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 037

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

141

25 February 1918

James Carmichael
Agnes Barber

James Carmichael
Agnes Barber
💍 1918/1003

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

59
46

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
4 months

Home of Mrs Leslie, Newton Avenue, Epsom

466

25 February 1918

Rev. Dr. McDonald, Presbyterian

No	141
Date of Notice	25 February 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Carmichael	Agnes Barber
	💍 1918/1003
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	59	46
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	4 months
Marriage Place	Home of Mrs Leslie, Newton Avenue, Epsom
Folio	466
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 February 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. Dr. McDonald, Presbyterian

142

25 February 1918

Francis Roy Abercrombie
Helen Elizabeth Adams

Francis Rex Abercrombie
Helen Elizabeth Adams
💍 1918/1004

Bachelor
Spinster

Meter Inspector

34
25

Auckland
Auckland

33 years
9 months

Eden Hall, New Lynn

467

25 February 1918

Mr. H. L. Thatcher, Open Brethren

No	142
Date of Notice	25 February 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Roy Abercrombie	Helen Elizabeth Adams
BDM Match (96%)	Francis Rex Abercrombie	Helen Elizabeth Adams
	💍 1918/1004
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Meter Inspector
Age	34	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	33 years	9 months
Marriage Place	Eden Hall, New Lynn
Folio	467
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 February 1918
Officiating Minister	Mr. H. L. Thatcher, Open Brethren

143

25 February 1918

Frederick Oliver Proposki
Henrietta Blanche Lodge

Fredrick Oliver Glogoski
Henrietta Blanche Lodge
💍 1918/1006

Bachelor
Spinster

News agent

39
28

Auckland
Auckland

12 months
9 months

House of Mrs Jackman, Greenlane, Remuera

468

25 February 1918

Rev. J. Patterson, Presbyterian

No	143
Date of Notice	25 February 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Oliver Proposki	Henrietta Blanche Lodge
BDM Match (92%)	Fredrick Oliver Glogoski	Henrietta Blanche Lodge
	💍 1918/1006
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	News agent
Age	39	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 months	9 months
Marriage Place	House of Mrs Jackman, Greenlane, Remuera
Folio	468
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 February 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Patterson, Presbyterian

144

25 February 1918

John Edward Horner
Susan Winifred Jones

John Edward Horner
Susan Winifred Jones
💍 1918/1007

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

38
35

Auckland
Auckland

Life
Life

Roman Catholic Church, Takapuna

469

25 February 1918

Rev. J. J. Patterson, Roman Catholic

No	144
Date of Notice	25 February 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Edward Horner	Susan Winifred Jones
	💍 1918/1007
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	38	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Takapuna
Folio	469
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 February 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Patterson, Roman Catholic

145

26 February 1918

Albert Benjamin Halverson
Amy Christina Halverson

Albert Benjamin Halverson
Amy Christina Halverson
💍 1918/1008

Bachelor
Widow, 27 October 1917

Soldier

35
21

Auckland
Auckland

35 years
8 years

St. Stephens Manse, Ponsonby

470 out

26 February 1918

Rev. I. Jolly, Presbyterian

No	145
Date of Notice	26 February 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Benjamin Halverson	Amy Christina Halverson
	💍 1918/1008
Condition	Bachelor	Widow, 27 October 1917
Profession	Soldier
Age	35	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	35 years	8 years
Marriage Place	St. Stephens Manse, Ponsonby
Folio	470 out
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 February 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. I. Jolly, 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).