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 425

District of Dargaville Quarter ending 31 December 1915 Registrar S. Ure Macaulay

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

22 October 1915

Henry McCorsan
Hilda Ann Worrall

Henry McCowan
Hilda Annie Worrall
💍 1915/5373

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Teacher

23
22

Dargaville
Epsom Auckland

3 months
22 years

St. Andrews Church Auckland

15/1666

22 October 1915

John Wilkinson

No	11
Date of Notice	22 October 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry McCorsan	Hilda Ann Worrall
BDM Match (88%)	Henry McCowan	Hilda Annie Worrall
	💍 1915/5373
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Teacher
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Dargaville	Epsom Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	22 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrews Church Auckland
Folio	15/1666
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 October 1915
Officiating Minister	John Wilkinson

27 October 1915

Richard Watson
Violet Jane Walker

Richard Watson
Violet Jane Walker
💍 1915/6170

Bachelor
Spinster

Millhand
Household duties

30
26

Hoanga
Hoanga

5 years
1 year

House of Mr. C. Walker Hoanga

15/8493

27 October 1915

W.H. Speer.

No	12
Date of Notice	27 October 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Watson	Violet Jane Walker
	💍 1915/6170
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Millhand	Household duties
Age	30	26
Dwelling Place	Hoanga	Hoanga
Length of Residence	5 years	1 year
Marriage Place	House of Mr. C. Walker Hoanga
Folio	15/8493
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 October 1915
Officiating Minister	W.H. Speer.

1 November 1915

Arthur James Northenond
Mary Elizabeth Kerr

Arthur James Northwood
Mary Elizabeth Kerr
💍 1915/6169

Bachelor
Spinster

Photographer
Household duties

35
25

Maropiu
Maropiu

3 days
10 years

House of Alexander Kerr Maropiu

15/8492

1 November 1915

G.A.T. Rickaby

No	13
Date of Notice	1 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur James Northenond	Mary Elizabeth Kerr
BDM Match (94%)	Arthur James Northwood	Mary Elizabeth Kerr
	💍 1915/6169
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Photographer	Household duties
Age	35	25
Dwelling Place	Maropiu	Maropiu
Length of Residence	3 days	10 years
Marriage Place	House of Alexander Kerr Maropiu
Folio	15/8492
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 November 1915
Officiating Minister	G.A.T. Rickaby

2 November 1915

Albert John Herkt
Maria Elizabeth Herkt

Albert John Herkt
Maria Elizabeth Herkt
💍 1915/6180

Bachelor
Spinster

Enquirer Driver
Household duties

24
22

Tangowahine
Tangowahine

24 years
22 years

Registrar's Office Dargaville

15/8488

2 November 1915

S. Ure Macaulay.

No	14
Date of Notice	2 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert John Herkt	Maria Elizabeth Herkt
	💍 1915/6180
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Enquirer Driver	Household duties
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Tangowahine	Tangowahine
Length of Residence	24 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Dargaville
Folio	15/8488
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 November 1915
Officiating Minister	S. Ure Macaulay.

15 October 1915

John Henry King
Ahenata Pane

John Henry King
Ahenata Pene
💍 1915/6168

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Household duties

26
20

Dargaville
Dargaville

2 years
10 years

Anglican Church

15/8491

Brown Nathan (Guardian)

15 October 1915

G.A.T. Rickaby.

No	15
Date of Notice	15 October 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Henry King	Ahenata Pane
BDM Match (96%)	John Henry King	Ahenata Pene
	💍 1915/6168
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Household duties
Age	26	20
Dwelling Place	Dargaville	Dargaville
Length of Residence	2 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church
Folio	15/8491
Consent	Brown Nathan (Guardian)
Date of Certificate	15 October 1915
Officiating Minister	G.A.T. Rickaby.

19 November 1915

Home Henare Ruatara
Peti Hori Koiho

Honi Henare Ruatara
Peti Hori Roiho
💍 1915/6181

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Household duties

35
17

Taite
Taite

3 years
About 3 years

Registrar's Office About Dargaville

15/8489

Riripeti Retana (Grandmother)

19 November 1915

S. Ure Macaulay.

No	15
Date of Notice	19 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Home Henare Ruatara	Peti Hori Koiho
BDM Match (91%)	Honi Henare Ruatara	Peti Hori Roiho
	💍 1915/6181
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Household duties
Age	35	17
Dwelling Place	Taite	Taite
Length of Residence	3 years	About 3 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office About Dargaville
Folio	15/8489
Consent	Riripeti Retana (Grandmother)
Date of Certificate	19 November 1915
Officiating Minister	S. Ure Macaulay.

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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).