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 907

District of Thames Quarter ending 30 June 1915 Registrar William Henry 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

03 April 1915

William Arundel
Rosina Frances Lowe

William Arundel
Rosina Frances Lowe
💍 1915/1405

Bachelor
Spinster

Mine manager
Domestic duties

33
26

Thames
Thames

2 days
21 years

St Georges Church

15/3295

05 April 1915

Dr O'Callaghan, Church of England

No	13
Date of Notice	03 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Arundel	Rosina Frances Lowe
	💍 1915/1405
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mine manager	Domestic duties
Age	33	26
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	2 days	21 years
Marriage Place	St Georges Church
Folio	15/3295
Consent
Date of Certificate	05 April 1915
Officiating Minister	Dr O'Callaghan, Church of England

06 April 1915

Charles Pickering
Ada Ellen Bice

Charles Pickering
Ada Ellen Bice
💍 1915/1406

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

35
32

Thames
Thames

4 days
32 years

In the house of Mrs J Bice Lambert Street Thames

15/3296

06 April 1915

Rev G W J Spence, Methodist

No	14
Date of Notice	06 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Pickering	Ada Ellen Bice
	💍 1915/1406
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	35	32
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	4 days	32 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs J Bice Lambert Street Thames
Folio	15/3296
Consent
Date of Certificate	06 April 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev G W J Spence, Methodist

13 April 1915

Albert Edward Victor Marwick
Ellen Lanning

Albert Edward Victor Marwick
Ellen Lanning
💍 1915/1407

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Domestic duties

20
21

Thames
Thames

20 years
21 years

In the house of Mr C H L Batten Pollen Street Thames

15/3297

Elizabeth Marwick (Mother)

13 April 1915

Rev G W J Spence, Methodist

No	15
Date of Notice	13 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Edward Victor Marwick	Ellen Lanning
	💍 1915/1407
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Domestic duties
Age	20	21
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	20 years	21 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr C H L Batten Pollen Street Thames
Folio	15/3297
Consent	Elizabeth Marwick (Mother)
Date of Certificate	13 April 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev G W J Spence, Methodist

21 April 1915

Stanley Howard Kendall
Rangihuia Coromandel

Stanley Howard Kendall
Rangihuia Coromandel
💍 1915/1440

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

23
20

Thames
Thames

3 years
3 years

Registrar's Office Mary Street Thames

15/3307

John Coromandel (Father)

21 April 1915

W H Potts, Registrar

No	16
Date of Notice	21 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stanley Howard Kendall	Rangihuia Coromandel
	💍 1915/1440
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Mary Street Thames
Folio	15/3307
Consent	John Coromandel (Father)
Date of Certificate	21 April 1915
Officiating Minister	W H Potts, Registrar

04 May 1915

Walter John Sullivan
Catherine Minerva Pentecost

Walter John Sullivan
Catherine Minerva Penticost
💍 1915/4494

Bachelor
Spinster

Station Labourer
Domestic duties

27
31

Thames
Matatoki

3 days
1 year 8 months

Registrar's Office Mary Street Thames

15/3301

05 May 1915

W H Potts, Registrar

No	17
Date of Notice	04 May 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter John Sullivan	Catherine Minerva Pentecost
BDM Match (98%)	Walter John Sullivan	Catherine Minerva Penticost
	💍 1915/4494
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Station Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	27	31
Dwelling Place	Thames	Matatoki
Length of Residence	3 days	1 year 8 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Mary Street Thames
Folio	15/3301
Consent
Date of Certificate	05 May 1915
Officiating Minister	W H Potts, Registrar

05 May 1915

George Harold Wood
Marian Margaret Algle

George Harrold Mood
Marian Margaret Algie
💍 1915/1439

Widower 12th July 1912
Widow 20th March 1885

Contractor
Domestic duties

68
68

Omahu
Omahu

20 years
20 years

In the house of Mrs Green Omahu

15/3306

05 May 1915

Rev H L Orchard, Methodist

No	18
Date of Notice	05 May 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Harold Wood	Marian Margaret Algle
BDM Match (92%)	George Harrold Mood	Marian Margaret Algie
	💍 1915/1439
Condition	Widower 12th July 1912	Widow 20th March 1885
Profession	Contractor	Domestic duties
Age	68	68
Dwelling Place	Omahu	Omahu
Length of Residence	20 years	20 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs Green Omahu
Folio	15/3306
Consent
Date of Certificate	05 May 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev H L Orchard, Methodist

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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).