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 220

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 1915 Registrar Eluapom

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

1041

20 August 1915

Francis Chandler
Mary Jane Griffin

Francis Chandler
Mary Jane Driffin
💍 1915/2762

Bachelor
Divorced

Steward

27
36

Auckland
Auckland

18mos.
18mos

St. Andrews Mause Parnell

4826

20 August 1915

Rev a a Murray, Presby terian

No	1041
Date of Notice	20 August 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Chandler	Mary Jane Griffin
BDM Match (97%)	Francis Chandler	Mary Jane Driffin
	💍 1915/2762
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced
Profession	Steward
Age	27	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18mos.	18mos
Marriage Place	St. Andrews Mause Parnell
Folio	4826
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 August 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev a a Murray, Presby terian

1042

20 August 1915

George Brown Simpson
Maude Averell

George Brown Simpson
Maude Avenell
💍 1915/2683

Widower
Spinster

Retired Farmer

68
35

Auckland
Auckland

5ds
2 ds

All Saints Church Ponsonby

4765

20 August 1915

Arch or Balder Anglican

No	1042
Date of Notice	20 August 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Brown Simpson	Maude Averell
BDM Match (96%)	George Brown Simpson	Maude Avenell
	💍 1915/2683
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Retired Farmer
Age	68	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5ds	2 ds
Marriage Place	All Saints Church Ponsonby
Folio	4765
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 August 1915
Officiating Minister	Arch or Balder Anglican

1043

20 August 1915

Patrick Joseph McKernan
Catherine Hooman

Patrick Joseph McKernan
Catherine Noonan
💍 1915/2881

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

31
32

Auckland
Auckland

3 ds
2 ds

Roman Catholic Church Otahuhu

5015

20 August 1915

Very Rev P. J. Buckley Roman Catholic

No	1043
Date of Notice	20 August 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Patrick Joseph McKernan	Catherine Hooman
BDM Match (94%)	Patrick Joseph McKernan	Catherine Noonan
	💍 1915/2881
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	31	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 ds	2 ds
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church Otahuhu
Folio	5015
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 August 1915
Officiating Minister	Very Rev P. J. Buckley Roman Catholic

1044

20 August 1915

Lancelot Samuel Pascol
Violet-Colina Schmidt

Lanncelot Samuel Pascoe
Violet Colina Schmidt
💍 1915/2788

Bachelor
Spinster

Letter Carrier

32
25

Auckland
Auckland

18 ds
15 ds

Presbyterian Church Onehunga

4869

20 August 1915

Rev D.D. Scott Presbyterian

No	1044
Date of Notice	20 August 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lancelot Samuel Pascol	Violet-Colina Schmidt
BDM Match (93%)	Lanncelot Samuel Pascoe	Violet Colina Schmidt
	💍 1915/2788
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Letter Carrier
Age	32	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 ds	15 ds
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Onehunga
Folio	4869
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 August 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev D.D. Scott Presbyterian

1045

21 August 1915

Richard Thomas Durrant
Clare Petersen

Richard Thomas Durrant
Clare Petersen
💍 1915/2882

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

37
33

Auckland
Auckland

5 yrs
3 yrs

All Saints Church Howick

5016

21 August 1915

Rev. A. D. Hofer Anglican

No	1045
Date of Notice	21 August 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Thomas Durrant	Clare Petersen
	💍 1915/2882
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	37	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 yrs	3 yrs
Marriage Place	All Saints Church Howick
Folio	5016
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 August 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. D. Hofer Anglican

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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).