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 187

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 December 1918 Registrar H. J. Dixon

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

871

29 October 1918

George Edmund Turner
Kathleen Bleakley

George Edmund Turner
Kathleen Bleakly
💍 1918/5795

Widower 4 July 1916
Spinster

Railway Employee

46
35

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
2 years

St Patricks Cathedral Auckland

5414

29 October 1918

Rev. M. J. Bleakley (Roman Catholic)

No	871
Date of Notice	29 October 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Edmund Turner	Kathleen Bleakley
BDM Match (97%)	George Edmund Turner	Kathleen Bleakly
	💍 1918/5795
Condition	Widower 4 July 1916	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employee
Age	46	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St Patricks Cathedral Auckland
Folio	5414
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 October 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. J. Bleakley (Roman Catholic)

872

29 October 1918

James Hilloch Allison
Mary Weatherall Smith

James Killock Allison
May Weatherall Smith
💍 1918/5796

Widower 18 August 1917
Spinster

Canvasser

58
27

Auckland
Auckland

12 years
7 months

Salvation Army Hall Ponsonby Road Auckland

5415

29 October 1918

Brigadier A. B. Carmichael (Salvation Army)

No	872
Date of Notice	29 October 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Hilloch Allison	Mary Weatherall Smith
BDM Match (93%)	James Killock Allison	May Weatherall Smith
	💍 1918/5796
Condition	Widower 18 August 1917	Spinster
Profession	Canvasser
Age	58	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 years	7 months
Marriage Place	Salvation Army Hall Ponsonby Road Auckland
Folio	5415
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 October 1918
Officiating Minister	Brigadier A. B. Carmichael (Salvation Army)

873

29 October 1918

Norman John Bowman
Jessie Poole

Norman John Bowman
Jessie Poole
💍 1918/5797

Bachelor
Spinster

Apiarist

25
23

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
23 years

Residence of Mr M. Poole Coronation Rd. Papatoetoe Auckland

5416

29 October 1918

F. W. Greenwood (Church of Christ)

No	873
Date of Notice	29 October 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Norman John Bowman	Jessie Poole
	💍 1918/5797
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Apiarist
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	23 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr M. Poole Coronation Rd. Papatoetoe Auckland
Folio	5416
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 October 1918
Officiating Minister	F. W. Greenwood (Church of Christ)

874

29 October 1918

Francis Walter London
Catherine Elizabeth McIlvride

Francis Walter Landon
Catherine Elizabeth McIlvride
💍 1918/5798

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

52
46

Auckland
Auckland

3 weeks
12 years

St Patricks Cathedral Auckland

5417

29 October 1918

Rev. J. Brennan (Roman Catholic)

No	874
Date of Notice	29 October 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Walter London	Catherine Elizabeth McIlvride
BDM Match (98%)	Francis Walter Landon	Catherine Elizabeth McIlvride
	💍 1918/5798
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	52	46
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 weeks	12 years
Marriage Place	St Patricks Cathedral Auckland
Folio	5417
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 October 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Brennan (Roman Catholic)

875

30 October 1918

John Arthur Hill
Dorothy Hayland Blake

John Arthur Hill
Dorothy Hyland Blake
💍 1918/5799

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Mechanic

19
23

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

St. Andrews Church Auckland

5418

Laura Hill (widow) mother

30 October 1918

Rev. A. A. Murray (Presbyterian)

No	875
Date of Notice	30 October 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Arthur Hill	Dorothy Hayland Blake
BDM Match (98%)	John Arthur Hill	Dorothy Hyland Blake
	💍 1918/5799
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Mechanic
Age	19	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Andrews Church Auckland
Folio	5418
Consent	Laura Hill (widow) mother
Date of Certificate	30 October 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. A. Murray (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).