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 476

District of Gisborne Quarter ending 31st December 1915 Registrar Ro 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

187

8th November 1915

Culbert Fredrick de Baugh
Mary Margaret Irene Parker

Gilbert Frederick de Baugh
Mary Margaret Irene Parker
💍 1915/6120

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Home duties

21
21

Patutahi, Gisborne
Patutahi Gisborne

7 weeks
6 weeks

The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne.

8509

8th November 1915

Henry Ewart Hill Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne.

No	187
Date of Notice	8th November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Culbert Fredrick de Baugh	Mary Margaret Irene Parker
BDM Match (94%)	Gilbert Frederick de Baugh	Mary Margaret Irene Parker
	💍 1915/6120
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Home duties
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Patutahi, Gisborne	Patutahi Gisborne
Length of Residence	7 weeks	6 weeks
Marriage Place	The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne.
Folio	8509
Consent
Date of Certificate	8th November 1915
Officiating Minister	Henry Ewart Hill Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne.

188

9th November 1915

Jack Daulton McLeod
Cecelia Margreet Brennan

Jack Daulton McLeod
Cecelia Margaret Brennan
💍 1915/6183

Widower
Spinster

Builder
Home duties

33
22

Gisborne
Mangapapa, Gisborne

6 years
16 years

The Holy Trinity Church of England,

8556

9th November 1915

Rev. Archdeacon Horace Packe Church of England.

No	188
Date of Notice	9th November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Jack Daulton McLeod	Cecelia Margreet Brennan
BDM Match (96%)	Jack Daulton McLeod	Cecelia Margaret Brennan
	💍 1915/6183
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Builder	Home duties
Age	33	22
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Mangapapa, Gisborne
Length of Residence	6 years	16 years
Marriage Place	The Holy Trinity Church of England,
Folio	8556
Consent
Date of Certificate	9th November 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. Archdeacon Horace Packe Church of England.

189

11th November 1915

John Ladas Aislabie
Vera Burton Pritchard

John Ladas Aislabie
Vera Burton Pritchard
💍 1915/6121

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Servant

21
19

Gisborne
Gisborne

3 years
3 years

The office of the Registrar of Marriages

8510

Harry Daniel Pritchard - Father

11th November 1915

Henry Ewart Hill Registrar of Marriages Gisborne

No	189
Date of Notice	11th November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Ladas Aislabie	Vera Burton Pritchard
	💍 1915/6121
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Servant
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	The office of the Registrar of Marriages
Folio	8510
Consent	Harry Daniel Pritchard - Father
Date of Certificate	11th November 1915
Officiating Minister	Henry Ewart Hill Registrar of Marriages Gisborne

190

17th November 1915

George Harold Mignett
Daisy Rose Hill

George Harold Hignett
Daisy Rose Hill
💍 1915/6122

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Surfaceman
Shop Assistant

31
21

Waiakohen Poverty Bay
Gisborne

7 years
21 years

The office of the Registrar of Marriages,

8511

17th November 1915

Henry Ewart Hill Registrar of Marriages. Gisborne

No	190
Date of Notice	17th November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Harold Mignett	Daisy Rose Hill
BDM Match (98%)	George Harold Hignett	Daisy Rose Hill
	💍 1915/6122
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Surfaceman	Shop Assistant
Age	31	21
Dwelling Place	Waiakohen Poverty Bay	Gisborne
Length of Residence	7 years	21 years
Marriage Place	The office of the Registrar of Marriages,
Folio	8511
Consent
Date of Certificate	17th November 1915
Officiating Minister	Henry Ewart Hill Registrar of Marriages. Gisborne

191

16th November 1915

William Morton John Jones
Violet Maud Neal

William Morton John Jones
Violet Maud Neal
💍 1915/6203

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor
Domestic duties

25
20

Matawai, Poverty Bay
Matawai, Poverty Bay

8 years
9 years

Private residence of the Bride's Parents

8552

Charles Neal, Father

16th November 1915

Rev. George Norman Welham Watson Church of England.

No	191
Date of Notice	16th November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Morton John Jones	Violet Maud Neal
	💍 1915/6203
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor	Domestic duties
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Matawai, Poverty Bay	Matawai, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	8 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Private residence of the Bride's Parents
Folio	8552
Consent	Charles Neal, Father
Date of Certificate	16th November 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. George Norman Welham Watson Church of England.

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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).