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 472

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

167

18 October 1915

Samuel Lyttle
Annie Gardner

Samuel Lyttle
Annie Gardner
💍 1915/6195

Charles William Bagnell
Annie Gardner
💍 1915/1057

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

24
22

Makaraka Gisborne
Matawhero Gisborne

9 months
5 years

Presbyterian Church Matawhero,

8567

18 October 1915

Rev. Alfred Hadfield Wheeldon - Presbyterian Minister

No	167
Date of Notice	18 October 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Lyttle	Annie Gardner
	💍 1915/6195
BDM Match (61%)	Charles William Bagnell	Annie Gardner
	💍 1915/1057
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Makaraka Gisborne	Matawhero Gisborne
Length of Residence	9 months	5 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Matawhero,
Folio	8567
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 October 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. Alfred Hadfield Wheeldon - Presbyterian Minister

168

20 October 1915

William Milligan
Amy Edith Crosby Mc. Beath

William Milligan
Edith Amy McBeath
💍 1915/6196

Bachelor
Spinster

Settler
Domestic duties

34
21

Gisborne
Gisborne

4 days
21 years

The Residence of Bride's Brother 490 Aberdeen Road.

8568

20 October 1915

Rev James Millar Thomson - Presbyterian Minister

No	168
Date of Notice	20 October 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Milligan	Amy Edith Crosby Mc. Beath
BDM Match (79%)	William Milligan	Edith Amy McBeath
	💍 1915/6196
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Settler	Domestic duties
Age	34	21
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	4 days	21 years
Marriage Place	The Residence of Bride's Brother 490 Aberdeen Road.
Folio	8568
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 October 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev James Millar Thomson - Presbyterian Minister

169

19 October 1915

Joseph Redmond Murphy
Annie Katherine Roche

Joseph Redmond Murphy
Annie Catherine Roche
💍 1915/6096

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Servanti

26
22

Gisborne
Gisborne

3 years
22 years

St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church

8535

19 October 1915

Rev. Father Thomas Lane Roman Catholic Minister -

No	169
Date of Notice	19 October 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Redmond Murphy	Annie Katherine Roche
BDM Match (98%)	Joseph Redmond Murphy	Annie Catherine Roche
	💍 1915/6096
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Servanti
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	3 years	22 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church
Folio	8535
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 October 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father Thomas Lane Roman Catholic Minister -

170

25 October 1915

Glen Stapylton Caulton
Margaret Ross

Glen Stapylton Caulton
Margaret Ross
💍 1915/6185

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber
Waitress

21
23

Gisborne
Gisborne

21 years
2 years

The Residence of The Holy Trinch Church Gisbor

8558

25 October 1915

Rev. Archdeacovo Horace Jacke Church of England.

No	170
Date of Notice	25 October 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Glen Stapylton Caulton	Margaret Ross
	💍 1915/6185
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber	Waitress
Age	21	23
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	21 years	2 years
Marriage Place	The Residence of The Holy Trinch Church Gisbor
Folio	8558
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 October 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. Archdeacovo Horace Jacke Church of England.

171

26 October 1915

Edward Dwyer
Elizabeth Beatrice Maria Mullooly

Edward O'Dwyer
Elizabeth Beatrice Maria Mullooly
💍 1915/6098

Widower
Widow

Fencer
Household duties

58
60

Waerengaahika Poverty Bay
Waerengaahika Poverty Bay

about 38 years
40 years

Private residence of the Bride Haerengara hika

8537

26 October 1915

Rev. Philip O'Malley Roman Catholic Minister.

No	171
Date of Notice	26 October 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Dwyer	Elizabeth Beatrice Maria Mullooly
BDM Match (93%)	Edward O'Dwyer	Elizabeth Beatrice Maria Mullooly
	💍 1915/6098
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Fencer	Household duties
Age	58	60
Dwelling Place	Waerengaahika Poverty Bay	Waerengaahika Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	about 38 years	40 years
Marriage Place	Private residence of the Bride Haerengara hika
Folio	8537
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 October 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. Philip O'Malley Roman Catholic 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).