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 037

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

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

141

3 February 1915

Albert Owen Casey
Ethel Emily Quinn

Albert Owen Casey
Ethel Emily Quinn
💍 1915/8403

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Painter

28
25

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
18 years

St Patrick's Cathedral

454

3 February 1915

Rt. Rev. M. J. Brodie Roman Catholic

No	141
Date of Notice	3 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Owen Casey	Ethel Emily Quinn
	💍 1915/8403
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Painter
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	18 years
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	454
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rt. Rev. M. J. Brodie Roman Catholic

142

3 February 1915

Albert Pembroke Cox
Elizabeth Gertrude Thomson

Albert Pembroke Cox
Elizabeth Gertrude Thomson
💍 1915/8290

Bachelor
Spinster

Despatch Clerk

25
23

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
4 years

St. Michael's Convent Remuera

415

3 February 1915

Rev. D. Doyle Roman Catholic

No	142
Date of Notice	3 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Pembroke Cox	Elizabeth Gertrude Thomson
	💍 1915/8290
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Despatch Clerk
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Michael's Convent Remuera
Folio	415
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. Doyle Roman Catholic

143

3 February 1915

James Andrew Carran
Mildred Mary Holcroft

James Andrew Canan
Mildred Mary Holagt
💍 1915/2467

Bachelor
Spinster

Confectioner

36
22

Auckland
Auckland

15 years
4 years

St. Benedict's Church

4374

3 February 1915

Rev. J. B. Carran Roman Catholic

No	143
Date of Notice	3 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Andrew Carran	Mildred Mary Holcroft
BDM Match (85%)	James Andrew Canan	Mildred Mary Holagt
	💍 1915/2467
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Confectioner
Age	36	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church
Folio	4374
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Carran Roman Catholic

144

3 February 1915

Hugh Joseph McCaffery
Annie Duggan

Hugh Joseph McCaffery
Annie Duggan
💍 1915/8404

Bachelor
Spinster

Tram Conductor

31
27

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
6 years

St Patrick's Cathedral

455

3 February 1915

Rev. M. J. O'Doherty Roman Catholic

No	144
Date of Notice	3 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh Joseph McCaffery	Annie Duggan
	💍 1915/8404
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tram Conductor
Age	31	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	6 years
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	455
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. J. O'Doherty Roman Catholic

145

4 February 1915

Charles Edgar Wood
Beryl Agnes Hooker

Charles Edgar Wood
Beryl Agnes Hooker
💍 1915/8447

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

30
24

Auckland
Auckland

15 years
4 years

St. Barnabas Church Mt Eden

446

4 February 1915

Rev. W. E. Gillam Anglican

No	145
Date of Notice	4 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Edgar Wood	Beryl Agnes Hooker
	💍 1915/8447
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church Mt Eden
Folio	446
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam 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).