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 127

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 1918 Registrar G. W. Salmon

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

576

16 July 1918

Walter Clarence Swanson
Ethel Maud Richardson

Walter Clarence Swanson
Ethel Maud Richardson
💍 1918/1451

Bachelor
Spinster

Assistant Grocer

30
28

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
28 years

St James Church Auckland

3812

16 July 1918

Rev R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	576
Date of Notice	16 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Clarence Swanson	Ethel Maud Richardson
	💍 1918/1451
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Assistant Grocer
Age	30	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	28 years
Marriage Place	St James Church Auckland
Folio	3812
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

577

17 July 1918

Edward Francis Boyle
Eva Abbott

Edward Francis Boyle
Eva Abbott
💍 1918/1452

Bachelor
Spinster

Post office Messenger

25
20

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
10 years

Baptist Tabernacle Auckland

3813

John Arthur Abbott, Father

17 July 1918

Rev H. K. Kempton, Baptist

No	577
Date of Notice	17 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Francis Boyle	Eva Abbott
	💍 1918/1452
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Post office Messenger
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Baptist Tabernacle Auckland
Folio	3813
Consent	John Arthur Abbott, Father
Date of Certificate	17 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev H. K. Kempton, Baptist

578

17 July 1918

William Banks
Mary Ann Byers

William Banks
Mary Ann Burgess
💍 1918/1453

Widower 17 June 1907
Widow 3 November 1914

Boiler Maker

49
49

Auckland
Auckland

life
life

Registrar's Office Auckland

3814

17 July 1918

Registrar

No	578
Date of Notice	17 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Banks	Mary Ann Byers
BDM Match (88%)	William Banks	Mary Ann Burgess
	💍 1918/1453
Condition	Widower 17 June 1907	Widow 3 November 1914
Profession	Boiler Maker
Age	49	49
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	life	life
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	3814
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Registrar

579

17 July 1918

Isaac Richard Hodson
Margaret Ann Relph

Isaac Richard Hodson
Margaret Ann Gregory
💍 1918/1454

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

50
38

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
36 years

Home of Bride's Parents, Valley Rd Ponsonby

3815

17 July 1918

Rev H. Speer, Methodist

No	579
Date of Notice	17 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Isaac Richard Hodson	Margaret Ann Relph
BDM Match (85%)	Isaac Richard Hodson	Margaret Ann Gregory
	💍 1918/1454
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	50	38
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	36 years
Marriage Place	Home of Bride's Parents, Valley Rd Ponsonby
Folio	3815
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev H. Speer, Methodist

580

17 July 1918

Sidney Walter Johnson
Kathleen Evelyn Chappell

Sidney Walter Johnson
Kathleen Evelyn Chappell
💍 1918/1455

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman

26
21

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
20 years

House of Bride's Father, King Edward St Mt. Eden

3816

17 July 1918

Rev J. J. North, Baptist

No	580
Date of Notice	17 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sidney Walter Johnson	Kathleen Evelyn Chappell
	💍 1918/1455
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	20 years
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Father, King Edward St Mt. Eden
Folio	3816
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev J. J. North, Baptist

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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).