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 061

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1918 Registrar L. W. Dutton

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

251

3 April 1918

Alfred Alexander King
Alice Mary Hays

Alfred Alexander King
Alice Keeys
💍 1918/2473

Bachelor
Widow

Cook

37
36

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
5 years

House of Miss E. Bell, "Worthing," Edendale Road, Kingsland

2061

3 April 1918

Rev. J. R. Paris, Methodist

No	251
Date of Notice	3 April 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Alexander King	Alice Mary Hays
BDM Match (77%)	Alfred Alexander King	Alice Keeys
	💍 1918/2473
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Cook
Age	37	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	5 years
Marriage Place	House of Miss E. Bell, "Worthing," Edendale Road, Kingsland
Folio	2061
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 April 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. R. Paris, Methodist

252

3 April 1918

Harold Ralph Ford
Alice Mary Simpson

Harold George Yond
Alice May Simpson
💍 1918/2474

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

22
25

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
5 years

Presbyterian Church, Tamaki West

2062

3 April 1918

Rev. M. Richards, Presbyterian

No	252
Date of Notice	3 April 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Ralph Ford	Alice Mary Simpson
BDM Match (75%)	Harold George Yond	Alice May Simpson
	💍 1918/2474
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	22	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Tamaki West
Folio	2062
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 April 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Richards, Presbyterian

253

3 April 1918

Wilbert Stanley Clark
Gladys Anne Clare Hamley

Wilbert Stanley Clark
Gladys Annie Clare Hamley
💍 1918/2475

Bachelor
Spinster

Officer Mercantile Marine

36
27

Auckland
Auckland

36 years
3 years

Anglican Church, Otahuhu

2063

3 April 1918

Rev. H. Mason, Anglican

No	253
Date of Notice	3 April 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wilbert Stanley Clark	Gladys Anne Clare Hamley
BDM Match (98%)	Wilbert Stanley Clark	Gladys Annie Clare Hamley
	💍 1918/2475
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Officer Mercantile Marine
Age	36	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	36 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Otahuhu
Folio	2063
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 April 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Mason, Anglican

254

3 April 1918

Arthur Revell Thompson
Lillian Madeley

Arthur Revell Thompson
Lillian Madeley
💍 1918/2293

Bachelor
Spinster

Shipping Clerk

30
25

Auckland
Wellington

8 months
21 years

St Marks Anglican Church, Wellington

1832

3 April 1918

Rev. C. F. Askew, Anglican

No	254
Date of Notice	3 April 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Revell Thompson	Lillian Madeley
	💍 1918/2293
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shipping Clerk
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Wellington
Length of Residence	8 months	21 years
Marriage Place	St Marks Anglican Church, Wellington
Folio	1832
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 April 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. F. Askew, Anglican

255

3 April 1918

Arthur Afford
Mabel Winifred Attwood

Arthur Afford
Mabel Winifred Attwood
💍 1918/2476

Widower
Spinster

Foreman

41
33

Auckland
Auckland

2 1/2 years
3 years

Anglican Church, Ellerslie

2064

3 April 1918

Rev. A. Tisdall, Anglican

No	255
Date of Notice	3 April 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Afford	Mabel Winifred Attwood
	💍 1918/2476
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Foreman
Age	41	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Ellerslie
Folio	2064
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 April 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Tisdall, 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).