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 053

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1918 Registrar E. W. Cave

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

221

27 March 1918

Robert Gordon Edwards
Mary Hopkins

Robert Gordon
Mary Edwards Hopkins
💍 1918/289

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

32
21

Auckland
Auckland

2 months
20 years

Registrar's Office Auckland

545

27 March 1918

Registrar

No	221
Date of Notice	27 March 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Gordon Edwards	Mary Hopkins
BDM Match (61%)	Robert Gordon	Mary Edwards Hopkins
	💍 1918/289
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	32	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 months	20 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	545
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 March 1918
Officiating Minister	Registrar

222

27 March 1918

Charles Gustav Adolf Strom
Juanita Delaney

Charles Gustav Adolf Strom
Juanita Delaney
💍 1918/290

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman

34
18

Auckland
Auckland

9 months
18 years

Registrar's Office Auckland

546

John Delaney, Father

27 March 1918

Registrar

No	222
Date of Notice	27 March 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Gustav Adolf Strom	Juanita Delaney
	💍 1918/290
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman
Age	34	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 months	18 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	546
Consent	John Delaney, Father
Date of Certificate	27 March 1918
Officiating Minister	Registrar

223

27 March 1918

Sydney Herbert Mathew
Alice Ann Steele

Sydney Herbert Mathew
Alice Ann Steele
💍 1918/291

Bachelor
Divorced 7 March 1918

Seaman

37
33

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
5 years

Registrar's Office Auckland

547

27 March 1918

Registrar

No	223
Date of Notice	27 March 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney Herbert Mathew	Alice Ann Steele
	💍 1918/291
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced 7 March 1918
Profession	Seaman
Age	37	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	547
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 March 1918
Officiating Minister	Registrar

224

27 March 1918

Edward Hardcastle Hudson
Margaret Robertson

Edward Hardcastle Hudson
Margaret Robertson
💍 1918/292

Bachelor
Widow 1 March 1916

Telegraph Lineman

50
40

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
6 years

House of Mrs E. A. Smith, Bath Rd, Grey Lynn

548

27 March 1918

Rev D. A. Thompson, Presbyterian

No	224
Date of Notice	27 March 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Hardcastle Hudson	Margaret Robertson
	💍 1918/292
Condition	Bachelor	Widow 1 March 1916
Profession	Telegraph Lineman
Age	50	40
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	6 years
Marriage Place	House of Mrs E. A. Smith, Bath Rd, Grey Lynn
Folio	548
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 March 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev D. A. Thompson, Presbyterian

225

27 March 1918

James Alexander Munro
Emily Cooke

James Alexander Munro
Emily Cooke
💍 1918/1044

Bachelor
Widow 10 July 1913

Painter

28
30

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
20 years

House of Mr A. Hackwell, Bourke St, Rocky Nook

549

27 March 1918

Staff Capt D. A. Gunn, Salvation Army

No	225
Date of Notice	27 March 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Alexander Munro	Emily Cooke
	💍 1918/1044
Condition	Bachelor	Widow 10 July 1913
Profession	Painter
Age	28	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	20 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr A. Hackwell, Bourke St, Rocky Nook
Folio	549
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 March 1918
Officiating Minister	Staff Capt D. A. Gunn, Salvation Army

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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).