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 438

District of Gisborne Quarter ending 31st of March 1915 Registrar H. E. 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

16.

26th January 1915

Eric Vincent Hawkes
Lois Goldstone Saunders

Eric Vincent Hawkes
Lois Edelsten Saunders
💍 1915/8549

Bachelor
Spinster

Clothier's Assistant
Waitress

19
18

Gisborne
Gisborne

13 years
13 years

The office of the Registrar of Marriages Gisborne.

648

John Henry Hawkes (Father)

26th January 1915

Registrar of Marriages Gisborne.

No	16.
Date of Notice	26th January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Eric Vincent Hawkes	Lois Goldstone Saunders
BDM Match (87%)	Eric Vincent Hawkes	Lois Edelsten Saunders
	💍 1915/8549
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clothier's Assistant	Waitress
Age	19	18
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	13 years	13 years
Marriage Place	The office of the Registrar of Marriages Gisborne.
Folio	648
Consent	John Henry Hawkes (Father)
Date of Certificate	26th January 1915
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages Gisborne.

17.

27th January 1915

Arthur Francis de Tourreville Gaullain
Minnie Dorthea Hansen

Arthur Francis De Touffreville Haultain
Minnie Dorthea Hansen
💍 1915/8616

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Domestic Duties

26
27

Motu Poverty Bay
Motu Poverty Bay

3 years
25 years

Private residence of the Brides parents

666

27th January 1915

Rev Samuel Bestic Presbyterian Minister.

No	17.
Date of Notice	27th January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Francis de Tourreville Gaullain	Minnie Dorthea Hansen
BDM Match (94%)	Arthur Francis De Touffreville Haultain	Minnie Dorthea Hansen
	💍 1915/8616
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Domestic Duties
Age	26	27
Dwelling Place	Motu Poverty Bay	Motu Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	3 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Private residence of the Brides parents
Folio	666
Consent
Date of Certificate	27th January 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev Samuel Bestic Presbyterian Minister.

18.

29th January 1915

John Stevenson
Agnes Jane Baxter Irvine

John Stevenson
Agnes Jane Baxter Gavin
💍 1915/8550

Bachelor
Spinster

Letterpress Printer
Domestic Servant

23
22

Gisborne
Gisborne

1 1/2 years
15 months

The office of the Registrar of Marriages Gisborne.

649

29th January 1915

Registrar of Marriages Gisborne.

No	18.
Date of Notice	29th January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Stevenson	Agnes Jane Baxter Irvine
BDM Match (94%)	John Stevenson	Agnes Jane Baxter Gavin
	💍 1915/8550
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Letterpress Printer	Domestic Servant
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	1 1/2 years	15 months
Marriage Place	The office of the Registrar of Marriages Gisborne.
Folio	649
Consent
Date of Certificate	29th January 1915
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages Gisborne.

19.

30th January 1915

James Haskins
Lily Hinton

James Haskins
Lily Sinton
💍 1915/45

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

30
27

Manutuke Gisborne
Manutuke Gisborne

13 years
27 years

Presbyterian Church Gisborne.

2609

30th January 1915

Rev Alex Grant Presbyterian Minister.

No	19.
Date of Notice	30th January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Haskins	Lily Hinton
BDM Match (95%)	James Haskins	Lily Sinton
	💍 1915/45
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	30	27
Dwelling Place	Manutuke Gisborne	Manutuke Gisborne
Length of Residence	13 years	27 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Gisborne.
Folio	2609
Consent
Date of Certificate	30th January 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev Alex Grant Presbyterian Minister.

20.

30th January 1915

William John Sutton
Ellen Ann Edwards

William John Tutton
Ellen Ann Edwards
💍 1915/8667

Bachelor
Spinster

Slaughterman
Waitress

25
24

Gisborne
Gisborne

12 Months
About 14 years.

The Private residence of the Brides Aunt 14 Berry Street Gisborne

771

30th January 1915

Rev Robt. Paine Methodist Minister

No	20.
Date of Notice	30th January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Sutton	Ellen Ann Edwards
BDM Match (97%)	William John Tutton	Ellen Ann Edwards
	💍 1915/8667
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Slaughterman	Waitress
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	12 Months	About 14 years.
Marriage Place	The Private residence of the Brides Aunt 14 Berry Street Gisborne
Folio	771
Consent
Date of Certificate	30th January 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev Robt. Paine Methodist 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).