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 459

District of Gisborne Quarter ending 30 September 1915 Registrar W. Hill

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

105

3 July 1915

George Ernest France
Dorothy Everitt

George Ernest France
Dorothy Everitt
💍 1915/3022

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Servant

32
20

Gisborne
Gisborne

5 years
6 years

The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

5081

Consent Owens 14/1/15 Mary Everitt, Mother.

3 July 1915

Registrar of Marriages Gisborne

No	105
Date of Notice	3 July 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Ernest France	Dorothy Everitt
	💍 1915/3022
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Servant
Age	32	20
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	5 years	6 years
Marriage Place	The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne
Folio	5081
Consent	Consent Owens 14/1/15 Mary Everitt, Mother.
Date of Certificate	3 July 1915
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages Gisborne

106

5 July 1915

Anthony Robson
Amy Johnson

Major Robson
Mary Johnson
💍 1915/2615

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Household Duties

30
26

Poukanawa, Gisborne
Gisborne (or Rapawai)

1 week
life

Matawhero Presbyterian Church

5104

5 July 1915

Rev Alfred W. Wheeldon Presbyterian Minister Matawhero

No	106
Date of Notice	5 July 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Anthony Robson	Amy Johnson
BDM Match (66%)	Major Robson	Mary Johnson
	💍 1915/2615
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Household Duties
Age	30	26
Dwelling Place	Poukanawa, Gisborne	Gisborne (or Rapawai)
Length of Residence	1 week	life
Marriage Place	Matawhero Presbyterian Church
Folio	5104
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 July 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev Alfred W. Wheeldon Presbyterian Minister Matawhero

107

7 July 1915

Alfred William Hepburn
Annie Carroll

Alfred William Hepburn
Annie Carroll
💍 1915/3039

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

22
24

Gisborne
Gisborne

life
6 years

St Mary's Roman Catholic Church

5071

7 July 1915

Rev. Thomas Cave Roman Catholic Minister

No	107
Date of Notice	7 July 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred William Hepburn	Annie Carroll
	💍 1915/3039
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	22	24
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	life	6 years
Marriage Place	St Mary's Roman Catholic Church
Folio	5071
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 July 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas Cave Roman Catholic Minister

108

12 July 1915

John Porter Caulfield
Mary White

John Porter Caulfield
Mary White
💍 1915/4575

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor
Domestic Duties

27
27

Manapapapa Gisborne
Makarini Gisborne

4 years
5 years

Baptist Church Poverty Bay

6821

12 July 1915

Rev. Percy Geo. Wainwright Baptist Minister

No	108
Date of Notice	12 July 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Porter Caulfield	Mary White
	💍 1915/4575
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor	Domestic Duties
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Manapapapa Gisborne	Makarini Gisborne
Length of Residence	4 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Baptist Church Poverty Bay
Folio	6821
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 July 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. Percy Geo. Wainwright Baptist Minister

109

9 July 1915

Marcha Sabatté
Margaret Wheeler

Marcha Sahbatt
Margaret Wheeler
💍 1915/4683

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter
Domestic Servant

33
26

Gisborne
Gisborne

6 months
1 year 6 months Whatanpoko

Private Residence of Rev. P. J. Wainwright Baptist Minister

6825

9 July 1915

Rev. Percy Geo. Wainwright Baptist Minister

No	109
Date of Notice	9 July 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Marcha Sabatté	Margaret Wheeler
BDM Match (90%)	Marcha Sahbatt	Margaret Wheeler
	💍 1915/4683
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter	Domestic Servant
Age	33	26
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	6 months	1 year 6 months Whatanpoko
Marriage Place	Private Residence of Rev. P. J. Wainwright Baptist Minister
Folio	6825
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 July 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. Percy Geo. Wainwright Baptist 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).