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 173

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 December 1918 Registrar L. W. Dutton

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

801

4 October 1918

Arthur Lawrence George Page
Dorothy Isabel Mansfield

Arthur Lawrence George Page
Dorothy Isabel Mansfield
💍 1918/5755

Bachelor
Spinster

Postal Messenger

27
22

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
11 years

All Saints Church, Auckland

5346

4 October 1918

Rev W Calder, Anglican

No	801
Date of Notice	4 October 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Lawrence George Page	Dorothy Isabel Mansfield
	💍 1918/5755
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Postal Messenger
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	11 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Auckland
Folio	5346
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 October 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev W Calder, Anglican

802

4 October 1918

William Lewis
May Collins

William Lewis
May Collins
💍 1918/5756

Bachelor
Widow 16 April 1917

Labourer

45
39

Auckland
Auckland

13 months
21 years

Registrars Office, Auckland

5347

4 October 1918

Deputy Registrar

No	802
Date of Notice	4 October 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Lewis	May Collins
	💍 1918/5756
Condition	Bachelor	Widow 16 April 1917
Profession	Labourer
Age	45	39
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	13 months	21 years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Auckland
Folio	5347
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 October 1918
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

803

5 October 1918

Herbert Knox Hatrick
Ileen McGilp

Hubert Knox Hatrick
Ileen McGilp
💍 1918/5757

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

27
26

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
12 years

Presbyterian Church Birkenhead, Auckland

5348

5 October 1918

Rev W McDonald, Presbyterian

No	803
Date of Notice	5 October 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Knox Hatrick	Ileen McGilp
BDM Match (95%)	Hubert Knox Hatrick	Ileen McGilp
	💍 1918/5757
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Birkenhead, Auckland
Folio	5348
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 October 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev W McDonald, Presbyterian

804

7 October 1918

Arthur Menzies Menzies
Violet Louisa Ellisdon

Arthur Menzies
Violet Louisa Ellisdon
💍 1918/5758

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

29
26

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
19 years

St Luke's Church Mt Albert, Auckland

5349

7 October 1918

Rev A J Greenwood, Anglican

No	804
Date of Notice	7 October 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Menzies Menzies	Violet Louisa Ellisdon
BDM Match (82%)	Arthur Menzies	Violet Louisa Ellisdon
	💍 1918/5758
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	29	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	19 years
Marriage Place	St Luke's Church Mt Albert, Auckland
Folio	5349
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 October 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev A J Greenwood, Anglican

805

7 October 1918

Shadrach Benjamin Tonks
Alma Eleanora Olsen

Shadrach Benjamin Tonks
Alma Eleanora Olsen
💍 1918/5840

Divorced Decree Absolute 23 August 1918
Spinster

Labourer

26
21

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
2 years

House of Mr L Olsen 37 Dexter Avenue Mt Eden, Auckland

5350

7 October 1918

Rev J J Lewis, Methodist

No	805
Date of Notice	7 October 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Shadrach Benjamin Tonks	Alma Eleanora Olsen
	💍 1918/5840
Condition	Divorced Decree Absolute 23 August 1918	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr L Olsen 37 Dexter Avenue Mt Eden, Auckland
Folio	5350
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 October 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev J J Lewis, Methodist

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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).