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 347

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 December 1915 Registrar Sueponts

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

1671

14 December 1915

Francis Patrick Rodroske
Catherine Noulfe

Francis Patrick Shodroske
Catherine Woulfe
💍 1915/5555

Bachelor
Spinster

Money Lender

39
29

Auckland
Auckland

3mths
19mths

Roman Catholic Church

7888

14 December 1915

Rev. O. furlons Roman Catholic

No	1671
Date of Notice	14 December 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Patrick Rodroske	Catherine Noulfe
BDM Match (93%)	Francis Patrick Shodroske	Catherine Woulfe
	💍 1915/5555
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Money Lender
Age	39	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3mths	19mths
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church
Folio	7888
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 December 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. O. furlons Roman Catholic

1672

14 December 1915

Christian Dewan Dubi
Lucy Freeman

Christian Henry Dubi
Lucy Freeman
💍 1915/5556

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

37
29

Auckland
Auckland

5/20/p
life

Residence of Brides Mother

7889

14 December 1915

Rev. Of. a. Vickery Congressional

No	1672
Date of Notice	14 December 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Christian Dewan Dubi	Lucy Freeman
BDM Match (90%)	Christian Henry Dubi	Lucy Freeman
	💍 1915/5556
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	37	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5/20/p	life
Marriage Place	Residence of Brides Mother
Folio	7889
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 December 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. Of. a. Vickery Congressional

1673

14 December 1915

John Richard Heraldie Bloor
Margaret Anne Jonsans

John Richard Abrigeldie Seton
Margaret Anne Jowans
💍 1915/5564

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrical Engineer

32
28

Auckland
Auckland

12mths
6mths

both. St Ludes Church

7890

14 December 1915

Rev. R. L. Yeats Anglican

No	1673
Date of Notice	14 December 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Richard Heraldie Bloor	Margaret Anne Jonsans
BDM Match (80%)	John Richard Abrigeldie Seton	Margaret Anne Jowans
	💍 1915/5564
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrical Engineer
Age	32	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12mths	6mths
Marriage Place	both. St Ludes Church
Folio	7890
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 December 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Yeats Anglican

1674

14 December 1915

Harold Henry James Mills
Audena Mary Shine

Harold Henry James Mills
Christina May Shine
💍 1915/5575

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

23
19

Auckland
Auckland

5 mths
8 mths

St Joseph's Church

7891

William Shine, Father

14 December 1915

Rev. Port. of Holbrook Roman Catholic

No	1674
Date of Notice	14 December 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Henry James Mills	Audena Mary Shine
BDM Match (79%)	Harold Henry James Mills	Christina May Shine
	💍 1915/5575
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 mths	8 mths
Marriage Place	St Joseph's Church
Folio	7891
Consent	William Shine, Father
Date of Certificate	14 December 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. Port. of Holbrook Roman Catholic

1675

14 December 1915

Arthur James Palmer
Grace Gladys Ratliff

Arthur James Palmer
Grace Gladys Makgill
💍 1915/5582

Bachelor
Spinster

Architect

27
27

Auckland
Auckland

20 mths
9 mths

St Andrews Church

7892

14 December 1915

Rev. C. Palmer, Anglican

No	1675
Date of Notice	14 December 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur James Palmer	Grace Gladys Ratliff
BDM Match (88%)	Arthur James Palmer	Grace Gladys Makgill
	💍 1915/5582
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Architect
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 mths	9 mths
Marriage Place	St Andrews Church
Folio	7892
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 December 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. Palmer, 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).