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 443

District of Gisborne Quarter ending 31 March 1915 Registrar W. G. Hills

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

15 March 1915

Jack Alfred Petersen
Tudoria Victoria Boniface

Jacob Alfred Petersen Prast
Tudorcia Victoria Boniface
💍 1915/8628

Bachelor
Spinster

Bridge Builder
Domestic Duties

35
20

Maharaka Poverty Bay
Ormond Gisborne

25 Months
Life

The office of the Registrar of Marriages Gisborne

15/654

15 March 1915

Registrar of Marriages Gisborne

No	41
Date of Notice	15 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Jack Alfred Petersen	Tudoria Victoria Boniface
BDM Match (83%)	Jacob Alfred Petersen Prast	Tudorcia Victoria Boniface
	💍 1915/8628
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bridge Builder	Domestic Duties
Age	35	20
Dwelling Place	Maharaka Poverty Bay	Ormond Gisborne
Length of Residence	25 Months	Life
Marriage Place	The office of the Registrar of Marriages Gisborne
Folio	15/654
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages Gisborne

15 March 1915

James Ambrose Fitzmaurice
Adelia Kathleen Martin

James Ambrose Fitzmaurice
Adelia Kathleen Martin
💍 1915/8629

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Lady Help

22
22

Gisborne
Gisborne

15 years
2 years

The office of the Registrar of Marriages Gisborne

15/655

15 March 1915

Registrar of Marriages Gisborne

No	42
Date of Notice	15 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Ambrose Fitzmaurice	Adelia Kathleen Martin
	💍 1915/8629
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Lady Help
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	15 years	2 years
Marriage Place	The office of the Registrar of Marriages Gisborne
Folio	15/655
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages Gisborne

16 March 1915

Dixon Peach
Florence Turner

Dixon Peach
Florence Turner
💍 1915/8630

Widower
Widow

Sawyer
Domestic Duties

47
29

Te Hapara Gisborne
Te Hapara Gisborne

About 30 years
4 years

The office of the Registrar of Marriages Gisborne

15/656

16 March 1915

Registrar of Marriages Gisborne

No	43
Date of Notice	16 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Dixon Peach	Florence Turner
	💍 1915/8630
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Sawyer	Domestic Duties
Age	47	29
Dwelling Place	Te Hapara Gisborne	Te Hapara Gisborne
Length of Residence	About 30 years	4 years
Marriage Place	The office of the Registrar of Marriages Gisborne
Folio	15/656
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages Gisborne

19 March 1915

Christopher William Ernest Loutit
Selma Bulst

Christopher William Ernest Korte
Selina Bulst
💍 1915/1254

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheep Farmer
Domestic Duties

33
36

Matawai Poverty Bay
Gisborne Matawhero

4 years
12 years

Private residence of the Bride's Parents

15/3145

19 March 1915

Rev John William Robinson Church of England Matawai

No	44
Date of Notice	19 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Christopher William Ernest Loutit	Selma Bulst
BDM Match (86%)	Christopher William Ernest Korte	Selina Bulst
	💍 1915/1254
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheep Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	33	36
Dwelling Place	Matawai Poverty Bay	Gisborne Matawhero
Length of Residence	4 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Private residence of the Bride's Parents
Folio	15/3145
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev John William Robinson Church of England Matawai

24 March 1915

Sidney Augustus Burnett
Elizabeth Graham

Sidney Augustus Burnett
Elizabeth Graham
💍 1915/1253

Bachelor
Spinster

Solicitor
Domestic Duties

27
22

Wanganui
Gisborne Poverty Bay

Life
Since Birth

St Andrew's Presbyterian Church Gisborne Poverty Bay

15/3144

24 March 1915

Rev George T. Brown Presbyterian Minister

No	45
Date of Notice	24 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sidney Augustus Burnett	Elizabeth Graham
	💍 1915/1253
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Solicitor	Domestic Duties
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Wanganui	Gisborne Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	Life	Since Birth
Marriage Place	St Andrew's Presbyterian Church Gisborne Poverty Bay
Folio	15/3144
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev George T. Brown Presbyterian Minister

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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).