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 325

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 December 1915 Registrar A. W. Esam

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

1561

24 November 1915

Henry Kemberley
Frances Harriet Pape

Henry Kennerley
Frances Harriet Page
💍 1915/5486

Bachelor
Spinster

Jeweller

21
19

Auckland
Auckland

11 yrs
life

House, of Andes, Father 10 Lorne St

15/7805

Walter Pape Father

24 November 1915

Rev. R L Walker Presbyterian

No	1561
Date of Notice	24 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Kemberley	Frances Harriet Pape
BDM Match (91%)	Henry Kennerley	Frances Harriet Page
	💍 1915/5486
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Jeweller
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 yrs	life
Marriage Place	House, of Andes, Father 10 Lorne St
Folio	15/7805
Consent	Walter Pape Father
Date of Certificate	24 November 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. R L Walker Presbyterian

1562

24 November 1915

William Alexander Gordon
Edith Talbot Briar

William Alexander Gordon
Gladys Talbot Friar
💍 1915/5487

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

23
23

Auckland
Auckland

4 yrs
13 yrs

4 yrs Presbyterian Church

15/7806

24 November 1915

Rev D Scott Presbyterian

No	1562
Date of Notice	24 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Alexander Gordon	Edith Talbot Briar
BDM Match (82%)	William Alexander Gordon	Gladys Talbot Friar
	💍 1915/5487
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 yrs	13 yrs
Marriage Place	4 yrs Presbyterian Church
Folio	15/7806
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 November 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev D Scott Presbyterian

1563

25 November 1915

Ross William Snowdon
Rose Elizabeth Marr

George William Snowdon
Rose Elizabeth May
💍 1915/5488

Bachelor
Spinster

Saw Mill hand

33
26

Auckland
Auckland

33 yrs
24 yrs

33 yrs Congregational Church

15/7807

25 November 1915

Rev J Campbell Congregational

No	1563
Date of Notice	25 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ross William Snowdon	Rose Elizabeth Marr
BDM Match (83%)	George William Snowdon	Rose Elizabeth May
	💍 1915/5488
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Saw Mill hand
Age	33	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	33 yrs	24 yrs
Marriage Place	33 yrs Congregational Church
Folio	15/7807
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 November 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev J Campbell Congregational

1564

25 November 1915

Robert Laurie Hutton
Elizabeth Eleanor Sammons

Robert Lawrie Lithen
Elizabeth Eleanor Sammons
💍 1915/5465

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

28
27

Auckland
Auckland

4 yrs
life

life St Matthews Church

15/7808

25 November 1915

Rev Ja Colder Anglican

No	1564
Date of Notice	25 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Laurie Hutton	Elizabeth Eleanor Sammons
BDM Match (88%)	Robert Lawrie Lithen	Elizabeth Eleanor Sammons
	💍 1915/5465
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 yrs	life
Marriage Place	life St Matthews Church
Folio	15/7808
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 November 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev Ja Colder Anglican

1565

26 November 1915

Sydney William Duff
Barbara Catherine Davie

Sydney William Gedye
Barbara Catherine Turri
💍 1915/5466

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

26
33

Auckland
Auckland

26 yrs
1 yr

26 yrs, Baptist Church

15/7809

26 November 1915

Rev A B M Brodie Roman Catholic

No	1565
Date of Notice	26 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney William Duff	Barbara Catherine Davie
BDM Match (77%)	Sydney William Gedye	Barbara Catherine Turri
	💍 1915/5466
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	26	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	26 yrs	1 yr
Marriage Place	26 yrs, Baptist Church
Folio	15/7809
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 November 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev A B M Brodie Roman Catholic

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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).