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 042

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1915 Registrar E. A. W. Livermore

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

166

8 February 1915

John Henry Hall
Hilda Lakey

John Henry Hall
Hilda Lakey
💍 1915/7694

Bachelor
Spinster

Electric Wireman

33
30

Auckland
Auckland

9 yrs
30 yrs

House of Mother of Bride

15/534

8 February 1915

Rev. R. Inglis, Presbyterian

No	166
Date of Notice	8 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Henry Hall	Hilda Lakey
	💍 1915/7694
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electric Wireman
Age	33	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 yrs	30 yrs
Marriage Place	House of Mother of Bride
Folio	15/534
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Inglis, Presbyterian

167

9 February 1915

Francis Charles Phillips
Dreda Maud Scott

Francis Charles Phillips
Freda Maud Scott
💍 1915/8473

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinet maker

19
19

View Road Int. Eden.
Auckland

5 yrs
3 yrs

Eden Hall

15/522

John Phillips Father.

9 February 1915

Mr. H.L. Thatcher, Brethren.

No	167
Date of Notice	9 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Charles Phillips	Dreda Maud Scott
BDM Match (97%)	Francis Charles Phillips	Freda Maud Scott
	💍 1915/8473
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinet maker
Age	19	19
Dwelling Place	View Road Int. Eden.	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 yrs	3 yrs
Marriage Place	Eden Hall
Folio	15/522
Consent	John Phillips Father.
Date of Certificate	9 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Mr. H.L. Thatcher, Brethren.

168

9 February 1915

Robert McDeveny
Jane Fitzgerald

Robert McSeveney
Jane Fitzgerald
💍 1915/8438

Divorced Decree absolute 10 January 1914
Spinster

Labourer

50
36

Auckland
Auckland

2 yrs
18 months

St. John's Methodist Church Ponsonby Road.

15/438

9 February 1915

Rev. A.L. Lawry Methodist

No	168
Date of Notice	9 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert McDeveny	Jane Fitzgerald
BDM Match (94%)	Robert McSeveney	Jane Fitzgerald
	💍 1915/8438
Condition	Divorced Decree absolute 10 January 1914	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	50	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 yrs	18 months
Marriage Place	St. John's Methodist Church Ponsonby Road.
Folio	15/438
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. A.L. Lawry Methodist

169

9 February 1915

Percy Wiles
Rhoda Spear

Percy Wiles
Rhoda Spear
💍 1915/8439

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman N.Z.R.

21
22

32 Campbell Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland.
Auckland

1 yr
3 yrs

Residence of Bride's Parents

15/439

9 February 1915

Rev. R.L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	169
Date of Notice	9 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Wiles	Rhoda Spear
	💍 1915/8439
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman N.Z.R.
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	32 Campbell Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland.	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 yr	3 yrs
Marriage Place	Residence of Bride's Parents
Folio	15/439
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. R.L. Walker, Presbyterian

170

9 February 1915

Henry Thomas Buckler
Elizabeth Cosgrove

Henry Thomas Buckler
Elizabeth Cosgrove
💍 1915/2469

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Servant

25
26

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
6½ yrs

St. Benedict's Church

15/4376

9 February 1915

Rt. Rev. [illegible] Gillan, Roman Catholic

No	170
Date of Notice	9 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Thomas Buckler	Elizabeth Cosgrove
	💍 1915/2469
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Servant
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	6½ yrs
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church
Folio	15/4376
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rt. Rev. [illegible] Gillan, 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).