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 462

District of Gisborne Quarter ending September Registrar H. S. 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

120

24 July 1915

Lionel James Carmine
Kathleen Alice Tellar

Lionel James Carmine
Kathleen Alice Deller
💍 1915/3393

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Clerk
Domestic Duties

25
23

Gisborne
Carterton

2 3/4 years
23 years

St. Mark's Church Carterton

5531

27 July 1915

Rev. Robt. Young (Carterton). Church of England.

No	120
Date of Notice	24 July 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lionel James Carmine	Kathleen Alice Tellar
BDM Match (95%)	Lionel James Carmine	Kathleen Alice Deller
	💍 1915/3393
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Clerk	Domestic Duties
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Carterton
Length of Residence	2 3/4 years	23 years
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church Carterton
Folio	5531
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 July 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. Robt. Young (Carterton). Church of England.

121

29 July 1915

Leslie William Cooper
Florence Penelope Bradford

Leslie William Cooper
Florence Penelope Bradford
💍 1915/2936

Bachelor
Spinster

Mechanical and Electrical Engineer
Domestic Duties

25
25

Gisborne
Gisborne

1 3/4 years
11 years

Holy Trinity Church Gisborne

5102

29 July 1915

Archd H. Packe Church of England.

No	121
Date of Notice	29 July 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie William Cooper	Florence Penelope Bradford
	💍 1915/2936
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mechanical and Electrical Engineer	Domestic Duties
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	1 3/4 years	11 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church Gisborne
Folio	5102
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 July 1915
Officiating Minister	Archd H. Packe Church of England.

122

31 July 1915

William Rankin Breingan
Ella Worrall

William Rankin Brungan
Ella Morrow
💍 1915/3015

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor
Domestic Servant

27
23

Waerenga-a-hika Gisborne
Patutahi Gisborne.

2 3/4 years
23 years

St Andrew's Presbyterian Church Gisborne.

5097

31 July 1915

Rev. Geo. Thos Browne Presbyterian Minister

No	122
Date of Notice	31 July 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Rankin Breingan	Ella Worrall
BDM Match (79%)	William Rankin Brungan	Ella Morrow
	💍 1915/3015
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor	Domestic Servant
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Waerenga-a-hika Gisborne	Patutahi Gisborne.
Length of Residence	2 3/4 years	23 years
Marriage Place	St Andrew's Presbyterian Church Gisborne.
Folio	5097
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 July 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. Geo. Thos Browne Presbyterian Minister

123

2 August 1915

Bertie Mazengarb
Kate Jackson

Bertie Mazengarb
Kate Jackson
💍 1915/3024

Bachelor
Spinster

Horse driver
Domestic Servant

22
23

Waerenga-a-hika Gisborne
Gisborne

2 1/2 years
11 years

The office of the Registrar of Marriages Gisborne

5083

2nd August 1915

Registrar of Marriages

No	123
Date of Notice	2 August 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bertie Mazengarb	Kate Jackson
	💍 1915/3024
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Horse driver	Domestic Servant
Age	22	23
Dwelling Place	Waerenga-a-hika Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	11 years
Marriage Place	The office of the Registrar of Marriages Gisborne
Folio	5083
Consent
Date of Certificate	2nd August 1915
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages

124

21 August 1915

Leonard Edward Lamprey
Hilian Margarett Barton

Leonard Edward Sampey
Lillian Margaret Barton
💍 1915/3013

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Tailoress

27
18

Gisborne
Gisborne

2 3/4 years
5 years

Holy Trinity Church Gisborne

5095

John Barton (Father).

21 August 1915

Archd H. Packe Church of England

No	124
Date of Notice	21 August 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Edward Lamprey	Hilian Margarett Barton
BDM Match (89%)	Leonard Edward Sampey	Lillian Margaret Barton
	💍 1915/3013
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Tailoress
Age	27	18
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	2 3/4 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church Gisborne
Folio	5095
Consent	John Barton (Father).
Date of Certificate	21 August 1915
Officiating Minister	Archd 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).