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 181

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 December 1918 Registrar [illegible]

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

841

18 October 1918

Arthur Bateson Jagger
Hilda Maud Stewart

Arthur Bateson Jagger
Hilda Maud Stewart
💍 1918/1627

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

34
26

Auckland
Auckland

10 days
26 years

St Matthew's Church, Auckland

5384

18 October 1918

Rev J.C.A. Calder, Anglican

No	841
Date of Notice	18 October 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Bateson Jagger	Hilda Maud Stewart
	💍 1918/1627
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	34	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 days	26 years
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	5384
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 October 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev J.C.A. Calder, Anglican

842

18 October 1918

Henry Butler
Maud Morris

Henry Butler
Maud Morris
💍 1918/1628

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor

39
24

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
1 1/2 years

St Matthew's Church, Auckland

5385

18 October 1918

Rev J.C.A. Calder, Anglican

No	842
Date of Notice	18 October 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Butler	Maud Morris
	💍 1918/1628
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor
Age	39	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	1 1/2 years
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	5385
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 October 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev J.C.A. Calder, Anglican

843

18 October 1918

Charles John Barr Brown
Rae Annie Seamer commonly known as Rae Annie Sidney

Charles John Barr Brown
Grace Annie Sidney
💍 1918/1629

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

40
40

Auckland
Auckland

26 years
32 years

St Matthew's Church, Auckland

5386

18 October 1918

Rev J.C.A. Calder, Anglican

No	843
Date of Notice	18 October 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles John Barr Brown	Rae Annie Seamer commonly known as Rae Annie Sidney
BDM Match (66%)	Charles John Barr Brown	Grace Annie Sidney
	💍 1918/1629
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	40	40
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	26 years	32 years
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	5386
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 October 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev J.C.A. Calder, Anglican

844

19 October 1918

William Francis McMahon
Ida Victoria Rucceline Archer

William Francis McMahon
Ida Victoria Cluecline Archer
💍 1918/1630

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

21
21

Auckland
Auckland

15 years
10 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

5387

19 October 1918

Deputy Registrar

No	844
Date of Notice	19 October 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Francis McMahon	Ida Victoria Rucceline Archer
BDM Match (93%)	William Francis McMahon	Ida Victoria Cluecline Archer
	💍 1918/1630
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	5387
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 October 1918
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

845

19 October 1918

Charles Henry Rush
Gladys Maude Cooper

Charles Henry Rush
Gladys Maude Cooper
💍 1918/1631

Widower 16 April 1913
Spinster

Builder

35
24

Auckland
Onehunga

life
5 years

House of Bride's Parents Hill Street Onehunga

5388

19 October 1918

Rev T. Southworth Congregational

No	845
Date of Notice	19 October 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Henry Rush	Gladys Maude Cooper
	💍 1918/1631
Condition	Widower 16 April 1913	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	35	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Onehunga
Length of Residence	life	5 years
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Parents Hill Street Onehunga
Folio	5388
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 October 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev T. Southworth Congregational

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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).