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 046

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

186

12 February 1915

Roland John Howard Andrews
Mary Berriman

Roland John Howard Andrews
Mary Berriman
💍 1915/8475

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

19
18

Auckland
Auckland

2 yrs
Life

Presbyterian Church Onehunga Auckland

524

Howard Croft Andrews Father. Edward martin Berriman Father.

12 February 1915

Rev D.D. Scott Presbyterian

No	186
Date of Notice	12 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Roland John Howard Andrews	Mary Berriman
	💍 1915/8475
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	19	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 yrs	Life
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Onehunga Auckland
Folio	524
Consent	Howard Croft Andrews Father. Edward martin Berriman Father.
Date of Certificate	12 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev D.D. Scott Presbyterian

187

12 February 1915

Francis Walter Grey
Jean Stuart McLeod

Francis Walter Grey
Jean Stuart McLeod
💍 1915/1342

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

28
23

Auckland
Auckland

21 yrs
6 yrs

Sacred Heart Church Ponsonby Auckland.

3209

12 February 1915

Rev. U. Doyle Roman Catholic

No	187
Date of Notice	12 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Walter Grey	Jean Stuart McLeod
	💍 1915/1342
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	21 yrs	6 yrs
Marriage Place	Sacred Heart Church Ponsonby Auckland.
Folio	3209
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. U. Doyle Roman Catholic

188

13 February 1915

Albert Henry Bentley
Muriel Beatrice Somerset Lane

Albert Henry Bentley
Muriel Beatrice Somerset Lane
💍 1915/8292

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman

30
24

Auckland
Auckland

7 yrs
10 yrs

Presbyterian Church Devonport Auckland.

417

13 February 1915

Rev. I. E. Bertram Presbyterian

No	188
Date of Notice	13 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Henry Bentley	Muriel Beatrice Somerset Lane
	💍 1915/8292
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 yrs	10 yrs
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Devonport Auckland.
Folio	417
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. I. E. Bertram Presbyterian

189

13 February 1915

William Shomes Strick
Elizabeth Jane Hall

William Thomas Strick
Elizabeth Jane Hall
💍 1915/316

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

30
30

Auckland
Auckland

9 yrs
2 mos.

Registrar's Office Auckland

13 February 1915

Deputy Registrar.

No	189
Date of Notice	13 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Shomes Strick	Elizabeth Jane Hall
BDM Match (95%)	William Thomas Strick	Elizabeth Jane Hall
	💍 1915/316
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	30	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 yrs	2 mos.
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	48
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar.

190

15 February 1915

Carl Wilhelm Prohl
Alice Mary Kennedy

Carl Wilhelm Prohl
Alice Mary Kennedy
💍 1915/8440

Bachelor
Widow

Wicker - worker

35
42

Auckland
Auckland

12 yrs
17 mos.

House of Bride King's View Road Imt Eden Auckland

440

15 February 1915

Rev. R. L. Walker Presbyterian

No	190
Date of Notice	15 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Carl Wilhelm Prohl	Alice Mary Kennedy
	💍 1915/8440
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Wicker - worker
Age	35	42
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 yrs	17 mos.
Marriage Place	House of Bride King's View Road Imt Eden Auckland
Folio	440
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker Presbyterian

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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).