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 496

District of Hamilton Quarter ending 31 March 1916 Registrar I 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

25 March 1915

Thomas blande Mayes
Olive alice Wallace.

Thomas Claude Mayes
Olive Alice Wallace
💍 1915/8919

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver.
Domestic Duties

22
22

Hamilton.
Hamilton.

21 years
4 years

Dwelling of Mr. Wallace Charlement Street

820

25 March 1915

Rev. A. Gow.

No	21
Date of Notice	25 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas blande Mayes	Olive alice Wallace.
BDM Match (90%)	Thomas Claude Mayes	Olive Alice Wallace
	💍 1915/8919
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver.	Domestic Duties
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Hamilton.	Hamilton.
Length of Residence	21 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Mr. Wallace Charlement Street
Folio	820
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Gow.

27 march 1915

alfred John Mcbreedy.
Ethel Louisa Williams.

Alfred John McCreedy
Ethel Louisa Williams
💍 1915/8625

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer.
Drapers assistant

24
27

Frankton Junction
Frankton Junction

2 years
2 months

Methodist Manse Milton Street.

675

27 march 1915

Rev. James Wrigley.

No	22
Date of Notice	27 march 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	alfred John Mcbreedy.	Ethel Louisa Williams.
BDM Match (91%)	Alfred John McCreedy	Ethel Louisa Williams
	💍 1915/8625
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer.	Drapers assistant
Age	24	27
Dwelling Place	Frankton Junction	Frankton Junction
Length of Residence	2 years	2 months
Marriage Place	Methodist Manse Milton Street.
Folio	675
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 march 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. James Wrigley.

30 march 1915

Samuel blothier Marion Kate
Wilson.

Bachelor
Spinster

Estate Agent.
Domestic

33
25

Hamilton
Hamilton.

5 years
2 years

methodist bhurch.

3168

30 march 1915

Rev. James Wrigley.

No	23
Date of Notice	30 march 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel blothier Marion Kate	Wilson.
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Estate Agent.	Domestic
Age	33	25
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton.
Length of Residence	5 years	2 years
Marriage Place	methodist bhurch.
Folio	3168
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 march 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. James Wrigley.

31 march 1915

Louis Stevens.
Lillian Ivene Burrell

Louis Stevens
Lillian Irene Burrell
💍 1915/8921

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinet maker
Domestic Duties.

23
18

Hamilton.
Hamilton.

3 days
3 days

In the Preshyterian bhurch, Claudelands

821

Thomas Walter Burstall. step-father

31 march 1915

Rev. A. Gow.

No	24
Date of Notice	31 march 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Louis Stevens.	Lillian Ivene Burrell
BDM Match (94%)	Louis Stevens	Lillian Irene Burrell
	💍 1915/8921
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinet maker	Domestic Duties.
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Hamilton.	Hamilton.
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	In the Preshyterian bhurch, Claudelands
Folio	821
Consent	Thomas Walter Burstall. step-father
Date of Certificate	31 march 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Gow.

31 March 1915

Frederick Trench Williamson.
Esther Blizabeth Priest

Frederick Trench Williamson
Esther Elizabeth Priest
💍 1915/1814

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer.
School teacher.

27
26

Sordonton.
Ngaturi. Pahiatua.

20 months
5 weeks.

Residence of mrs. Priest Waima" ngatung Pahiatua. Pahiatua

3687

31 March 1915

Rev. James me Caw

No	25
Date of Notice	31 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Trench Williamson.	Esther Blizabeth Priest
BDM Match (96%)	Frederick Trench Williamson	Esther Elizabeth Priest
	💍 1915/1814
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer.	School teacher.
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Sordonton.	Ngaturi. Pahiatua.
Length of Residence	20 months	5 weeks.
Marriage Place	Residence of mrs. Priest Waima" ngatung Pahiatua. Pahiatua
Folio	3687
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. James me Caw

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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).