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 081

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1915 Registrar duespm

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

361

29 March 1915

William Robert Rutherford
Aiken Mary Jenkins

William Robert Rutherford
Aileen Mary Jenkins
💍 1915/9659

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist

29
21

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
1 year

House of Bride's Mother 13 Burpes Road

2442

29 March 1915

Rev. M. / Furlong Roman Catholic

No	361
Date of Notice	29 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Robert Rutherford	Aiken Mary Jenkins
BDM Match (95%)	William Robert Rutherford	Aileen Mary Jenkins
	💍 1915/9659
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist
Age	29	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	1 year
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Mother 13 Burpes Road
Folio	2442
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. / Furlong Roman Catholic

362

29 March 1915

James Daniel Caddy
Myra Pearl Richards

James Daniel Caddy
Myra Pearl Richards
💍 1915/13419

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

28
21

Auckland
Auckland

12 years
1 year

St. Stephen's Church

1712

29 March 1915

Rev. L. Jolly Presbyterian

No	362
Date of Notice	29 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Daniel Caddy	Myra Pearl Richards
	💍 1915/13419
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 years	1 year
Marriage Place	St. Stephen's Church
Folio	1712
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. L. Jolly Presbyterian

363

29 March 1915

Alfred Franklyn Roy
Florence Ruth Frances Dorothy Parker

Alfred Franklyn Roy
Florence Ruth Frances Dorothy Parker
💍 1915/331

Widower
Spinster

Ships Rigger

38
22

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
2 years

Registrar's Office Auckland

29 March 1915

Registrar

No	363
Date of Notice	29 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Franklyn Roy	Florence Ruth Frances Dorothy Parker
	💍 1915/331
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Ships Rigger
Age	38	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	89
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Registrar

364

30 March 1915

Edward Arthur Webster
Ethel Theresa Eileen Keiry

Edward Arthur Webster
Ethel Theresa Eileen Kevy
💍 1915/8313

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

38
32

Auckland
Auckland

14 days
32 years

St. Matthew's Church Auckland

389

30 March 1915

Rev. W. E. Gillam Anglican

No	364
Date of Notice	30 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Arthur Webster	Ethel Theresa Eileen Keiry
BDM Match (96%)	Edward Arthur Webster	Ethel Theresa Eileen Kevy
	💍 1915/8313
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	38	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	14 days	32 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church Auckland
Folio	389
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam Anglican

365

30 March 1915

Drummond Holderness
Mary Helen Maud Mary Dawson

Drummond Holderness
May Helen Maud Mary Dawson
💍 1915/9748

Bachelor
Spinster

Civil Engineer

29
35

Auckland
Auckland

7 years
life

St. Mark's Church Remuera

2358

30 March 1915

Rev. C. A. Tistall Anglican

No	365
Date of Notice	30 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Drummond Holderness	Mary Helen Maud Mary Dawson
BDM Match (98%)	Drummond Holderness	May Helen Maud Mary Dawson
	💍 1915/9748
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Civil Engineer
Age	29	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 years	life
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church Remuera
Folio	2358
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. A. Tistall 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).