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 090

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1915 Registrar dbuepom

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

396

01 April 1915

Thomas Jamieson
Maud Emma Painter

Thomas Jamieson
Maud Emma Painter
💍 1915/9588

Bachelor
Widow

Miner

65
33

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

House of Rev. E. P. Blamires, Windmill Rd

2377

April 1915

Rev. E. P. Blamires, Methodist

No	396
Date of Notice	01 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Jamieson	Maud Emma Painter
	💍 1915/9588
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Miner
Age	65	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	House of Rev. E. P. Blamires, Windmill Rd
Folio	2377
Consent
Date of Certificate	April 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. P. Blamires, Methodist

397

01 April 1915

Frank Ferdinand Hermanns
Ethel Emma Victoria Hearn

Frank Ferdinand Hermans
Ethel Emma Victoria Hearn
💍 1915/8871

Bachelor
Spinster

Overseer Public Works

35
28

Auckland
Auckland

1 day
3 mos

House of Rev. E. Fletcher's Church

2220

April 1915

Rev. E. Fletcher, Anglican

No	397
Date of Notice	01 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Ferdinand Hermanns	Ethel Emma Victoria Hearn
BDM Match (98%)	Frank Ferdinand Hermans	Ethel Emma Victoria Hearn
	💍 1915/8871
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Overseer Public Works
Age	35	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 day	3 mos
Marriage Place	House of Rev. E. Fletcher's Church
Folio	2220
Consent
Date of Certificate	April 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Fletcher, Anglican

398

01 April 1915

Raymond Waterson Beresford
Annie Isabella Burnet

Raymond Waterson Beresford
Annie Isabella Burnet
💍 1915/9645

Bachelor
Spinster

Mechanic Dentist

25
27

Auckland
Christchurch

5 years
5 yrs

Rev. A. Paul's, Presbyterian Church, Christchurch

2478

April 1915

Rev. J. Paterson, Presbyterian

No	398
Date of Notice	01 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Raymond Waterson Beresford	Annie Isabella Burnet
	💍 1915/9645
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mechanic Dentist
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Christchurch
Length of Residence	5 years	5 yrs
Marriage Place	Rev. A. Paul's, Presbyterian Church, Christchurch
Folio	2478
Consent
Date of Certificate	April 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Paterson, Presbyterian

399

01 April 1915

Thomas Murray
Jessie Agnes McNeal

Thomas Murray
Jessie Agnes McCrae
💍 1915/8410

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

27
21

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
Life

St. Patrick's Cathedral

2160

April 1915

Rev. J. Cahill, Roman Catholic

No	399
Date of Notice	01 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Murray	Jessie Agnes McNeal
BDM Match (92%)	Thomas Murray	Jessie Agnes McCrae
	💍 1915/8410
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	Life
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	2160
Consent
Date of Certificate	April 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Cahill, Roman Catholic

400

01 April 1915

Victor Emanuel de Melmanche
Susan Eddy

Victor Emanuel de Malmauche
Susan Eddy
💍 1915/13916

Bachelor
Spinster

Inspector of Bridges

43
38

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
4 days

All Saints' Church

2455

April 1915

Rev. Mac Murray, Anglican

No	400
Date of Notice	01 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Victor Emanuel de Melmanche	Susan Eddy
BDM Match (96%)	Victor Emanuel de Malmauche	Susan Eddy
	💍 1915/13916
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Inspector of Bridges
Age	43	38
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	All Saints' Church
Folio	2455
Consent
Date of Certificate	April 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. Mac Murray, 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).