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 125

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 1918 Registrar L. W. Jordan

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

566

12 July 1918

John Cecil Whitney
Gladys Torrance Pulling

John Cecil Whitney
Gladys Turrance Culling
💍 1918/1465

Bachelor
Spinster

Ammunition Manufacturer

26
24

Auckland
Auckland

26 years
2 years

St Marks Church Remuera

3802

12 July 1918

Rev. W. Beattie, Anglican

No	566
Date of Notice	12 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Cecil Whitney	Gladys Torrance Pulling
BDM Match (96%)	John Cecil Whitney	Gladys Turrance Culling
	💍 1918/1465
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ammunition Manufacturer
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	26 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St Marks Church Remuera
Folio	3802
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beattie, Anglican

567

13 July 1918

William Barnard
Henrietta Hetherington

William Barnard
Henrietta Hetherington
💍 1918/1466

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

24
19

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
6 years

Registrars Office Auckland

3803

Annie Hetherington, Mother

13 July 1918

Registrar

No	567
Date of Notice	13 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Barnard	Henrietta Hetherington
	💍 1918/1466
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	24	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	6 years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office Auckland
Folio	3803
Consent	Annie Hetherington, Mother
Date of Certificate	13 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Registrar

568

13 July 1918

Aubrey Chitham Holland
Catherine Queenie Louise Burke

Aubrey Chitham Ollard
Catherine Queenie Louise Burke
💍 1918/1467

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer's Assistant

23
19

Auckland
Auckland

4 months
9 months

Registrars Office Auckland

3804

Thomas Burke, Father

13 July 1918

Registrar

No	568
Date of Notice	13 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Aubrey Chitham Holland	Catherine Queenie Louise Burke
BDM Match (93%)	Aubrey Chitham Ollard	Catherine Queenie Louise Burke
	💍 1918/1467
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer's Assistant
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 months	9 months
Marriage Place	Registrars Office Auckland
Folio	3804
Consent	Thomas Burke, Father
Date of Certificate	13 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Registrar

569

13 July 1918

Edward Llewelyn Jones
Lizzie Anderson

Edward Llewelyn Jones
Lizzie Anderson
💍 1918/1468

Widower 4 July 1917
Spinster

Farm Hand

31
25

Auckland
Auckland

6 1/2 years
5 years

Registrars Office Auckland

3805

13 July 1918

Registrar

No	569
Date of Notice	13 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Llewelyn Jones	Lizzie Anderson
	💍 1918/1468
Condition	Widower 4 July 1917	Spinster
Profession	Farm Hand
Age	31	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 1/2 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office Auckland
Folio	3805
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Registrar

570

15 July 1918

Alexander McTaggart Grant
Edith Ellen Gill

Alexander McGregor Grant
Edith Ellen Gill
💍 1918/1469

Bachelor
Spinster

Medical Practitioner

29
25

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
8 years

St Aidans Church Remuera

3806

15 July 1918

Rev. A. Fowler, Anglican

No	570
Date of Notice	15 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander McTaggart Grant	Edith Ellen Gill
BDM Match (90%)	Alexander McGregor Grant	Edith Ellen Gill
	💍 1918/1469
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Medical Practitioner
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	8 years
Marriage Place	St Aidans Church Remuera
Folio	3806
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Fowler, 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).