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 083

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1915 Registrar [illegible]

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

371

30 March 1915

John Dukes
Mary Augusta Porter

John Dukes
Mary Augusta Adeline Porter
💍 1915/9670

Widower
Spinster

Minister of Religion

69
44

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
1 year

Residence of Mr. J. Royce Salisbury Street

2429

30 March 1915

Rev. A. E. Fawry Methodist

No	371
Date of Notice	30 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Dukes	Mary Augusta Porter
BDM Match (85%)	John Dukes	Mary Augusta Adeline Porter
	💍 1915/9670
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Minister of Religion
Age	69	44
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. J. Royce Salisbury Street
Folio	2429
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. E. Fawry Methodist

372

30 March 1915

Alfred George Taylor
Beatrice Rebecca Bond

Alfred George Taylor
Beatrice Rebecca Bond
💍 1915/9611

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

27
27

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
4 years

St. Alban's Church Dominion Road Auckland

2418

30 March 1915

Rev. H. B. Wingfield Anglican

No	372
Date of Notice	30 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred George Taylor	Beatrice Rebecca Bond
	💍 1915/9611
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Alban's Church Dominion Road Auckland
Folio	2418
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. B. Wingfield Anglican

373

30 March 1915

Robert Burns Aitken
Annie Kathleen Brodie

Robert Burns Aitken
Annie Kathleen Brodie
💍 1915/8352

Widower
Spinster

Engineer

38
33

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
3 years

House of Mother of Bride 17 Fair View Road Mt Eden

2253

30 March 1915

Rev. A. A. Murray Presbyterian

No	373
Date of Notice	30 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Burns Aitken	Annie Kathleen Brodie
	💍 1915/8352
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	38	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	3 years
Marriage Place	House of Mother of Bride 17 Fair View Road Mt Eden
Folio	2253
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. A. Murray Presbyterian

374

30 March 1915

Francis Hynes
Violet Hope Waterman

Francis Hynes
Violet Hope Waterman
💍 1915/8294

Bachelor
Spinster

Machinist

23
24

Auckland
Auckland

life
17 years

Residence of Bride's Parents 74 Calliope Road Devonport

419

30 March 1915

Rev. J. E. Bertram Presbyterian

No	374
Date of Notice	30 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Hynes	Violet Hope Waterman
	💍 1915/8294
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Machinist
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	life	17 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Bride's Parents 74 Calliope Road Devonport
Folio	419
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. E. Bertram Presbyterian

375

30 March 1915

Herbert Lewis Frith
Fredericka Maria Lewis

Herbert Lewis Frith
Fredericka Maria Lewis
💍 1915/8357

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

25
23

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
9 years

St. Matthew's Church Auckland

2258

30 March 1915

Rev. W. E. Gillam Anglican

No	375
Date of Notice	30 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Lewis Frith	Fredericka Maria Lewis
	💍 1915/8357
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	9 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church Auckland
Folio	2258
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam 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).