Intentions to Marry, 1918 Albertland to Kohukohu

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840475, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1918 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.

1918a contains pages 1-432, covering districts from Albertland to Kohukohu

Page 015

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1918 Registrar [illegible]

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

12 January 1918

Thomas James Hanley
Annie Louisa Banks

Thomas James Stanley
Annie Louisa Banks
💍 1918/172

Widower 17 March 1915
Spinster

Contractor

43
46

Auckland
Auckland

2 months
2 weeks

St Matthew's Church Auckland

356

12 January 1918

Rev W E Gillam Anglican

No	31
Date of Notice	12 January 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas James Hanley	Annie Louisa Banks
BDM Match (95%)	Thomas James Stanley	Annie Louisa Banks
	💍 1918/172
Condition	Widower 17 March 1915	Spinster
Profession	Contractor
Age	43	46
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 months	2 weeks
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church Auckland
Folio	356
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 January 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev W E Gillam Anglican

12 January 1918

Edward James Philbert
Selena Elizabeth Margaret Baskiville

Edward James Hulbert
Helena Elizabeth Margaret Baskiville
💍 1918/173

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

33
25

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
8 years

Roman Catholic Church Devonport

357

12 January 1918

Rev J Furlong Roman Catholic

No	32
Date of Notice	12 January 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward James Philbert	Selena Elizabeth Margaret Baskiville
BDM Match (91%)	Edward James Hulbert	Helena Elizabeth Margaret Baskiville
	💍 1918/173
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	33	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	8 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church Devonport
Folio	357
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 January 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev J Furlong Roman Catholic

14 January 1918

Alexander Charles Nelson Mattson
Eveline Arkell Evans Adre

Alexander Charles Nelson Malyon
Eveline Arkell Evans Adye
💍 1918/174

Bachelor
Spinster

Foreman

31
28

Auckland
Auckland

life
life

House of brother of bride Wood St Ponsonby

358

14 January 1918

Rev J J Lewis Methodist

No	33
Date of Notice	14 January 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Charles Nelson Mattson	Eveline Arkell Evans Adre
BDM Match (93%)	Alexander Charles Nelson Malyon	Eveline Arkell Evans Adye
	💍 1918/174
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Foreman
Age	31	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	life	life
Marriage Place	House of brother of bride Wood St Ponsonby
Folio	358
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev J J Lewis Methodist

14 January 1918

Thomas Alexander Lockie
Martha Ann Parton

Thomas Alexander Lockie
Martha Ann Gaston
💍 1918/175

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

28
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
4 years

Baptist Church Mt Eden

359

14 January 1918

Rev H G Hempton Baptist

No	34
Date of Notice	14 January 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Alexander Lockie	Martha Ann Parton
BDM Match (94%)	Thomas Alexander Lockie	Martha Ann Gaston
	💍 1918/175
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	4 years
Marriage Place	Baptist Church Mt Eden
Folio	359
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev H G Hempton Baptist

14 January 1918

Trevor Charles Rosner
Nancy Cecile Lore Brett

Trevor Charles Rayner
Nancy Cecile Gore Brett
💍 1918/152

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

21
21

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
11 years

Registrar's Office Auckland

360

14 January 1918

Registrar

No	35
Date of Notice	14 January 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Trevor Charles Rosner	Nancy Cecile Lore Brett
BDM Match (93%)	Trevor Charles Rayner	Nancy Cecile Gore Brett
	💍 1918/152
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	11 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	360
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 1918
Officiating Minister	Registrar

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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).