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 877

District of Te Aroha Quarter ending 31 December 1915 Registrar John Hollywood

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

5 October 1915

Anthony Mulcock
Gladys Patterson

Anthony Mulcock
Gladys Patterson
💍 1915/6346

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

33
22

Waihou
Te Aroha

3 years
22 years

Church of England Te Aroha

8721

5 October 1915

Rev. W. H. Edgell Church of England

No	31
Date of Notice	5 October 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Anthony Mulcock	Gladys Patterson
	💍 1915/6346
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	33	22
Dwelling Place	Waihou	Te Aroha
Length of Residence	3 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Church of England Te Aroha
Folio	8721
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 October 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. Edgell Church of England

23 October 1915

Charles Denis Cronin
Ivy Leeson Martelli

Charles Denis Cronin
Ivy Leeson Martelli
💍 1915/6345

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

23
22

Manawaru
Manawaru

23 years
15 months

Roman Catholic Church Te Aroha

8720

23 October 1915

Rev. J. McGuinness Roman Catholic

No	32
Date of Notice	23 October 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Denis Cronin	Ivy Leeson Martelli
	💍 1915/6345
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Manawaru	Manawaru
Length of Residence	23 years	15 months
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church Te Aroha
Folio	8720
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 October 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. McGuinness Roman Catholic

25 October 1915

Walter Albert Brinkley
Sarah Cassie Jane Grace

Walter Albert Brinkley
Sarah Cassie Jane Mace
💍 1915/6347

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

35
21

Mangaiti
Te Aroha

30 years
21 years

Church of England Te Aroha

8722

25 October 1915

Rev. W. H. Edgell Church of England

No	33
Date of Notice	25 October 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Albert Brinkley	Sarah Cassie Jane Grace
BDM Match (96%)	Walter Albert Brinkley	Sarah Cassie Jane Mace
	💍 1915/6347
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	35	21
Dwelling Place	Mangaiti	Te Aroha
Length of Residence	30 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Church of England Te Aroha
Folio	8722
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 October 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. Edgell Church of England

2 November 1915

Alfred Charles Peterson
Mary Johan Anderson

Alfred Charles Paterson
Mary Johan Anderson
💍 1915/6348

Bachelor
Widow

Farmer
Domestic Duties

27
30

Waihou
Waihou

18 years
8 years

Wesleyan Church Te Aroha

8723

2 November 1915

Rev. P. R. Paris Wesleyan

No	34
Date of Notice	2 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Charles Peterson	Mary Johan Anderson
BDM Match (98%)	Alfred Charles Paterson	Mary Johan Anderson
	💍 1915/6348
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	27	30
Dwelling Place	Waihou	Waihou
Length of Residence	18 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church Te Aroha
Folio	8723
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 November 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. R. Paris Wesleyan

8 November 1915

Joseph Thomas Marshall
Elizabeth Davis

Joseph Thomas Marshall
Elizabeth Davis
💍 1915/6349

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman N. Z. Railways
Waitress

21
24

Te Aroha
Te Aroha

1 month
4 days

Presbyterian Church Te Aroha

8724

8 November 1915

Rev. O. Blundell

No	35
Date of Notice	8 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Thomas Marshall	Elizabeth Davis
	💍 1915/6349
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman N. Z. Railways	Waitress
Age	21	24
Dwelling Place	Te Aroha	Te Aroha
Length of Residence	1 month	4 days
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Te Aroha
Folio	8724
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 November 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. O. Blundell

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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).