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 500

District of Hamilton Quarter ending 30 June 1915 Registrar T. 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

24 May 1915

Max Andersen
Manuella Laurence Fraser

Max Andersen
Manuella Lawrence Fraser
💍 1915/1261

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Home duties

28
17

Hamilton
Hamilton

3 days
3 months

Office of the Registrar of marriages, Hamilton.

3151

Helena Gibson Building mother

24 May 1915

T. L. Seator. Registrar.

No	41
Date of Notice	24 May 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Max Andersen	Manuella Laurence Fraser
BDM Match (96%)	Max Andersen	Manuella Lawrence Fraser
	💍 1915/1261
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Home duties
Age	28	17
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	3 days	3 months
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of marriages, Hamilton.
Folio	3151
Consent	Helena Gibson Building mother
Date of Certificate	24 May 1915
Officiating Minister	T. L. Seator. Registrar.

24 May 1915

Andrew McCheyne Murray
Ivy May Walsh

Andrew McCheyne Murray
Ivy May Walsh
💍 1915/1293

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties.

34
22

Frankton Junction.
Hamilton.

4 years
10 years

Residence of J. W. Walsh, Forest Lake Hamilton.

3160

24 May 1915

A. Gow. Presbyterian.

No	42
Date of Notice	24 May 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew McCheyne Murray	Ivy May Walsh
BDM Match (98%)	Andrew McCheyne Murray	Ivy May Walsh
	💍 1915/1293
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties.
Age	34	22
Dwelling Place	Frankton Junction.	Hamilton.
Length of Residence	4 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Residence of J. W. Walsh, Forest Lake Hamilton.
Folio	3160
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 May 1915
Officiating Minister	A. Gow. Presbyterian.

26 May 1915

Robert John Burrill
Sirreta Agnes Park

Robert John Burrill
Sirreta Agnes Park
💍 1915/1269

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser
Domestic Duties.

23
20

Hamilton
Hamilton.

1 month
20 years

Office of the Registrar of marriages, Hamilton.

3152

William Henry Park Father.

26 May 1915

T. L. Seator. Registrar.

No	43
Date of Notice	26 May 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert John Burrill	Sirreta Agnes Park
BDM Match (95%)	Robert John Burrill	Sirreta Agnes Park
	💍 1915/1269
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser	Domestic Duties.
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton.
Length of Residence	1 month	20 years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of marriages, Hamilton.
Folio	3152
Consent	William Henry Park Father.
Date of Certificate	26 May 1915
Officiating Minister	T. L. Seator. Registrar.

31 May 1915

John Henry Gustav Kuhlty
Lottie Ethel Mc Candlish

John Henry Gustav Kuhtz
Lottie Ethel McCandlish
💍 1915/1270

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties.

27
21

Hamilton.
Hamilton.

1 week
9 months

Methodist Church, London Street Hamilton.

3161

31 May 1915

James B Lover. Methodist

No	44
Date of Notice	31 May 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Henry Gustav Kuhlty	Lottie Ethel Mc Candlish
BDM Match (90%)	John Henry Gustav Kuhtz	Lottie Ethel McCandlish
	💍 1915/1270
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties.
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Hamilton.	Hamilton.
Length of Residence	1 week	9 months
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, London Street Hamilton.
Folio	3161
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 May 1915
Officiating Minister	James B Lover. Methodist

7 June 1915

Graham Win
Ada Annie Coombes

Graham Win
Ada Annie Coombes
💍 1915/1292

Bachelor
Spinster

Coachbuilder
Dressmaker

25
23

Hamilton.

3 years

St Georges Church. Frankton Junction.

3159

7 June 1915

E L. Harvie. Church of England.

No	45
Date of Notice	7 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Graham Win	Ada Annie Coombes
BDM Match (97%)	Graham Win	Ada Annie Coombes
	💍 1915/1292
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coachbuilder	Dressmaker
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Hamilton.
Length of Residence	3 years
Marriage Place	St Georges Church. Frankton Junction.
Folio	3159
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 June 1915
Officiating Minister	E L. Harvie. 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).