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 036

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1915 Registrar E. Sivermong

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

136

2 February 1915

Montague Stanley Stott
Rose Eileen Pickett

Montague Stanley Stott
Rose Eileen Pickett
💍 1915/8516

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraph Lineman

26
17

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
2 mths

All Saints Church, Ponsonby

15/617

Charles Pickett Father

2 February 1915

Ven. Arch. W. Calder Anglican

No	136
Date of Notice	2 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Montague Stanley Stott	Rose Eileen Pickett
	💍 1915/8516
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraph Lineman
Age	26	17
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	2 mths
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Ponsonby
Folio	15/617
Consent	Charles Pickett Father
Date of Certificate	2 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Ven. Arch. W. Calder Anglican

137

2 February 1915

Richard William Daniel
Agnes Hodson

Richard William Daniel
Agnes Hodson
💍 1915/7674

Widower
Widow

Beamoman

60
53

Auckland
Auckland

30 yrs
9 yrs

Church of Christ Ponsonby

15/538

2 February 1915

W. D. H. Freenwood Church of Christ

No	137
Date of Notice	2 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard William Daniel	Agnes Hodson
	💍 1915/7674
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Beamoman
Age	60	53
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 yrs	9 yrs
Marriage Place	Church of Christ Ponsonby
Folio	15/538
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1915
Officiating Minister	W. D. H. Freenwood Church of Christ

138

2 February 1915

George Walter Hillo
Ethel May Higgs

George Walter Wills
Ethel May Higgs
💍 1915/8434

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm hand

20
21

Auckland
Auckland

Divers
5 yrs

St. Barnabas Church Sec. 27 (14 dep. notice)

15/426

16 February 1915

Rev. E. J. McFarland Anglican

No	138
Date of Notice	2 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Walter Hillo	Ethel May Higgs
BDM Match (95%)	George Walter Wills	Ethel May Higgs
	💍 1915/8434
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm hand
Age	20	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Divers	5 yrs
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church Sec. 27 (14 dep. notice)
Folio	15/426
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. McFarland Anglican

139

2 February 1915

Samuel Richard Evans
Agnes Olivia Norma Edwards

Samuel Richard Evans
Agnes Olivia Norma Edwards
💍 1915/109

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

31
24

Auckland
Auckland

8 mths
1 yr

Registrar's Office

15/36

2 February 1915

Deputy Registrar

No	139
Date of Notice	2 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Richard Evans	Agnes Olivia Norma Edwards
	💍 1915/109
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 mths	1 yr
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	15/36
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

140

3 February 1915

Frank Julian Hansen
Swendolin Jones

Frank Julian Hansen
Gwendolin Jones
💍 1915/304

Bachelor
Spinster

Wood turner

32
20

Auckland
Auckland

3 yrs
3 yrs

Registrar's Office

15/37

Charles Owen Jones Father

3 February 1915

Deputy Registrar

No	140
Date of Notice	3 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Julian Hansen	Swendolin Jones
BDM Match (97%)	Frank Julian Hansen	Gwendolin Jones
	💍 1915/304
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Wood turner
Age	32	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 yrs	3 yrs
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	15/37
Consent	Charles Owen Jones Father
Date of Certificate	3 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

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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).