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 157

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 1918 Registrar John Reenthorpe

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

726

7 September 1918

Francis George Edward Broad
Pearl Melville

Francis George Edward Broad
Pearl Melville
💍 1918/4382

Divorced 4 September 1918
Spinster

Soldier

32
24

Auckland
Auckland

9 months
1 year

St David's Church, Auckland

3948

7 September 1918

Rev. J. M. Saunders, Presbyterian

No	726
Date of Notice	7 September 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis George Edward Broad	Pearl Melville
	💍 1918/4382
Condition	Divorced 4 September 1918	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	32	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 months	1 year
Marriage Place	St David's Church, Auckland
Folio	3948
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 September 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. M. Saunders, Presbyterian

727

7 September 1918

George William Gibb
Lillian Ada Smith

George William Gibb
Lilian Ada Smith
💍 1918/4383

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Driver

19
18

Auckland
Auckland

life
8 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

3949

George Gibb, Father; Ada Louisa Diamond, Mother

7 September 1918

Deputy Registrar

No	727
Date of Notice	7 September 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George William Gibb	Lillian Ada Smith
BDM Match (97%)	George William Gibb	Lilian Ada Smith
	💍 1918/4383
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Driver
Age	19	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	life	8 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	3949
Consent	George Gibb, Father; Ada Louisa Diamond, Mother
Date of Certificate	7 September 1918
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

728

9 September 1918

Ernest Ives
Catherine Ella Bond

Ernest Ives
Catherine Ella Bond
💍 1918/4384

Divorced 21 August 1918
Spinster

Tram Conductor

32
32

Auckland
Auckland

12 months
7 months

Methodist Church, Eden Terrace

3950

9 September 1918

Rev. J. J. Lewis, Methodist

No	728
Date of Notice	9 September 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Ives	Catherine Ella Bond
	💍 1918/4384
Condition	Divorced 21 August 1918	Spinster
Profession	Tram Conductor
Age	32	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 months	7 months
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Eden Terrace
Folio	3950
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 September 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Lewis, Methodist

729

9 September 1918

David Pattison Allan
Annie Eliza Flaxman

David Pattison Allan
Annie Eliza Flaxman
💍 1918/4640

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman

35
37

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
1 year

House of Bride's Mother, 39 Second Avenue, Kingsland

3951

9 September 1918

Rev. A. A. Murray, Presbyterian

No	729
Date of Notice	9 September 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Pattison Allan	Annie Eliza Flaxman
	💍 1918/4640
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman
Age	35	37
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	1 year
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Mother, 39 Second Avenue, Kingsland
Folio	3951
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 September 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. A. Murray, Presbyterian

730

9 September 1918

Henry Thomas Caldwell
Maud Mellis

Henry Thomas Caldwell
Maud Mellis
💍 1918/4651

Bachelor
Spinster

Factory Employee

18
23

Auckland
Auckland

life
life

St Matthew's Church, Auckland

3952

John Stinson Caldwell, Father

9 September 1918

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Anglican

No	730
Date of Notice	9 September 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Thomas Caldwell	Maud Mellis
	💍 1918/4651
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Factory Employee
Age	18	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	life	life
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	3952
Consent	John Stinson Caldwell, Father
Date of Certificate	9 September 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, 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).