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 030

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1915 Registrar 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

106

26 January 1915

Jesse Cascoigne
Josephine Victoria May Kimberley

Jesse Gascoigne
Josephine Victoria May Kimberley
💍 1915/8487

Bachelor
Spinster

Barman

27
27

Auckland
Auckland

12 mos.
12 mos.

St. Matthews Church

587

26 January 1915

Rev. W.E. Gillan. Anglican

No	106
Date of Notice	26 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Jesse Cascoigne	Josephine Victoria May Kimberley
BDM Match (97%)	Jesse Gascoigne	Josephine Victoria May Kimberley
	💍 1915/8487
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Barman
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 mos.	12 mos.
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church
Folio	587
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. W.E. Gillan. Anglican

107

26 January 1915

Henry Bundell
Dulcie Violet Metcalfe

Henry Cundell
Dulcie Violet Metcalfe
💍 1915/7686

Bachelor
Spinster

Mental Hospital attendant

31
26

Auckland
Auckland

3 yrs
3 yrs

House of Bride's mother "Glen View" Palmerston Road. Birkenhead Auckland

549

26 January 1915

Rev. I.I. Jones Methodist.

No	107
Date of Notice	26 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Bundell	Dulcie Violet Metcalfe
BDM Match (96%)	Henry Cundell	Dulcie Violet Metcalfe
	💍 1915/7686
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mental Hospital attendant
Age	31	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 yrs	3 yrs
Marriage Place	House of Bride's mother "Glen View" Palmerston Road. Birkenhead Auckland
Folio	549
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. I.I. Jones Methodist.

108

27 January 1915

William Alfred Samuel Thomas Bromfield
Annie Susan Hobson

William Alfred Samuel Thomas Bromfield
Annie Susan Hobson
💍 1915/8289

Bachelor
Spinster

Diler

29
30

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
13 yrs.

Roman Catholic Church Remuera Auckland.

414

27 January 1915

Rev. P. O'malley Roman @tholic.

No	108
Date of Notice	27 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Alfred Samuel Thomas Bromfield	Annie Susan Hobson
	💍 1915/8289
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Diler
Age	29	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	13 yrs.
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church Remuera Auckland.
Folio	414
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. O'malley Roman @tholic.

109

27 January 1915

Rudolph Obrick Mayn
Elsie May Kiedy

Rudolf Obrick Mayn
Elsie May Riedy
💍 1915/7678

Bachelor
Spinster

Chemist

29
27

Auckland
Auckland

14 yrs.
5 weeks.

St. Matthew's Church

542

27 January 1915

Rev W.S. Gillan Anglican.

No	109
Date of Notice	27 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Rudolph Obrick Mayn	Elsie May Kiedy
BDM Match (91%)	Rudolf Obrick Mayn	Elsie May Riedy
	💍 1915/7678
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chemist
Age	29	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	14 yrs.	5 weeks.
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	542
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev W.S. Gillan Anglican.

110

27 January 1915

Thomas Hancock Casdown
Mary Jean Scott

Thomas Hancock Easdown
Mary Jean Scott
💍 1915/7684

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Accountant

35
29

Auckland
Auckland

Life
4 yrs.

St. Paul's Church.

547

27 January 1915

Rev. C.A.B. Hakon Anglican.

No	110
Date of Notice	27 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Hancock Casdown	Mary Jean Scott
BDM Match (98%)	Thomas Hancock Easdown	Mary Jean Scott
	💍 1915/7684
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Accountant
Age	35	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	4 yrs.
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church.
Folio	547
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. C.A.B. Hakon 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).