Doris Eileen Murphy
💍 1915/8527

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrician

19
19

Auckland
Auckland

Life
3 yrs.

Congregational Church, Beresford St.

15/603

Ephraim John Thomas, Father Jane Mills (formerly Murphy) mother

14 January 1915

Rev. R. Mitchell Congregational.

No	53
Date of Notice	14 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Llewellyn Edward Thomas	Doris Eileen Murphy
	💍 1915/8527
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrician
Age	19	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	3 yrs.
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Beresford St.
Folio	15/603
Consent	Ephraim John Thomas, Father Jane Mills (formerly Murphy) mother
Date of Certificate	14 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Mitchell Congregational.

15 January 1915

Paul Warne
Isabella Ann McCormick

Paul Warne
Isabella Ann McCormick
💍 1915/8166

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

24
28

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

Registrar's Office

15/15

15 January 1915

Deputy Registrar

No	54
Date of Notice	15 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Paul Warne	Isabella Ann McCormick
	💍 1915/8166
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	24	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	15/15
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

15 January 1915

William Edward Reeves
Emmie Law

William Edward Reeves
Eunice Law
💍 1915/8528

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman

23
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 weeks
4 yrs

House of Bride's Father 18 Edinburgh Street, Newton

15/604

15 January 1915

Mr. J. Bissett Auckland Central Mission.

No	55
Date of Notice	15 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Edward Reeves	Emmie Law
BDM Match (85%)	William Edward Reeves	Eunice Law
	💍 1915/8528
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 weeks	4 yrs
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Father 18 Edinburgh Street, Newton
Folio	15/604
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Mr. J. Bissett Auckland Central Mission.

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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).