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 101

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1918 Registrar D. Evans

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

451

7 June 1918

Frederick Benjamin Pegler
Isabella Hilda Ritchie

Frederick Benjamin Pegler
Isabella Hilda Ritchie
💍 1918/2714

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

29
27

Auckland
Auckland

9 months
2 1/2 years

St. Barnabas' Church Mt. Eden

2256

7 June 1918

Rev. E. J. McFarland, Anglican

No	451
Date of Notice	7 June 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Benjamin Pegler	Isabella Hilda Ritchie
	💍 1918/2714
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	29	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 months	2 1/2 years
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas' Church Mt. Eden
Folio	2256
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 June 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. McFarland, Anglican

452

7 June 1918

Edwin Thomas Eades
Florence Daisy Hotbolt

Edwin Thomas Eades
Florence Daisy Shotbolt
💍 1918/2715

Widower 26 April 1906
Spinster

Butcher

39
33

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
1 1/2 years

Church of the Holy Sepulchre Auckland

2257

7 June 1918

Rev. H. A. Keall, Anglican

No	452
Date of Notice	7 June 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin Thomas Eades	Florence Daisy Hotbolt
BDM Match (96%)	Edwin Thomas Eades	Florence Daisy Shotbolt
	💍 1918/2715
Condition	Widower 26 April 1906	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	39	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	1 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Church of the Holy Sepulchre Auckland
Folio	2257
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 June 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. A. Keall, Anglican

453

8 June 1918

Andrew Cameron Booth
Eleanor Dorothy Mary Hopwood

Andrew Cameron Booth
Eleanor Dorothy May Hogwood
💍 1918/2716

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

24
24

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
9 years

Church of the Holy Sepulchre Auckland

2258

8 June 1918

Rev. H. A. Keall, Anglican

No	453
Date of Notice	8 June 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Cameron Booth	Eleanor Dorothy Mary Hopwood
BDM Match (96%)	Andrew Cameron Booth	Eleanor Dorothy May Hogwood
	💍 1918/2716
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Church of the Holy Sepulchre Auckland
Folio	2258
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 June 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. A. Keall, Anglican

454

10 June 1918

Leslie Clare Bennetts Dewar
Florence Mary Boden

Leslie Clare Bennetts Dewar
Florence Mary Boden
💍 1918/2717

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Clerk

24
21

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
3 months

St. Joseph's Presbytery Great North Road Grey Lynn

2259

10 June 1918

Rev. F. D. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	454
Date of Notice	10 June 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie Clare Bennetts Dewar	Florence Mary Boden
	💍 1918/2717
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Clerk
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	3 months
Marriage Place	St. Joseph's Presbytery Great North Road Grey Lynn
Folio	2259
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 June 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. D. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

455

10 June 1918

Keith May
Ethel Mary Wylie

Keith Udy
Ethel Mary Wylie
💍 1918/2694

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

27
25

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
25 years

Church of the Sacred Heart Ponsonby

2260

10 June 1918

Rev. J. J. Carran, Roman Catholic

No	455
Date of Notice	10 June 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Keith May	Ethel Mary Wylie
BDM Match (89%)	Keith Udy	Ethel Mary Wylie
	💍 1918/2694
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Church of the Sacred Heart Ponsonby
Folio	2260
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 June 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Carran, Roman Catholic

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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).