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 194

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 1915 Registrar Queepm

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

911

21 July 1915

William George Pethybridge
Ruby Cousins Edlington

William George Pethybridge
Ruby Cousins Edlington
💍 1915/2743

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

25
26

Auckland
Auckland

15 yrs
6 yrs

Methodist Church, Pitt St., Auckland

15/4800

21 July 1915

Rev. C. H. Laws Methodist

No	911
Date of Notice	21 July 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William George Pethybridge	Ruby Cousins Edlington
	💍 1915/2743
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 yrs	6 yrs
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt St., Auckland
Folio	15/4800
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 July 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. H. Laws Methodist

912

21 July 1915

Sydney Evelyn Wright
Mabel Hiddell

Sydney Evelyn Wright
Mabel Liddell
💍 1915/2702

Widower
Spinster

Quartermaster Den[illegible] Permanent artillery

44
30

Auckland
Auckland

5 yrs
5 yrs

Clandereus Church Auckland

4801

21 July 1915

Rev. A Murray Presbyterian

No	912
Date of Notice	21 July 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney Evelyn Wright	Mabel Hiddell
BDM Match (96%)	Sydney Evelyn Wright	Mabel Liddell
	💍 1915/2702
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Quartermaster Den[illegible] Permanent artillery
Age	44	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 yrs	5 yrs
Marriage Place	Clandereus Church Auckland
Folio	4801
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 July 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. A Murray Presbyterian

913

22 July 1915

Thomas Le Clair De Francoeur
Armandine Marc Sowron a Gorvisser

Thomas Le Clair De Francoeur
Armandine Mare Souron
💍 1915/2620

Bachelor
Widow

Gabriel Maker

66
37

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
2 yrs

Registrar's Office Auckland

4456

22 July 1915

Registrar

No	913
Date of Notice	22 July 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Le Clair De Francoeur	Armandine Marc Sowron a Gorvisser
BDM Match (79%)	Thomas Le Clair De Francoeur	Armandine Mare Souron
	💍 1915/2620
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Gabriel Maker
Age	66	37
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	2 yrs
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	4456
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 July 1915
Officiating Minister	Registrar

914

22 July 1915

Arthur James Stephens
Ada Littlewood

Arthur James Stephens
Ada Littlewood
💍 1915/2922

Bachelor
Spinster

Hand [illegible]

27
28

Auckland
Auckland

3 yrs
1 yr

House of Bride's Brother Auckland

4931

22 July 1915

Rev. G. Turner Presbyterian

No	914
Date of Notice	22 July 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur James Stephens	Ada Littlewood
	💍 1915/2922
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hand [illegible]
Age	27	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 yrs	1 yr
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Brother Auckland
Folio	4931
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 July 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Turner Presbyterian

915

22 July 1915

George William Baundle
Mary Gertrude Janet Campbell

George William Caundle
Mary Gertrude Janet Campbell
💍 1915/2989

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Van Driver

27
30

Auckland
Auckland

5 yrs
8 yrs

St. Joseph's Presbyterian Church Rey Lynn

4997

22 July 1915

Very Rev. H. Holbrook Roman Catholic

No	915
Date of Notice	22 July 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George William Baundle	Mary Gertrude Janet Campbell
BDM Match (98%)	George William Caundle	Mary Gertrude Janet Campbell
	💍 1915/2989
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Van Driver
Age	27	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 yrs	8 yrs
Marriage Place	St. Joseph's Presbyterian Church Rey Lynn
Folio	4997
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 July 1915
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. H. Holbrook Roman Catholic

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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).