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 133

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 1918 Registrar T. Culpan

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

606

27 July 1918

George Barnes
Mary Jane Matthews

George Barnes
Mary Jane Matthews
💍 1918/4276

Widower 10 July 1897
Widow 17 April 1911

Storeman

50
46

Auckland
Auckland

16 years
6 years

St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell

3841

27 July 1918

Archdeacon G. MacMurray, Anglican

No	606
Date of Notice	27 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Barnes	Mary Jane Matthews
	💍 1918/4276
Condition	Widower 10 July 1897	Widow 17 April 1911
Profession	Storeman
Age	50	46
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	16 years	6 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell
Folio	3841
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Archdeacon G. MacMurray, Anglican

607

27 July 1918

Arthur William Leppard
Helen Margaret Thorpe

Arthur William Leppard
Helen Margaret Thorpe
💍 1918/4277

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener

30
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 1/2 years
Life

Registrar's Office, Auckland

3842

27 July 1918

Deputy Registrar

No	607
Date of Notice	27 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur William Leppard	Helen Margaret Thorpe
	💍 1918/4277
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener
Age	30	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 1/2 years	Life
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	3842
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

608

27 July 1918

Robert Henry Harland
Barbara Ettie Galbraith

Robert Henry Farland
Barbara Effie Galbraith
💍 1918/4484

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

33
23

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 months

St. David's Church, Auckland

4000

27 July 1918

Rev. J. M. Saunders, Presbyterian

No	608
Date of Notice	27 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Henry Harland	Barbara Ettie Galbraith
BDM Match (93%)	Robert Henry Farland	Barbara Effie Galbraith
	💍 1918/4484
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	33	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 months
Marriage Place	St. David's Church, Auckland
Folio	4000
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. M. Saunders, Presbyterian

609

27 July 1918

Richard Abraham Monahan
Mabel Jane Brown

Richard Abraham Monahan
Mabel Jane Brown
💍 1918/4278

Widower 6 August 1913
Widow 5 March 1918

Storeman

52
38

Auckland
Auckland

18 years
3 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

3843

27 July 1918

Deputy Registrar

No	609
Date of Notice	27 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Abraham Monahan	Mabel Jane Brown
	💍 1918/4278
Condition	Widower 6 August 1913	Widow 5 March 1918
Profession	Storeman
Age	52	38
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	3843
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

610

27 July 1918

Samuel Mark Burgess
Dorothy Mabel Porter

Samuel Mark Burgess
Dorothy Mabel Porter
💍 1918/4280

Bachelor
Spinster

Farrier

23
20

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
Life

Registrar's Office, Auckland

3844

Frederick Porter, Father

27 July 1918

Deputy Registrar

No	610
Date of Notice	27 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Mark Burgess	Dorothy Mabel Porter
	💍 1918/4280
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farrier
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	Life
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	3844
Consent	Frederick Porter, Father
Date of Certificate	27 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

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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).