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 149

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 1918 Registrar A. W. 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

686

23 August 1918

Arthur Charles William Pearce
Eileen Gladys Louisa Nelson

Arthur Charles William Pearce
Eileen Gladys Louisa Nelson
💍 1918/4349

Divorced 19 August 1918
Spinster

Driver

32
25

Auckland
Auckland

18 months
6 weeks

St Peter's Church Grey Lynn

3916

23 August 1918

Rev. A. Thompson Presbyterian

No	686
Date of Notice	23 August 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Charles William Pearce	Eileen Gladys Louisa Nelson
	💍 1918/4349
Condition	Divorced 19 August 1918	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	32	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 months	6 weeks
Marriage Place	St Peter's Church Grey Lynn
Folio	3916
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 August 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Thompson Presbyterian

687

26 August 1918

Vivian Henry Royal Wark
Eileen Zelda Lawrence

Vivian Henry George Wirk
Eileen Zelda Lawrence
💍 1918/4350

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser

23
21

Cambridge
Auckland

10 months
21 years

Registrar's Office Auckland

3917

26 August 1918

Registrar

No	687
Date of Notice	26 August 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Vivian Henry Royal Wark	Eileen Zelda Lawrence
BDM Match (88%)	Vivian Henry George Wirk	Eileen Zelda Lawrence
	💍 1918/4350
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Cambridge	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 months	21 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	3917
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 August 1918
Officiating Minister	Registrar

688

26 August 1918

Joseph Francis Lacey
Christina Walker Freeland

Joseph Francis Nacey
Christina Walker Freeland
💍 1918/4351

Bachelor
Spinster

Cook

22
22

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
2 years

Registrar's Office Auckland

3918

26 August 1918

Registrar

No	688
Date of Notice	26 August 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Francis Lacey	Christina Walker Freeland
BDM Match (98%)	Joseph Francis Nacey	Christina Walker Freeland
	💍 1918/4351
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cook
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	3918
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 August 1918
Officiating Minister	Registrar

689

26 August 1918

Clarence James Moore
Ivy Mary Deacon

Clarence James Moore
Ivy May Deacon
💍 1918/4352

Bachelor
Spinster

Boot operator

26
22

Auckland
Auckland

4 months
3 years

St Matthew's Church Auckland

3919

26 August 1918

Rev. W. E. Gillam Anglican

No	689
Date of Notice	26 August 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Clarence James Moore	Ivy Mary Deacon
BDM Match (97%)	Clarence James Moore	Ivy May Deacon
	💍 1918/4352
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Boot operator
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 months	3 years
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church Auckland
Folio	3919
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 August 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam Anglican

690

26 August 1918

William Beard
Myrtle Evelyn McCarthy

William Beard
Myrtle Evelyn McCarthy
💍 1918/4353

Bachelor
Spinster

Timber Worker

26
29

Auckland
Auckland

lifetime
life

House of Chaplain 5 off Upper Vincent St Auckland

3920

26 August 1918

Rev. R. L. Walker Presbyterian

No	690
Date of Notice	26 August 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Beard	Myrtle Evelyn McCarthy
	💍 1918/4353
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Timber Worker
Age	26	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	lifetime	life
Marriage Place	House of Chaplain 5 off Upper Vincent St Auckland
Folio	3920
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 August 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker Presbyterian

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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).