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 049

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1915 Registrar Dawernusby

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

201

18 February 1915

Norman Jansen
Sarah Miller Ormsby

Norman Jansen
Sarah Miller Ormsby
💍 1915/8479

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Labourer

28
30

Auckland
Auckland

3 yrs.
29 yrs.

St. David's Church

15/505

18 February 1915

Rev. Jon Saunders, Presbyterian

No	201
Date of Notice	18 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Norman Jansen	Sarah Miller Ormsby
	💍 1915/8479
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Labourer
Age	28	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 yrs.	29 yrs.
Marriage Place	St. David's Church
Folio	15/505
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. Jon Saunders, Presbyterian

202

18 February 1915

Edward Armstrong Bennett Heron
Evelyne Faith Redfern

Edward Armstrong Bennett Heron
Evelyne Faith Redfern
💍 1915/8471

Bachelor
Spinster

Porter N. Z. R.

24
21

Auckland
Auckland

18 mths.
6 mths.

Methodist Church Pitt St.

15/520

18 February 1915

Rev. J.B. Puckling, Methodist

No	202
Date of Notice	18 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Armstrong Bennett Heron	Evelyne Faith Redfern
	💍 1915/8471
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Porter N. Z. R.
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 mths.	6 mths.
Marriage Place	Methodist Church Pitt St.
Folio	15/520
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J.B. Puckling, Methodist

203

19 February 1915

Arthur Edward Andrew
Hylda Blewellyn

Arthur Edward Andrews
Hylda Flewellyn
💍 1915/12669

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

27
23

Auckland
Auckland

13 mos.
7 yrs.

St. Marks Church Remuera

15/523

19 February 1915

Rev. W. Beatty, Anglican

No	203
Date of Notice	19 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Edward Andrew	Hylda Blewellyn
BDM Match (94%)	Arthur Edward Andrews	Hylda Flewellyn
	💍 1915/12669
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	13 mos.	7 yrs.
Marriage Place	St. Marks Church Remuera
Folio	15/523
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beatty, Anglican

204

19 February 1915

Victor Roy Eagleton
Isabella Sophie Lawrence

Victor Roy Eagleton
Isabella Sophia Lawrence
💍 1915/8483

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

19
17

Auckland
Auckland

2 1/2 yrs.
1 1/2 yrs.

St Lukes Manse Remuera

15/509

Randolph Eagleton Father, Cornelius Henry Lawrence Father

19 February 1915

Rev. G. B. Munro Presbyterian

No	204
Date of Notice	19 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Victor Roy Eagleton	Isabella Sophie Lawrence
BDM Match (98%)	Victor Roy Eagleton	Isabella Sophia Lawrence
	💍 1915/8483
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	19	17
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 1/2 yrs.	1 1/2 yrs.
Marriage Place	St Lukes Manse Remuera
Folio	15/509
Consent	Randolph Eagleton Father, Cornelius Henry Lawrence Father
Date of Certificate	19 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. B. Munro Presbyterian

205

22 February 1915

Hedley John Bain
Elizabeth Ellen Helmbrecht

Hedley John Bain
Elizabeth Ellen Helmbrecht
💍 1915/8443

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman

35
28

Auckland
Auckland

life
8 yrs.

St Barnabas Church Mt Eden

15/443

22 February 1915

Rev. E. J. Mr Farland Anglican

No	205
Date of Notice	22 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hedley John Bain	Elizabeth Ellen Helmbrecht
	💍 1915/8443
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman
Age	35	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	life	8 yrs.
Marriage Place	St Barnabas Church Mt Eden
Folio	15/443
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. Mr 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).