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 156

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1915 Registrar Owen E.pson

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

926

15 June 1915

William Francis De Blinlok
Martha Priscilla Smith

William Francis McClintock
Martha Priscilla Smith
💍 1915/8427

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinet maker

27
24

Auckland
Auckland

4 Yrs
16 Yrs

St Peters Church, Ponsonby

15/2153

15 June 1915

Rev a Thompson Presbyferm

No	926
Date of Notice	15 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Francis De Blinlok	Martha Priscilla Smith
BDM Match (88%)	William Francis McClintock	Martha Priscilla Smith
	💍 1915/8427
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinet maker
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 Yrs	16 Yrs
Marriage Place	St Peters Church, Ponsonby
Folio	15/2153
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev a Thompson Presbyferm

927

15 June 1915

Walter Ambrose Barnes
Lucy Angelina Barham

Walter Ambrose Barnes
Lucy Angelina Farnham
💍 1915/9543

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

26
26

Auckland
Auckland

20 yrs
2 Yrs

St Mary's Cathedral Parnell

15/2299

15 June 1915

Rev W Lambert Anglican

No	927
Date of Notice	15 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Ambrose Barnes	Lucy Angelina Barham
BDM Match (95%)	Walter Ambrose Barnes	Lucy Angelina Farnham
	💍 1915/9543
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 yrs	2 Yrs
Marriage Place	St Mary's Cathedral Parnell
Folio	15/2299
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev W Lambert Anglican

928

15 June 1915

Thomas Patrick Dowling
Janet Olive Liddell

Thomas Patrick Dowling
Janet Oliver Liddell
💍 1915/9738

Bachelor
Spinster

Chief

33
33

Auckland
Auckland

3 Yrs
2 mos

Presbyterian Church Onehunga

15/2371

15 June 1915

Rev D D Scott Presbyterian

No	928
Date of Notice	15 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Patrick Dowling	Janet Olive Liddell
BDM Match (98%)	Thomas Patrick Dowling	Janet Oliver Liddell
	💍 1915/9738
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chief
Age	33	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 Yrs	2 mos
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Onehunga
Folio	15/2371
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev D D Scott Presbyterian

929

15 June 1915

Frederick Peters
Nora Harriett Winnie Bowyer

Fredrick Peters
Norah Harriett Minnie Bowyer
💍 1915/2661

Bachelor
Spinster

Parker

23
23

Auckland
Auckland

6 mos
6 yrs

All Saints Church, Ponsonby

15/4717

15 June 1915

Arch 'W Calder Anglican

No	929
Date of Notice	15 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Peters	Nora Harriett Winnie Bowyer
BDM Match (93%)	Fredrick Peters	Norah Harriett Minnie Bowyer
	💍 1915/2661
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Parker
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 mos	6 yrs
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Ponsonby
Folio	15/4717
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Arch 'W Calder Anglican

930

15 June 1915

Joseph Henson
Lena Marion Eliza Bowyer

Joseph Benson
Lena Marion Eliza Bowyer
💍 1915/2660

Bachelor
Spinster

Taxi Proprietor

27
23

Auckland
Auckland

8 mos
6 yrs

All Saints Church, Ponsonby

15/4716

15 June 1915

Arch 'W Calder Anglican

No	930
Date of Notice	15 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Henson	Lena Marion Eliza Bowyer
BDM Match (96%)	Joseph Benson	Lena Marion Eliza Bowyer
	💍 1915/2660
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Taxi Proprietor
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 mos	6 yrs
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Ponsonby
Folio	15/4716
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Arch 'W Calder 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).