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 051

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1915 Registrar C. E. Williamson

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

211

23 February 1915

Ulwyne Cort Allen
Phoebe Jane De Ath.

Ulwyne Carl Allen
Phoebe Jane De'Ath
💍 1915/8466

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

27
24

Auckland
Auckland

4dys
4dys

St. Marks Church Remuera

15/516

23 February 1915

Rev. W. Beatty Anglican

No	211
Date of Notice	23 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ulwyne Cort Allen	Phoebe Jane De Ath.
BDM Match (89%)	Ulwyne Carl Allen	Phoebe Jane De'Ath
	💍 1915/8466
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4dys	4dys
Marriage Place	St. Marks Church Remuera
Folio	15/516
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beatty Anglican

212

23 February 1915

Sidney Bamford
Miriam Byrne

Sidney Bamford
Miriam Byrne
💍 1915/8462

Bachelor
Spinster

Factory Shoe. Super.

26
20

Auckland
Auckland

1 yr.
2 yrs.

Residence of Brides parents 72 Napier Street

15/512

Richard John Byrne Father

23 February 1915

Rev. M.A. Burley Methodist.

No	212
Date of Notice	23 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sidney Bamford	Miriam Byrne
	💍 1915/8462
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Factory Shoe. Super.
Age	26	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 yr.	2 yrs.
Marriage Place	Residence of Brides parents 72 Napier Street
Folio	15/512
Consent	Richard John Byrne Father
Date of Certificate	23 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. M.A. Burley Methodist.

213

24 February 1915

John Price Davies
Nora Ann Dwyer

John Price Davies
Nora Ann Dwyer
💍 1915/7587

Bachelor
Spinster

Agent

29
28

Auckland
Auckland

3days
3 years.

Registrar's Office

15/55

24 February 1915

Deputy Registrer

No	213
Date of Notice	24 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Price Davies	Nora Ann Dwyer
	💍 1915/7587
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Agent
Age	29	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3days	3 years.
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	15/55
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrer

214

24 February 1915

Henry Edward Turley
Mabel Hannah Speed

Henry Edward Turtley
Mabel Hannah Speed
💍 1915/8470

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

28
22

Auckland
Auckland

Life
Life

Methodist Church Eden Terrace

15/502

24 February 1915

Rev. H.A. Sharp. Methodist

No	214
Date of Notice	24 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Edward Turley	Mabel Hannah Speed
BDM Match (98%)	Henry Edward Turtley	Mabel Hannah Speed
	💍 1915/8470
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	Methodist Church Eden Terrace
Folio	15/502
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. H.A. Sharp. Methodist

215

25 February 1915

Geoffrey William Douglas Mulgan
Doris Leyde M.Intyre

Geoffrey William Douglas Mulgan
Doris Leyde McIntyre
💍 1915/9388

Bachelor
Spinster

Solicitor

27
26

Auckland
Christchurch

4 yrs.
Life

St. Lukes Church Christchurch

15/1726

25 February 1915

Rev J.K. Jaylor. Anglican.

No	215
Date of Notice	25 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Geoffrey William Douglas Mulgan	Doris Leyde M.Intyre
BDM Match (98%)	Geoffrey William Douglas Mulgan	Doris Leyde McIntyre
	💍 1915/9388
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Solicitor
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Christchurch
Length of Residence	4 yrs.	Life
Marriage Place	St. Lukes Church Christchurch
Folio	15/1726
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev J.K. Jaylor. 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).