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 010

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1915 Registrar Auepart

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

4 January 1915

William Henry Scott
Elsie Sterling

William Henry Scott
Annie Frances Walsh
💍 1915/3160

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

31
29

Auckland
Auckland

8 yrs.
2 yrs. Arondale

St Judes Church

15/588

4 January 1915

Rev. A.D. Peck, Anglican

No	6
Date of Notice	4 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Scott	Elsie Sterling
BDM Match (61%)	William Henry Scott	Annie Frances Walsh
	💍 1915/3160
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	31	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 yrs.	2 yrs. Arondale
Marriage Place	St Judes Church
Folio	15/588
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. A.D. Peck, Anglican

4 January 1915

James Coffey
Rose Paul

James Coffey
Rose Paul
💍 1915/8489

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

41
35

Auckland
Auckland

2 mths.
5 yrs. Auckland

St. Patrick's Cathedral

15/589

4 January 1915

Rt. Rev. M. Brodie, Roman Catholic

No	7
Date of Notice	4 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Coffey	Rose Paul
	💍 1915/8489
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	41	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 mths.	5 yrs. Auckland
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	15/589
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Rt. Rev. M. Brodie, Roman Catholic

4 January 1915

Albert Edward Juniper
Irene Josephine Piper

Albert Edward Dumper
Irene Josephine Piper
💍 1915/8172

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

21
20

Auckland
Auckland

3 mths.
15 yrs. Auckland

Registrar's office

15/20

18 January 1915

Registrar

No	8
Date of Notice	4 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Edward Juniper	Irene Josephine Piper
BDM Match (93%)	Albert Edward Dumper	Irene Josephine Piper
	💍 1915/8172
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	21	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 mths.	15 yrs. Auckland
Marriage Place	Registrar's office
Folio	15/20
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Registrar

5 January 1915

Frederick Rompe Mercer
Annie Alice Mary Bennett

Frederick George Mercer
Annie Alice May Bennett
💍 1915/8504

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

28
27

Auckland
Auckland

6 yrs.
9 yrs. Olahuhu

St Joseph's Church

15/580

5 January 1915

Very Rev. J Buckley, Roman Catholic

No	9
Date of Notice	5 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Rompe Mercer	Annie Alice Mary Bennett
BDM Match (89%)	Frederick George Mercer	Annie Alice May Bennett
	💍 1915/8504
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 yrs.	9 yrs. Olahuhu
Marriage Place	St Joseph's Church
Folio	15/580
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. J Buckley, Roman Catholic

5 January 1915

Albert Victor Brown
Elizabeth Charlotte Hover

Albert Victor Brown
Elizabeth Charlotte Noyer
💍 1915/8445

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

23
19

Auckland
Auckland

20 yrs.
life Ponsonby

House of Brides' Father 31 Brown St

15/427

Joseph Hover, Father

5 January 1915

Rev. A.G. Lawry, Methodist

No	10
Date of Notice	5 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Victor Brown	Elizabeth Charlotte Hover
BDM Match (96%)	Albert Victor Brown	Elizabeth Charlotte Noyer
	💍 1915/8445
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 yrs.	life Ponsonby
Marriage Place	House of Brides' Father 31 Brown St
Folio	15/427
Consent	Joseph Hover, Father
Date of Certificate	5 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. A.G. Lawry, 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).