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 045

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

181

10 February 1915

William Henry Moorcraft
Ada Rose Jurnell.

William Henry Moorcraft
Ada Rose Furnell
💍 1915/8317

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

30
35

Auckland
Auckland

13 yrs.
1 month

St. matthews Church

393

10 February 1915

Rev W.E. epelam Roman Catholic & Anglican

No	181
Date of Notice	10 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Moorcraft	Ada Rose Jurnell.
BDM Match (94%)	William Henry Moorcraft	Ada Rose Furnell
	💍 1915/8317
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	30	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	13 yrs.	1 month
Marriage Place	St. matthews Church
Folio	393
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev W.E. epelam Roman Catholic & Anglican

182

11 February 1915

Henry Thomas Jaylor
Gertrude Olive Donovan

Henry Thomas Taylor
Gertrude Olive Donovan
💍 1915/7688

Bachelor
Opinster

Labourer

25
27

Auckland
Auckland

3 day
Life

Church Onchunga

528

11 February 1915

Very Rev. W.Hmphoney Roman Catholic

No	182
Date of Notice	11 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Thomas Jaylor	Gertrude Olive Donovan
BDM Match (97%)	Henry Thomas Taylor	Gertrude Olive Donovan
	💍 1915/7688
Condition	Bachelor	Opinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 day	Life
Marriage Place	Church Onchunga
Folio	528
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. W.Hmphoney Roman Catholic

183

11 February 1915

William Bruce
Ellen Catherine Dillon

William Bruce
Ellen Catherine Dillon
💍 1915/8469

Bachelor
Spinster

Porter

27
27

Auckland
Auckland

3yrs.
1 yr.

Central Mission Hall

519

11 February 1915

Mr. J. Bissett fentral mission.

No	183
Date of Notice	11 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Bruce	Ellen Catherine Dillon
	💍 1915/8469
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Porter
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3yrs.	1 yr.
Marriage Place	Central Mission Hall
Folio	519
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Mr. J. Bissett fentral mission.

184

12 February 1915

Victor Rapier Storey
Bertha Elizabeth Heath

Victor Napier Storey
Bertha Elizabeth Heath
💍 1915/8297

Bachelor
Spinster

Ironmonger

23
51

Auckland
Auckland

14 yrs.
3 yrs.

Residence of Bride's mother "Zerapuhi" New Bond Street Kingsland

421

12 February 1915

Rev. C. C. Harrison Methodist

No	184
Date of Notice	12 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Victor Rapier Storey	Bertha Elizabeth Heath
BDM Match (98%)	Victor Napier Storey	Bertha Elizabeth Heath
	💍 1915/8297
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ironmonger
Age	23	51
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	14 yrs.	3 yrs.
Marriage Place	Residence of Bride's mother "Zerapuhi" New Bond Street Kingsland
Folio	421
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. C. Harrison Methodist

185

11 February 1915

Cpeorge Harkness
Florence Violet Impey

George Harkness
Florence Violet Impey
💍 1915/7670

Bachelor
Spinster

Linesman

33
23

Auckland
Auckland

2½ mths
Life

St Sepulchre's Church

526

11 February 1915

Rev. A. Richards. Anglican.

No	185
Date of Notice	11 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cpeorge Harkness	Florence Violet Impey
BDM Match (94%)	George Harkness	Florence Violet Impey
	💍 1915/7670
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Linesman
Age	33	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2½ mths	Life
Marriage Place	St Sepulchre's Church
Folio	526
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Richards. 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).