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 043

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

171

11 March 1918

Henry Cecil Mealing
Elsie Maud Brown

Henry Cecil Mealing
Elsie Pendlebury
💍 1918/1033

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinet maker

28
21

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
10 years

St. Jude's Church, Avondale

495

11 March 1918

Rev. A. J. Greenwood, Anglican

No	171
Date of Notice	11 March 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Cecil Mealing	Elsie Maud Brown
BDM Match (72%)	Henry Cecil Mealing	Elsie Pendlebury
	💍 1918/1033
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinet maker
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Jude's Church, Avondale
Folio	495
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 March 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. J. Greenwood, Anglican

172

11 March 1918

Charles Edward Henderson
Elsie Mary Daw

Charles Edward Henderson
Elsie May Daw
💍 1918/1034

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

23
20

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
7 years

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

496

William John Daw, Father

11 March 1918

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Anglican

No	172
Date of Notice	11 March 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Edward Henderson	Elsie Mary Daw
BDM Match (96%)	Charles Edward Henderson	Elsie May Daw
	💍 1918/1034
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	7 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	496
Consent	William John Daw, Father
Date of Certificate	11 March 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Anglican

173

11 March 1918

Albion Henry McLeod
Cora Viola McLeod

Albion Harvey
Cora Viola McLeod
💍 1918/1035

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

24
30

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
10 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

497

11 March 1918

Registrar

No	173
Date of Notice	11 March 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albion Henry McLeod	Cora Viola McLeod
BDM Match (76%)	Albion Harvey	Cora Viola McLeod
	💍 1918/1035
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	24	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	10 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	497
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 March 1918
Officiating Minister	Registrar

174

11 March 1918

Borg McLauchlin Niccol
Enid Norma Reed

George McLaughlin Niccol
Enid Norma Reed
💍 1918/1036

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

30
26

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
26 years

St. Mark's Church, Remuera

498

11 March 1918

Rev. Dr. Beatty, Anglican

No	174
Date of Notice	11 March 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Borg McLauchlin Niccol	Enid Norma Reed
BDM Match (92%)	George McLaughlin Niccol	Enid Norma Reed
	💍 1918/1036
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	30	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	26 years
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church, Remuera
Folio	498
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 March 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. Dr. Beatty, Anglican

175

13 March 1918

James Robert Closs
Emily Kate Disc

James Robert Closs
Emily Kate Dix
💍 1918/250

Bachelor
Spinster

Medical Practitioner

35
33

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
6 months

Holy Trinity Church, Devonport

499

13 March 1918

Rev. F. W. Young, Anglican

No	175
Date of Notice	13 March 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Robert Closs	Emily Kate Disc
BDM Match (93%)	James Robert Closs	Emily Kate Dix
	💍 1918/250
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Medical Practitioner
Age	35	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	6 months
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Devonport
Folio	499
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 March 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. W. Young, Anglican

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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).