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 035

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

131

30 January 1915

Frederick Oliver Krapping
Ivy Lenora Rowe

Frederick Oliver Knapping
Ivy Lenora Rowe
💍 1915/325

Bachelor
Spinster

Coachbuilder

23
19

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
7 yrs

Registrar's Office

15/34

John Rowe, Father

30 January 1915

Deputy Registrar

No	131
Date of Notice	30 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Oliver Krapping	Ivy Lenora Rowe
BDM Match (93%)	Frederick Oliver Knapping	Ivy Lenora Rowe
	💍 1915/325
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coachbuilder
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	7 yrs
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	15/34
Consent	John Rowe, Father
Date of Certificate	30 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

132

1 February 1915

D'Arcy Angelo Brown
Helen Elizabeth Rebecca Coley

D'Arcy Angelo Brown
Helen Elizabeth Rebecca Coley
💍 1915/8436

Bachelor
Spinster

Benchman

21
18

Auckland
Auckland

Life
4 yrs

St. James' Manse

15/436

Jemima Mary McDiarmid formerly Coley, Mother

1 February 1915

Rev. R. L. Walker Presbyterian

No	132
Date of Notice	1 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	D'Arcy Angelo Brown	Helen Elizabeth Rebecca Coley
BDM Match (96%)	D'Arcy Angelo Brown	Helen Elizabeth Rebecca Coley
	💍 1915/8436
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Benchman
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	4 yrs
Marriage Place	St. James' Manse
Folio	15/436
Consent	Jemima Mary McDiarmid formerly Coley, Mother
Date of Certificate	1 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker Presbyterian

133

1 February 1915

Alexander Stewart McKinnon
Madeline Rose Holden

Alexander Stewart McKinnon
Madeline Rose Holden
💍 1915/302

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

31
21

Auckland
Auckland

30 yrs
6 Inths

Registrar's Office

15/35

1 February 1915

Deputy Registrar

No	133
Date of Notice	1 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Stewart McKinnon	Madeline Rose Holden
BDM Match (96%)	Alexander Stewart McKinnon	Madeline Rose Holden
	💍 1915/302
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	31	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 yrs	6 Inths
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	15/35
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

134

1 February 1915

William Henry Colbeck
Eva Kaiulani Stodart

William Henry Colbeck
Eva Kainlani Stodart
💍 1915/8657

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

28
22

Auckland
Auckland

4 yrs
4 yrs

St Mary's Cathedral Parnell

15/734

1 February 1915

Rev. G. Macmurray Anglican

No	134
Date of Notice	1 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Colbeck	Eva Kaiulani Stodart
BDM Match (93%)	William Henry Colbeck	Eva Kainlani Stodart
	💍 1915/8657
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 yrs	4 yrs
Marriage Place	St Mary's Cathedral Parnell
Folio	15/734
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Macmurray Anglican

135

1 February 1915

Otto Stern
Mabel Florence Griffiths

Otto Stern
Mabel Florence Griffiths
💍 1915/8517

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

32
31

Auckland
Auckland

7 Inths
6 yrs

Free Methodist Church Mt Eden

15/618

1 February 1915

Rev. J. Lowden Free Methodist.

No	135
Date of Notice	1 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Otto Stern	Mabel Florence Griffiths
BDM Match (93%)	Otto Stern	Mabel Florence Griffiths
	💍 1915/8517
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	32	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 Inths	6 yrs
Marriage Place	Free Methodist Church Mt Eden
Folio	15/618
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Lowden Free Methodist.

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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).