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 497

District of Hamilton Quarter ending 30 June 1915 Registrar T. L. Seator.

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

5 April 1915

Arthur William Johnson.
Annie alice Laxon.

Arthur William Johnson
Annie Alice Laxon
💍 1915/910

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouse blerk.
bashier.

25
23

Whata Whata.
Whata Whata

3days.
3 weeks.

St Barnabas bhurch Whata Whata

2947

5 April 1915

C. m. bowie. Church of England.

No	26
Date of Notice	5 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur William Johnson.	Annie alice Laxon.
BDM Match (92%)	Arthur William Johnson	Annie Alice Laxon
	💍 1915/910
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouse blerk.	bashier.
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Whata Whata.	Whata Whata
Length of Residence	3days.	3 weeks.
Marriage Place	St Barnabas bhurch Whata Whata
Folio	2947
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 April 1915
Officiating Minister	C. m. bowie. Church of England.

6 April 1915

William Francis Berry.
Nellie Gladys shinton.

William Francis Berry
Nellie Gladys Hinton
💍 1915/1300

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouse- man.
Domestic Duties

27
24

Eureka.
bureka.

3days.
7 years.

Eriveka Hall, bureka.

3191

6 April 1915

E. m. Cowie Church of England.

No	27
Date of Notice	6 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Francis Berry.	Nellie Gladys shinton.
BDM Match (91%)	William Francis Berry	Nellie Gladys Hinton
	💍 1915/1300
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouse- man.	Domestic Duties
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Eureka.	bureka.
Length of Residence	3days.	7 years.
Marriage Place	Eriveka Hall, bureka.
Folio	3191
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 April 1915
Officiating Minister	E. m. Cowie Church of England.

28.

6 April 1915

David Henry.
mary bastleton Osborne.

David Henry
Mary Castleton Osborne
💍 1915/1275

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller.
House Duties.

26
36

Hamilton.
Hamilton.

3days.
6 years.

St Andrews Presbyterian bhurch. blandelands

3166

6 April 1915

A. Sow. Presbyterian.

No	28.
Date of Notice	6 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Henry.	mary bastleton Osborne.
BDM Match (89%)	David Henry	Mary Castleton Osborne
	💍 1915/1275
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller.	House Duties.
Age	26	36
Dwelling Place	Hamilton.	Hamilton.
Length of Residence	3days.	6 years.
Marriage Place	St Andrews Presbyterian bhurch. blandelands
Folio	3166
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 April 1915
Officiating Minister	A. Sow. Presbyterian.

29.

6 april 1915

Charles Herbert mead.
Ivy may Jordan

Charles Herbert Mead
Ivy May Jordan
💍 1915/1257

Bachelor
Spinster

Quarryman
Luvy-help.

22
22

Hamilton.
Hamilton.

3days.
3days.

Office of the Registrar of marriages Hamilton.

3147

6April 1915

J.L. Seator. Registrar.

No	29.
Date of Notice	6 april 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Herbert mead.	Ivy may Jordan
BDM Match (92%)	Charles Herbert Mead	Ivy May Jordan
	💍 1915/1257
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Quarryman	Luvy-help.
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Hamilton.	Hamilton.
Length of Residence	3days.	3days.
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of marriages Hamilton.
Folio	3147
Consent
Date of Certificate	6April 1915
Officiating Minister	J.L. Seator. Registrar.

30.

7 April 1915

Hugh Savage Pollock.
Mildred Adelaide mary Twidle.

Hugh Savage Pollock
Mildred Adelaide Mary Twidle
💍 1915/1258

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer.
Domestic.

28
22

Frankton Junction.
Frankton Junction.

I week.
7 months

Office of the Registrar of marriages Hamilton.

3148

7 April 1915

J. L. Seator. Registrar.

No	30.
Date of Notice	7 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh Savage Pollock.	Mildred Adelaide mary Twidle.
BDM Match (94%)	Hugh Savage Pollock	Mildred Adelaide Mary Twidle
	💍 1915/1258
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer.	Domestic.
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Frankton Junction.	Frankton Junction.
Length of Residence	I week.	7 months
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of marriages Hamilton.
Folio	3148
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 April 1915
Officiating Minister	J. L. Seator. Registrar.

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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).