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 916

District of Thames Quarter ending 31 December 1915 Registrar William H. Potts

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

16 November 1915

Jules Caesar Malfroy
Ethelwyn Beatrice Hague Smith

Jules Caesar Malfroy
Ethel Wyn Beatrice Hague Smith
💍 1915/6314

Widower
Spinster

Civil Servant
Domestic duties

37
25

Thames
Thames

2 years
25 years

St Georges Church of England Mackay Street Thames

8765

16 November 1915

Dr O'Callaghan Church of England

No	57
Date of Notice	16 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Jules Caesar Malfroy	Ethelwyn Beatrice Hague Smith
BDM Match (97%)	Jules Caesar Malfroy	Ethel Wyn Beatrice Hague Smith
	💍 1915/6314
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Civil Servant	Domestic duties
Age	37	25
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	2 years	25 years
Marriage Place	St Georges Church of England Mackay Street Thames
Folio	8765
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 November 1915
Officiating Minister	Dr O'Callaghan Church of England

19 November 1915

Charles Short Cooper
Elizabeth Currie

Charles Cooper Short
Elizabeth Currie
💍 1915/6316

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver
Domestic duties

26
25

Thames
Thames

6 days
25 years

In the house of Mrs Currie Parawai Thames

8767

20 November 1915

Chas Waterhouse Church of Christ

No	58
Date of Notice	19 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Short Cooper	Elizabeth Currie
BDM Match (75%)	Charles Cooper Short	Elizabeth Currie
	💍 1915/6316
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver	Domestic duties
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	6 days	25 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs Currie Parawai Thames
Folio	8767
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 November 1915
Officiating Minister	Chas Waterhouse Church of Christ

22 November 1915

Robert Henry Daldy
Annie Fisher

Robert Henry Daldy
Annie Fisher
💍 1915/6317

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Dressmaker

31
30

Thames
Thames

3 days
30 years

Church of England Mackay Street Thames

8768

23 November 1915

Dr O'Callaghan Church of England

No	59
Date of Notice	22 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Henry Daldy	Annie Fisher
	💍 1915/6317
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Dressmaker
Age	31	30
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	3 days	30 years
Marriage Place	Church of England Mackay Street Thames
Folio	8768
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 November 1915
Officiating Minister	Dr O'Callaghan Church of England

23 November 1915

Hugh Charles Plummer
Serina Maria Larsen

Hugh Maxten Plummer
Serina Maria Larsen
💍 1915/6315

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman
Domestic duties

28
25

Tapu
Tapu

20 years
1 year

Presbyterian Manse Rolleston Street Thames

8766

23 November 1915

Rev J Milne Presbyterian

No	60
Date of Notice	23 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh Charles Plummer	Serina Maria Larsen
BDM Match (88%)	Hugh Maxten Plummer	Serina Maria Larsen
	💍 1915/6315
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman	Domestic duties
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Tapu	Tapu
Length of Residence	20 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse Rolleston Street Thames
Folio	8766
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 November 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev J Milne Presbyterian

1 December 1915

Percy Raymond Henry
Florence Juanita Green

Percy Raymond Henry
Florence Juanita Green
💍 1915/6313

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

25
23

Thames
Thames

4 days
6 months

St Georges Church of England Mackay Street Thames

8764

1 December 1915

Dr O'Callaghan Church of England

No	61
Date of Notice	1 December 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Raymond Henry	Florence Juanita Green
	💍 1915/6313
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	4 days	6 months
Marriage Place	St Georges Church of England Mackay Street Thames
Folio	8764
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 December 1915
Officiating Minister	Dr O'Callaghan Church of England

4 December 1915

Edward Alfred Clark
Margaret Winifred Rodgers

Edward Alfred Clark
Margaret Winifred Rodgers
💍 1915/6311

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

24
21

Puriri
Wharepoa

6 months
21 years

Presbyterian Church Pollen Street Thames

8762

4 December 1915

Rev J Milne Presbyterian

No	62
Date of Notice	4 December 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Alfred Clark	Margaret Winifred Rodgers
	💍 1915/6311
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Puriri	Wharepoa
Length of Residence	6 months	21 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Pollen Street Thames
Folio	8762
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 December 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev J Milne 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).