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 086

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1915 Registrar duepon

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

386

31 March 1915

Victor William Weedon
Jean Doufal Brown

Victor William Weedon
Jean Dougal Brown
💍 1915/8607

Bachelor
Spinster

Foreman

26
23

Auckland
Auckland

2 yrs
5 mos

Church of the Holy Sepulchre

2333

31 March 1915

Rev a Richards, Anglican

No	386
Date of Notice	31 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Victor William Weedon	Jean Doufal Brown
BDM Match (97%)	Victor William Weedon	Jean Dougal Brown
	💍 1915/8607
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Foreman
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 yrs	5 mos
Marriage Place	Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Folio	2333
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev a Richards, Anglican

387

31 March 1915

Harry Graham Grafts
Flora Elizabeth McLean

Harry Graham Watts
Flora Elizabeth McLean
💍 1915/9539

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouse [illegible]

27
26

Auckland
Auckland

life
life

Holy Trinity Church

2295

31 March 1915

Rev. Arch or Calder, Anglican

No	387
Date of Notice	31 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Graham Grafts	Flora Elizabeth McLean
BDM Match (92%)	Harry Graham Watts	Flora Elizabeth McLean
	💍 1915/9539
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouse [illegible]
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	life	life
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church
Folio	2295
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. Arch or Calder, Anglican

388

31 March 1915

Benjamin Paul Moodie
Gertrude Emily Moore

Benjamin Cecil Moodie
Gertrude Emily Moore
💍 1915/9729

Bachelor
Spinster

Departmental Manager importing Warehouse

32
33

Auckland
Auckland

30 yrs
20 yrs

Congregational Church

2363

31 March 1915

Rev. It braith, Congregational

No	388
Date of Notice	31 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Benjamin Paul Moodie	Gertrude Emily Moore
BDM Match (91%)	Benjamin Cecil Moodie	Gertrude Emily Moore
	💍 1915/9729
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Departmental Manager importing Warehouse
Age	32	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 yrs	20 yrs
Marriage Place	Congregational Church
Folio	2363
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. It braith, Congregational

389

31 March 1915

Luke Dean
Mare Devcich

Luka Dean
Mare Devcich
💍 1915/8422

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

31
25

Auckland
Auckland

2 yrs
2 yrs

St Patrick's Cathedral

2171

31 March 1915

Rev J Cahill, Roman Catholic

No	389
Date of Notice	31 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Luke Dean	Mare Devcich
BDM Match (94%)	Luka Dean	Mare Devcich
	💍 1915/8422
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	31	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 yrs	2 yrs
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	2171
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev J Cahill, Roman Catholic

390

31 March 1915

Cornelius Ronfe Delaney
Martha Jane Mitchell

Cornelius George Delaney Maher
Martha Jane Mitchell
💍 1915/7769

Bachelor
Spinster

Survey Draughtsman

31
24

Auckland
Auckland

6 mos
3 yrs

Church of the Sacred Heart

1041

31 March 1915

Rev ar I burphon, Roman Catholic

No	390
Date of Notice	31 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cornelius Ronfe Delaney	Martha Jane Mitchell
BDM Match (83%)	Cornelius George Delaney Maher	Martha Jane Mitchell
	💍 1915/7769
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Survey Draughtsman
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 mos	3 yrs
Marriage Place	Church of the Sacred Heart
Folio	1041
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev ar I burphon, 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).