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 195

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

911

16 November 1918

Robert Brown
Ethel Mary Keals

Robert Crow
Ethel Mary Keals
💍 1918/5909

Bachelor
Widow 23 June 1910

Retired Civil Servant

48
50

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
45 years Devonport

Presbyterian Church

5454

16 November 1918

Rev J Budd, Presbyterian

No	911
Date of Notice	16 November 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Brown	Ethel Mary Keals
BDM Match (92%)	Robert Crow	Ethel Mary Keals
	💍 1918/5909
Condition	Bachelor	Widow 23 June 1910
Profession	Retired Civil Servant
Age	48	50
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	45 years Devonport
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church
Folio	5454
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 November 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev J Budd, Presbyterian

912

18 November 1918

August Fritz Jory
Dorothea Elizabeth Goff

August Fritz Bay
Dorothea Elizabeth Goff
💍 1918/6467

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

21
20

Auckland
Auckland

17 years
20 years

St Matthews Church Auckland

6350

John Barrett Goff, Father

18 November 1918

Rev J W A Calder, Anglican

No	912
Date of Notice	18 November 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	August Fritz Jory	Dorothea Elizabeth Goff
BDM Match (91%)	August Fritz Bay	Dorothea Elizabeth Goff
	💍 1918/6467
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	21	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	17 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St Matthews Church Auckland
Folio	6350
Consent	John Barrett Goff, Father
Date of Certificate	18 November 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev J W A Calder, Anglican

913

20 November 1918

George Wyllie Gavin
Stella Gertrude Cook

George Wyllie Nairn
Stella Gertrude Cook
💍 1918/5910

Bachelor
Spinster

Saddler

35
33

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
20 years Ponsonby

All Saints Church Ponsonby

5455

20 November 1918

Archd W Calder, Anglican

No	913
Date of Notice	20 November 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Wyllie Gavin	Stella Gertrude Cook
BDM Match (92%)	George Wyllie Nairn	Stella Gertrude Cook
	💍 1918/5910
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Saddler
Age	35	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	20 years Ponsonby
Marriage Place	All Saints Church Ponsonby
Folio	5455
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 November 1918
Officiating Minister	Archd W Calder, Anglican

914

20 November 1918

Joseph Allen Connor
Evelyn Elizabeth Horn

Joseph Allen Connon
Evelyn Elizabeth Spry
💍 1918/5911

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

28
23

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
13 years Mt Eden

St Barnabas Church Mt Eden

5456

20 November 1918

Rev E McFarland, Anglican

No	914
Date of Notice	20 November 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Allen Connor	Evelyn Elizabeth Horn
BDM Match (90%)	Joseph Allen Connon	Evelyn Elizabeth Spry
	💍 1918/5911
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	13 years Mt Eden
Marriage Place	St Barnabas Church Mt Eden
Folio	5456
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 November 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev E McFarland, Anglican

915

21 November 1918

Basil Glascow Hercus
Ruby Marguerite Campbell

Basil Clayton Hercus
Ruby Marguerite Campbell
💍 1918/5912

Bachelor
Spinster

Shipping Clerk

27
33

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
10 years Auckland

Residence of Mrs Campbell, 195 Remuera Rd, Auckland

5457

21 November 1918

Rev J Ings, Presbyterian

No	915
Date of Notice	21 November 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Basil Glascow Hercus	Ruby Marguerite Campbell
BDM Match (90%)	Basil Clayton Hercus	Ruby Marguerite Campbell
	💍 1918/5912
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shipping Clerk
Age	27	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	10 years Auckland
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs Campbell, 195 Remuera Rd, Auckland
Folio	5457
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 November 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev J Ings, 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).