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 014

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1915 Registrar C. Livermon, Deputy Registrar

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

9 January 1915

William Stanley Dean
Florence mary Forwood

William Stanley Dean
Florence Mary Forwood
💍 1915/8497

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

23
20

Auckland
Auckland

3yrs.
Life

All Saints Church Ponsonby Auckland.

596

Alfred Ernest Albert Forwood Father

9 January 1915

Rev. A. J. Greenwood Anglican

No	26
Date of Notice	9 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Stanley Dean	Florence mary Forwood
BDM Match (98%)	William Stanley Dean	Florence Mary Forwood
	💍 1915/8497
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3yrs.	Life
Marriage Place	All Saints Church Ponsonby Auckland.
Folio	596
Consent	Alfred Ernest Albert Forwood Father
Date of Certificate	9 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. J. Greenwood Anglican

9 January 1915

Arthur Thompson
Viva Winifred Stella Jenkins

Arthur Thompson
Viva Winifred Stella Jenkins
💍 1915/8184

Bachelor
Spinster

Cook

23
23

Auckland
Auckland

2 yrs
2 yrs.

Registrar's Office Auckland.

9 January 1915

Deputy Registrar

No	27
Date of Notice	9 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Thompson	Viva Winifred Stella Jenkins
	💍 1915/8184
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cook
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 yrs	2 yrs.
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland.
Folio	9
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

9 January 1915

James Clark
Clementina Harriet Morris

James Clark
Clementina Harriet Morris
💍 1915/8494

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Driver

25
26

Auckland
Auckland

2 weeks
1 mth.

St. Luke's Church Mt. Albert Auckland.

594

9 January 1915

Rev. C. A. Vaughan Anglican

No	28
Date of Notice	9 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Clark	Clementina Harriet Morris
	💍 1915/8494
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 weeks	1 mth.
Marriage Place	St. Luke's Church Mt. Albert Auckland.
Folio	594
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. A. Vaughan Anglican

11 January 1915

Richard Henry Smith.
Chrisella blue.

Richard Henry Smith
Chrisella Glue
💍 1915/8490

Richard Henry Smith
Kiritahanga Kennedy
💍 1915/6312

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

35
31

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
6 wks.

St. Matthews Church Auckland.

590

11 January 1915

Rev. W. E. Gillam Anglican.

No	29
Date of Notice	11 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Henry Smith.	Chrisella blue.
BDM Match (91%)	Richard Henry Smith	Chrisella Glue
	💍 1915/8490
BDM Match (61%)	Richard Henry Smith	Kiritahanga Kennedy
	💍 1915/6312
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	35	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	6 wks.
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church Auckland.
Folio	590
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam Anglican.

11 January 1915

Edwin Joseph Shanly.
Mary Ellen Duggan.

Edwin Joseph Shanly
Mary Ellen Duggan
💍 1915/8511

Bachelor
Spinster

clerk

35
23

Auckland
Auckland

10 mos.
4 yrs.

St. John's Church Parnell. Auckland.

612

11 January 1915

Rev. J. J. Patterson Roman Catholic.

No	30
Date of Notice	11 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin Joseph Shanly.	Mary Ellen Duggan.
BDM Match (95%)	Edwin Joseph Shanly	Mary Ellen Duggan
	💍 1915/8511
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	clerk
Age	35	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 mos.	4 yrs.
Marriage Place	St. John's Church Parnell. Auckland.
Folio	612
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Patterson 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).