Intentions to Marry, 1915 Helensville to Whangaroa

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840458, 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.

1915b contains pages 519-1020, covering districts from Helensville to Whangaroa

Page 525

District of Helensville Quarter ending 31 December 1915 Registrar A. Russell

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

6 November 1915

John Wilks
Margaret Becker

John Wilks
Margaret Becher
💍 1915/7408

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Hand
Domestic Duties

27
28

Kaukapakapa
Wainui

3 years
10 years

The Private residence of Mr H. E. Cole Kaukapakapa

15/3948

6 November 1915

Rev J. A. Lamond, Methodist

No	8
Date of Notice	6 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Wilks	Margaret Becker
BDM Match (97%)	John Wilks	Margaret Becher
	💍 1915/7408
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Hand	Domestic Duties
Age	27	28
Dwelling Place	Kaukapakapa	Wainui
Length of Residence	3 years	10 years
Marriage Place	The Private residence of Mr H. E. Cole Kaukapakapa
Folio	15/3948
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 November 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev J. A. Lamond, Methodist

24 November 1915

Reginald Lloyd Cameron
Mabel Jane Annett

Reginald Lloyd Cameron
Mabel Jane Annett
💍 1915/6254

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Fireman
Waitress

24
22

Helensville
Helensville

4 days
2 1/2 years

St Andrews Church Helensville

15/8603

24 November 1915

Rev L. J. Hodson, Presbyterian

No	9
Date of Notice	24 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reginald Lloyd Cameron	Mabel Jane Annett
	💍 1915/6254
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Fireman	Waitress
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Helensville	Helensville
Length of Residence	4 days	2 1/2 years
Marriage Place	St Andrews Church Helensville
Folio	15/8603
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 November 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev L. J. Hodson, Presbyterian

26 November 1915

Frederick George Devey
Harriet Donovan

Frederick George Devey
Harriet Donovan
💍 1915/6253

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Tailoress

26
21

Helensville
Helensville

9 months
21 years

The Private residence of Mr David Donovan Helensville

15/8602

26 November 1915

Rev W. J. Forde, Roman Catholic Priest

No	10
Date of Notice	26 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick George Devey	Harriet Donovan
	💍 1915/6253
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Tailoress
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Helensville	Helensville
Length of Residence	9 months	21 years
Marriage Place	The Private residence of Mr David Donovan Helensville
Folio	15/8602
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 November 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev W. J. Forde, Roman Catholic Priest

23 December 1915

Frederick Tucker
Annie Mary Mahon

Frederick Tucker
Annie Mary Mahon
💍 1915/6251

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser
Domestic Duties

34
24

Helensville
Helensville

9 years
3 1/2 years

The Private Residence of Mr James Hand Helensville

15/8600

23 November 1915

Rev W. J. Forde, Roman Catholic Priest

No	11
Date of Notice	23 December 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Tucker	Annie Mary Mahon
	💍 1915/6251
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser	Domestic Duties
Age	34	24
Dwelling Place	Helensville	Helensville
Length of Residence	9 years	3 1/2 years
Marriage Place	The Private Residence of Mr James Hand Helensville
Folio	15/8600
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 November 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev W. J. Forde, Roman Catholic Priest

28 December 1915

Stanko Jurakovich
Tone Lorich

Stanko Jurakovich
Tone Lovich
💍 1915/6250

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

31
25

Waimauku
Waimauku

7 days
2 years

The Private Residence of Mr Mazin Lorich Waimauku

15/8599

28 December 1915

Rev W. J. Forde, Roman Catholic Priest

No	12
Date of Notice	28 December 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stanko Jurakovich	Tone Lorich
BDM Match (95%)	Stanko Jurakovich	Tone Lovich
	💍 1915/6250
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	31	25
Dwelling Place	Waimauku	Waimauku
Length of Residence	7 days	2 years
Marriage Place	The Private Residence of Mr Mazin Lorich Waimauku
Folio	15/8599
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 December 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev W. J. Forde, Roman Catholic Priest

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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).