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 401

District of Cambridge Quarter ending 30 June 1915 Registrar Araus

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

3 April 1915

Leslie John Bremlett
Ellen Nicholl

Leslie John Tremlett
Ellen Nicholl
💍 1915/1197

Bachelor
Spinster

Shop asst
Home Duties

24
19

Wellington
Cambridge

12 years
19

Church of England Cambridge

15/3088

John Nicholl, Father

3 April 1915

Rev F. G. Harvie, Anglican

No	4
Date of Notice	3 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie John Bremlett	Ellen Nicholl
BDM Match (98%)	Leslie John Tremlett	Ellen Nicholl
	💍 1915/1197
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shop asst	Home Duties
Age	24	19
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Cambridge
Length of Residence	12 years	19
Marriage Place	Church of England Cambridge
Folio	15/3088
Consent	John Nicholl, Father
Date of Certificate	3 April 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev F. G. Harvie, Anglican

3 April 1915

Alexander Hutchinson
Ethel Klaus

Alexander Hutchinson
Ethel Klaus
💍 1915/1214

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Waitress

25
19

Auckland
Leamington

5 years
1 month

Church England Cambridge

15/3081

John Klaus, Father

3 April 1915

Rev. F. G. Harvie, Anglican

No	5
Date of Notice	3 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Hutchinson	Ethel Klaus
	💍 1915/1214
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Waitress
Age	25	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Leamington
Length of Residence	5 years	1 month
Marriage Place	Church England Cambridge
Folio	15/3081
Consent	John Klaus, Father
Date of Certificate	3 April 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. G. Harvie, Anglican

6 April 1915

Frederick Augustus Sharp
Olive Winifred McIndol

Frederick Augustus Sharp
Olive Winifred McIndoe
💍 1915/1198

Bachelor
Spinster

Nurseryman
Home Duties

26
19

Cambridge
Leamington

36 years
19

Residence Leamington

15/3089

John Mc Indol, Father

6 April 1915

Rev. O.S. Pean, Methodist

No	6
Date of Notice	6 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Augustus Sharp	Olive Winifred McIndol
BDM Match (98%)	Frederick Augustus Sharp	Olive Winifred McIndoe
	💍 1915/1198
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Nurseryman	Home Duties
Age	26	19
Dwelling Place	Cambridge	Leamington
Length of Residence	36 years	19
Marriage Place	Residence Leamington
Folio	15/3089
Consent	John Mc Indol, Father
Date of Certificate	6 April 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. O.S. Pean, Methodist

16 April 1915

Frank Percy Covethard
Henrietta christina mary Roberts

Frank Percy Coulthard
Henrietta Christina Mary Roberts
💍 1915/1196

Bachelor
Spinster

Timber Agent
[illegible] Home Duties

25
21

Hamilton
Cambridge

2 years
16 years

Private Residence Cambridge

15/3087

20 April 1915

Rev W. J. Gow, Presbyterian

No	7
Date of Notice	16 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Percy Covethard	Henrietta christina mary Roberts
BDM Match (92%)	Frank Percy Coulthard	Henrietta Christina Mary Roberts
	💍 1915/1196
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Timber Agent	[illegible] Home Duties
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Cambridge
Length of Residence	2 years	16 years
Marriage Place	Private Residence Cambridge
Folio	15/3087
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 April 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev W. J. Gow, Presbyterian

29 April 1915

William aefred mason Dray
Elsie Chambers

William Alfred Mason Dray
Elsie Chambers
💍 1915/1218

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber
Lady Steep

26
22

Leamington
Leamington

6 years
22

Church of England Cambridge

15/3085

29 April 1915

Rev. C Mortimer-Jones, Anglican

No	8
Date of Notice	29 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William aefred mason Dray	Elsie Chambers
BDM Match (94%)	William Alfred Mason Dray	Elsie Chambers
	💍 1915/1218
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber	Lady Steep
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Leamington	Leamington
Length of Residence	6 years	22
Marriage Place	Church of England Cambridge
Folio	15/3085
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 April 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. C Mortimer-Jones, Anglican

These records have been automatically transcribed and must be verified using the page image (below)

100% Contrast

100% Brightness

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).