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 060

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1915 Registrar Howeson

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

256

10 March 1915

Alfred Leonard Shenfold
Martha Margaret Arnott

Alfred Leonard Shergold
Martha Margaret Arnott
💍 1915/8307

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

27
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 Yrs
3 Yrs.

Bonos of Gilliland 2 Rahan R.

15/408

10 March 1915

Rev. R.L. Walker Presbyterian.

No	256
Date of Notice	10 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Leonard Shenfold	Martha Margaret Arnott
BDM Match (96%)	Alfred Leonard Shergold	Martha Margaret Arnott
	💍 1915/8307
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 Yrs	3 Yrs.
Marriage Place	Bonos of Gilliland 2 Rahan R.
Folio	15/408
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. R.L. Walker Presbyterian.

257

10 March 1915

George Laurence Hall
Margaret Ann Wilson

George Laurence Ball
Margaret Ann Wilson
💍 1915/8654

Bachelor
Spinster

Decorator

35
31

Auckland
Auckland

2 1/2 Yrs
3 Yrs

Bishopscourt Chapel

15/731

10 March 1915

Rt. Rev. Bishop A. W. Averill Anglican

No	257
Date of Notice	10 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Laurence Hall	Margaret Ann Wilson
BDM Match (98%)	George Laurence Ball	Margaret Ann Wilson
	💍 1915/8654
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Decorator
Age	35	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 1/2 Yrs	3 Yrs
Marriage Place	Bishopscourt Chapel
Folio	15/731
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Rt. Rev. Bishop A. W. Averill Anglican

258

10 March 1915

John Alexander Robertson
Gladys May Rogers

John Alexander Robertson
Gladys Ivy Rogers
💍 1915/2566

Bachelor
Spinster

Book Keeper

22
23

Auckland
Auckland

3 yrs
life

Epiphany Church

15/4671

10 March 1915

Rev. A. E. Lush Anglican.

No	258
Date of Notice	10 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Alexander Robertson	Gladys May Rogers
BDM Match (94%)	John Alexander Robertson	Gladys Ivy Rogers
	💍 1915/2566
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Book Keeper
Age	22	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 yrs	life
Marriage Place	Epiphany Church
Folio	15/4671
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. E. Lush Anglican.

259

10 March 1915

Thomas Donald Anderson
Helen Mary Laurie

Thomas Donald Anderson
Helen May Laurie
💍 1915/8308

Bachelor
Spinster

Shop Assistant

30
22

Auckland
Auckland

2 yrs
3 mths

St James Church

15/409

10 March 1915

Rev. R. K. Lawton Presbyterian

No	259
Date of Notice	10 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Donald Anderson	Helen Mary Laurie
BDM Match (97%)	Thomas Donald Anderson	Helen May Laurie
	💍 1915/8308
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shop Assistant
Age	30	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 yrs	3 mths
Marriage Place	St James Church
Folio	15/409
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. K. Lawton Presbyterian

260

10 March 1915

Eric Ohms Dorothy Johnstone
Dorothy Johnstone

Erik Ohius
Dorothy Johnstone
💍 1915/432

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

24
19

Auckland
Auckland

9 yrs
6 yrs

Central Mission Hall Albert St Auckland

15/490

Mary Ellen Martin formerly Johnstone mother

10 March 1915

Rev. J. Sissett Central Mission

No	260
Date of Notice	10 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Eric Ohms Dorothy Johnstone	Dorothy Johnstone
BDM Match (63%)	Erik Ohius	Dorothy Johnstone
	💍 1915/432
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	24	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 yrs	6 yrs
Marriage Place	Central Mission Hall Albert St Auckland
Folio	15/490
Consent	Mary Ellen Martin formerly Johnstone mother
Date of Certificate	10 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Sissett Central Mission

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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).