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 020

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1915 Registrar [illegible]

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

15 January 1915

Charles Henry Revell
Bertha mildred Montgomery

Charles Henry Revell
Bertha Mildred Montgomery
💍 1915/7677

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

37
28

Auckland
Auckland

8 yrs
So years

St. Matthew's Church

541

15 January 1915

Rev. W.E. Gillam Anglican

No	56
Date of Notice	15 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Henry Revell	Bertha mildred Montgomery
BDM Match (98%)	Charles Henry Revell	Bertha Mildred Montgomery
	💍 1915/7677
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	37	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 yrs	So years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	541
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. W.E. Gillam Anglican

16 January 1915

Frederick Henry Halters
Irene minnie Mildred Elliott

Frederick Henry Walters
Irene Minnie Mildred Elliott
💍 1915/8512

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

29
26

Auckland
Auckland

20 yrs.
17 yrs.

East Street mission Hall.

613

16 January 1915

Rev. N. Turner. Methodist.

No	57
Date of Notice	16 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Henry Halters	Irene minnie Mildred Elliott
BDM Match (96%)	Frederick Henry Walters	Irene Minnie Mildred Elliott
	💍 1915/8512
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	29	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 yrs.	17 yrs.
Marriage Place	East Street mission Hall.
Folio	613
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. N. Turner. Methodist.

16 January 1915

John Maxwell Deal
Amy Maria Wheeler

John Maxwell Teal
Amy Maria Wheeler
💍 1915/8167

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

26
19

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
6 weeks

Registrar's Office

John wheeler Father

16 January 1915

Deputy Registrar

No	58
Date of Notice	16 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Maxwell Deal	Amy Maria Wheeler
BDM Match (97%)	John Maxwell Teal	Amy Maria Wheeler
	💍 1915/8167
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	26	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	6 weeks
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	16
Consent	John wheeler Father
Date of Certificate	16 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

16 January 1915

John Wesley Charteris
Florence may Eyton

John Wesley Charteris
Florence May Eyton
💍 1915/8526

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

21
19

Auckland
Auckland

4 yrs.
15 yrs

House of Bride's Father Couldrey Street Eden derrace

622

Philip Henry Eyton Father

16 January 1915

Rev. H. Elliott Baptist.

No	59
Date of Notice	16 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Wesley Charteris	Florence may Eyton
BDM Match (97%)	John Wesley Charteris	Florence May Eyton
	💍 1915/8526
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 yrs.	15 yrs
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Father Couldrey Street Eden derrace
Folio	622
Consent	Philip Henry Eyton Father
Date of Certificate	16 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Elliott Baptist.

18 January 1915

Edward Stanley Leven
Dorothy Comer

Edward Stanley Keven
Dorothy Comer
💍 1915/8520

Bachelor
Spinster

Letter Carrier

22
19

Auckland
Auckland

3days
3 days

House of mr. J. E. Keven 81 Burnley Lerrace mt. Eden

602

George Comer. Father

18 January 1915

Rev. J.B. Suckling Methodist.

No	60
Date of Notice	18 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Stanley Leven	Dorothy Comer
BDM Match (98%)	Edward Stanley Keven	Dorothy Comer
	💍 1915/8520
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Letter Carrier
Age	22	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3days	3 days
Marriage Place	House of mr. J. E. Keven 81 Burnley Lerrace mt. Eden
Folio	602
Consent	George Comer. Father
Date of Certificate	18 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J.B. Suckling Methodist.

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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).