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 611

District of Mahurangi Quarter ending 30 September 1915 Registrar John Ramsay

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

01 July 1915

Benjamin Hamilton
Florence Casson Warin

Benjamin Hamilton
Florence Carson Wariu
💍 1915/2965

Bachelor
Spinster

General Storekeeper
Domestic Duties

31
22

Warkworth
Warkworth

14 days
22 years

Dwelling house of Alexander James Stewart Warin Warkworth

5149

01 July 1915

Rev Oscar Blundell

No	3
Date of Notice	01 July 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Benjamin Hamilton	Florence Casson Warin
BDM Match (95%)	Benjamin Hamilton	Florence Carson Wariu
	💍 1915/2965
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	General Storekeeper	Domestic Duties
Age	31	22
Dwelling Place	Warkworth	Warkworth
Length of Residence	14 days	22 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling house of Alexander James Stewart Warin Warkworth
Folio	5149
Consent
Date of Certificate	01 July 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev Oscar Blundell

12 July 1915

Harry James Randall
Izora Mead

Harry James Randall
Izset Mead
💍 1915/5790

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

23
21

Warkworth
Warkworth

2 1/2 years
14 years

Dwelling house of Mr Thomas Henry Wilson Warkworth

8135

12 July 1915

Rev John Southern

No	4
Date of Notice	12 July 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry James Randall	Izora Mead
BDM Match (85%)	Harry James Randall	Izset Mead
	💍 1915/5790
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Warkworth	Warkworth
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	14 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling house of Mr Thomas Henry Wilson Warkworth
Folio	8135
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 July 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev John Southern

21 July 1915

Robert Arthur Spinley
Margaret Clara Rowe

Robert Arthur Spinley
Margaret Clara Rowe
💍 1915/2964

Bachelor
Spinster

Auditor
Domestic

27
22

Matakana Lower
Matakana Lower

3 days
7 days

Residence of Mr Charles Rowe Matakana Lower

5148

21 July 1915

Rev John Southern

No	5
Date of Notice	21 July 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Arthur Spinley	Margaret Clara Rowe
	💍 1915/2964
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Auditor	Domestic
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Matakana Lower	Matakana Lower
Length of Residence	3 days	7 days
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr Charles Rowe Matakana Lower
Folio	5148
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 July 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev John Southern

04 August 1915

Herbert Russell
Daisy Winifred Sanderson

Herbert Russek
Daisy Winifred Sanderson
💍 1915/2963

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

26
21

Ahuroa
Ahuroa

3 days
21 years

Dwelling home of Mr William Howe Sanderson Ahuroa

5147

04 August 1915

Rev Ronald A Macdonald

No	6
Date of Notice	04 August 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Russell	Daisy Winifred Sanderson
BDM Match (93%)	Herbert Russek	Daisy Winifred Sanderson
	💍 1915/2963
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Ahuroa	Ahuroa
Length of Residence	3 days	21 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling home of Mr William Howe Sanderson Ahuroa
Folio	5147
Consent
Date of Certificate	04 August 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev Ronald A Macdonald

03 September 1915

William McCullough Adolph
Dorothy Myrtle Kensington

William McCullugh Adolph
Dorothy Myrtle Kensington
💍 1915/21

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

22
19

Kaipara Flats
Kaipara Flats

3 1/2 years
19 years

St Clements Church Kaipara Flats

5146

Emily Kensington mother

03 September 1915

Rev R A Macdonald

No	7
Date of Notice	03 September 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William McCullough Adolph	Dorothy Myrtle Kensington
BDM Match (98%)	William McCullugh Adolph	Dorothy Myrtle Kensington
	💍 1915/21
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	22	19
Dwelling Place	Kaipara Flats	Kaipara Flats
Length of Residence	3 1/2 years	19 years
Marriage Place	St Clements Church Kaipara Flats
Folio	5146
Consent	Emily Kensington mother
Date of Certificate	03 September 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev R A Macdonald

18 September 1915

Richard Francis Stanley Williams
Dorothy Blanche Warin

Richard Francis Stanley Williams
Dorothy Blanche Warin
💍 1915/2962

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrician
Compositor

26
23

Warkworth
Warkworth

2 years
23 years

Thomas Frederick Warin's Residence Warkworth

5145

18 September 1915

Rev John W Yarnall

No	8
Date of Notice	18 September 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Francis Stanley Williams	Dorothy Blanche Warin
	💍 1915/2962
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrician	Compositor
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Warkworth	Warkworth
Length of Residence	2 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Thomas Frederick Warin's Residence Warkworth
Folio	5145
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 September 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev John W Yarnall

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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).