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 460

District of Gisborne Quarter ending 30 September 1915 Registrar H. 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

110

10 July 1915

John Skiffington
Susan Florence Robertson.

John Skiffington
Susan Florence Robertson
💍 1915/3040

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Lady Help.

25
27

Gisborne
Gisborne

About 10 months
About 2 years

St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church Gisborne

5072

10 July 1915

Rev Thomas Have Roman Catholic Minister

No	110
Date of Notice	10 July 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Skiffington	Susan Florence Robertson.
BDM Match (98%)	John Skiffington	Susan Florence Robertson
	💍 1915/3040
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Lady Help.
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	About 10 months	About 2 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church Gisborne
Folio	5072
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 July 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev Thomas Have Roman Catholic Minister

111

13 July 1915

Jacob Karup.
Jessie Gertrude Ricketts.

Jacob Karup
Jessie Gertrude Ricketts
💍 1915/3035

Bachelor
Divorcee

Waterside Worker
House Keeper

47
43

Gisborne
Gisborne

13 years
13 years

The Office of The Registrar of Marriages Gisborne

5068

13 July 1915

Registrar of Marriages Gisborne

No	111
Date of Notice	13 July 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Jacob Karup.	Jessie Gertrude Ricketts.
BDM Match (94%)	Jacob Karup	Jessie Gertrude Ricketts
	💍 1915/3035
Condition	Bachelor	Divorcee
Profession	Waterside Worker	House Keeper
Age	47	43
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	13 years	13 years
Marriage Place	The Office of The Registrar of Marriages Gisborne
Folio	5068
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 July 1915
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages Gisborne

112

14 July 1915

Francis Patrick Boyd.
Edith Mason.

Francis Patrick Boyd
Edith Mason
💍 1915/3041

Bachelor
Spinster

Tedgehand.
Housemaid

23
21

Mangapapa Gisborne
Mangapapa Gisborne

13 years
4 months

St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church Gisborne

5073

14 July 1915

Rev Thomas Have Roman Catholic Minister

No	112
Date of Notice	14 July 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Patrick Boyd.	Edith Mason.
BDM Match (93%)	Francis Patrick Boyd	Edith Mason
	💍 1915/3041
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tedgehand.	Housemaid
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Mangapapa Gisborne	Mangapapa Gisborne
Length of Residence	13 years	4 months
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church Gisborne
Folio	5073
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 July 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev Thomas Have Roman Catholic Minister

113

14 July 1915

Hans Olaf Hansen
Emily Evelyn Browne.

Hans Olaf Hansen
Emily Evelyn Brown
💍 1915/3038

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Book Binder

24
21

Gisborne
Gisborne

life
life

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Gisborne

5070

14 July 1915

Rev Geo Thos Brown Presbyterian Minister Gisborne

No	113
Date of Notice	14 July 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hans Olaf Hansen	Emily Evelyn Browne.
BDM Match (95%)	Hans Olaf Hansen	Emily Evelyn Brown
	💍 1915/3038
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Book Binder
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	life	life
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Gisborne
Folio	5070
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 July 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev Geo Thos Brown Presbyterian Minister Gisborne

114

19 July 1915

Otto Waldemar Kroos
Lilian Harriet Fletcher.

Otto Waldemar Loos
Lilian Harriet Fletcher
💍 1915/2943

Bachelor
Spinster

Hotel Porter
Manageress.

30
21

Gisborne
Gisborne

5 days
5 days

Holy Trinity Church Gisborne

5103

19 July 1915

Archdeacon H. Packe Church of England.

No	114
Date of Notice	19 July 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Otto Waldemar Kroos	Lilian Harriet Fletcher.
BDM Match (93%)	Otto Waldemar Loos	Lilian Harriet Fletcher
	💍 1915/2943
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hotel Porter	Manageress.
Age	30	21
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	5 days	5 days
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church Gisborne
Folio	5103
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 July 1915
Officiating Minister	Archdeacon H. Packe 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).