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 498

District of Hamilton Quarter ending 30 June 1915 Registrar Lh 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

12 April 1915

George Lyall Gibson:
Elizabeth manghan.

George Lyall Gibson
Elizabeth Maughan
💍 1915/1301

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker.
Home Duties.

23
21.

Hamilton.
Hamilton.

2 years.
5 weeks

St Peters church, Hamilton West.

3192

12 April 1915

E. m. bowie. Church of England.

No	31
Date of Notice	12 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Lyall Gibson:	Elizabeth manghan.
BDM Match (89%)	George Lyall Gibson	Elizabeth Maughan
	💍 1915/1301
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker.	Home Duties.
Age	23	21.
Dwelling Place	Hamilton.	Hamilton.
Length of Residence	2 years.	5 weeks
Marriage Place	St Peters church, Hamilton West.
Folio	3192
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 April 1915
Officiating Minister	E. m. bowie. Church of England.

19 April 1915

Edgar Lionel Harvie.
Charlotte Roberta mallyon.

Edgar Lionel Harvie
Charlotte Roberta Mallyon
💍 1915/1302

Bachelor
Spinster

clerk in Holy Orders.
Home Duties

31
26.

Frankton Junction.
Frankton Junction.

2 months
arrived from Sydney on 19 April 1915

St Georges church, Frankton Junction.

3193

19 April 1915

E. m. bowie. Church of England.

No	32
Date of Notice	19 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edgar Lionel Harvie.	Charlotte Roberta mallyon.
BDM Match (94%)	Edgar Lionel Harvie	Charlotte Roberta Mallyon
	💍 1915/1302
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	clerk in Holy Orders.	Home Duties
Age	31	26.
Dwelling Place	Frankton Junction.	Frankton Junction.
Length of Residence	2 months	arrived from Sydney on 19 April 1915
Marriage Place	St Georges church, Frankton Junction.
Folio	3193
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 April 1915
Officiating Minister	E. m. bowie. Church of England.

20 April 1915

William Thomas Osborne.
Laura Hawke.

William Thomas Osborne
Laura Hawke
💍 1915/1276

Widower
Spinster

Builders clerk.
Drapers Assistant.

38
27.

Hamilton.
Hamilton.

4 days
2 years.

Residence of John Hawke Harwood Street, Hamilton.

3167

20 April 1915

J. J. Wallis. methodist.

No	33
Date of Notice	20 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Thomas Osborne.	Laura Hawke.
BDM Match (94%)	William Thomas Osborne	Laura Hawke
	💍 1915/1276
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Builders clerk.	Drapers Assistant.
Age	38	27.
Dwelling Place	Hamilton.	Hamilton.
Length of Residence	4 days	2 years.
Marriage Place	Residence of John Hawke Harwood Street, Hamilton.
Folio	3167
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 April 1915
Officiating Minister	J. J. Wallis. methodist.

22 April 1915

albert Victor Fox.
Beatrice Louisa Morland.

Albert Victor Fox
Beatrice Louisa Morland
💍 1915/1303

Bachelor
Spinster

assistant accountant
music Teacher

25
28.

Frankton Junction.
Frankton Junction

2 months
2 months.

St Georges church, Frankton Junction.

3194

22 April 1915

E. m. bowie. Church of England.

No	34
Date of Notice	22 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	albert Victor Fox.	Beatrice Louisa Morland.
BDM Match (92%)	Albert Victor Fox	Beatrice Louisa Morland
	💍 1915/1303
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	assistant accountant	music Teacher
Age	25	28.
Dwelling Place	Frankton Junction.	Frankton Junction
Length of Residence	2 months	2 months.
Marriage Place	St Georges church, Frankton Junction.
Folio	3194
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 April 1915
Officiating Minister	E. m. bowie. Church of England.

22 April 1915

Frederick George me Sherry.
Caroline sball.

Frederick George McSherry
Caroline Hall
💍 1915/1287

Bachelor
Spinster

carpenter.
Domestic.

20.
19.

Hamilton.
Hamilton.

4 years
4 years

methodist Church, Hamilton.

3154

Jessie Elizabeth Ryan. mother. batherinesball mother.

22 April 1915

Rev. Roberts. methodist.

No	35
Date of Notice	22 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick George me Sherry.	Caroline sball.
BDM Match (83%)	Frederick George McSherry	Caroline Hall
	💍 1915/1287
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	carpenter.	Domestic.
Age	20.	19.
Dwelling Place	Hamilton.	Hamilton.
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	methodist Church, Hamilton.
Folio	3154
Consent	Jessie Elizabeth Ryan. mother. batherinesball mother.
Date of Certificate	22 April 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. Roberts. methodist.

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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).