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 159

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1915 Registrar Howson

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

741

18 June 1915

David Alcock
Mary Hannah Makepeace

David Alcock
Mary Hannah Makepeace
💍 1915/8059

Divorced
Widow

Carpenter

37
38

Auckland
Auckland

4 yrs
12 yrs

Office

15/1959

18 June 1915

Jane Richmond

No	741
Date of Notice	18 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Alcock	Mary Hannah Makepeace
	💍 1915/8059
Condition	Divorced	Widow
Profession	Carpenter
Age	37	38
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 yrs	12 yrs
Marriage Place	Office
Folio	15/1959
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Jane Richmond

742

18 June 1915

John David Williams
Anne Schofield

John David Williams
Annie Schofield
💍 1915/9709

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

34
35

Auckland
Auckland

3 yrs
10 mos

Residence of Mr Pat White, Pencarrow Avenue

15/2193

18 June 1915

Rev. J. Mather, Methodist

No	742
Date of Notice	18 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John David Williams	Anne Schofield
BDM Match (97%)	John David Williams	Annie Schofield
	💍 1915/9709
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	34	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 yrs	10 mos
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr Pat White, Pencarrow Avenue
Folio	15/2193
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Mather, Methodist

743

19 June 1915

John William Bromley
Rose Kirby

John William Bromley
Grace Kirby
💍 1915/8076

Bachelor
Spinster

Teacher

32
24

Auckland
Auckland

10th May Road
3 mos. Mt Papapa

House of Brides Parents

15/2149

19 June 1915

Rev. J. Hazelden, Anglican

No	743
Date of Notice	19 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John William Bromley	Rose Kirby
BDM Match (82%)	John William Bromley	Grace Kirby
	💍 1915/8076
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Teacher
Age	32	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10th May Road	3 mos. Mt Papapa
Marriage Place	House of Brides Parents
Folio	15/2149
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Hazelden, Anglican

744

19 June 1915

William Thomas Rowland Vowles
Anne Campbell

William Thomas Rowland Vowles
Annie Campbell
💍 1915/9723

Bachelor
Divorced

Labourer

30
32

Auckland
Auckland

3 yrs. Neo North Rd
3 yrs. Mt Albert

Residence of Mr E. T. Coxe

15/2183

19 June 1915

Rev. E. G. Rose, Methodist

No	744
Date of Notice	19 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Thomas Rowland Vowles	Anne Campbell
BDM Match (96%)	William Thomas Rowland Vowles	Annie Campbell
	💍 1915/9723
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced
Profession	Labourer
Age	30	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 yrs. Neo North Rd	3 yrs. Mt Albert
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr E. T. Coxe
Folio	15/2183
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. G. Rose, Methodist

745

19 June 1915

Percival Walter Peter Jones
Holice Morris Augustus Earl Hiles Phipps

Percival Walter Peter Jones
Hollice Morris Augustus Earl Miles Phipps
💍 1915/9700

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

26
28

Auckland
Auckland

3 yrs.
9 yrs.

Church of the Epiphany, Newton

15/2176

19 June 1915

Rev. W. E. Lush, Anglican

No	745
Date of Notice	19 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percival Walter Peter Jones	Holice Morris Augustus Earl Hiles Phipps
BDM Match (98%)	Percival Walter Peter Jones	Hollice Morris Augustus Earl Miles Phipps
	💍 1915/9700
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	26	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 yrs.	9 yrs.
Marriage Place	Church of the Epiphany, Newton
Folio	15/2176
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Lush, 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).