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 207

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

991

14 December 1918

William George Mabey
Jessie Mantell

William George Mabey
Bessie Mantell
💍 1918/5867

Widower 25 May 1918
Divorced 19 December 1916

Farmer

54
38

Auckland
Auckland

2 months
5 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

5511

14 December 1918

Registrar

No	991
Date of Notice	14 December 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William George Mabey	Jessie Mantell
BDM Match (96%)	William George Mabey	Bessie Mantell
	💍 1918/5867
Condition	Widower 25 May 1918	Divorced 19 December 1916
Profession	Farmer
Age	54	38
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 months	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	5511
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 December 1918
Officiating Minister	Registrar

992

14 December 1918

Joseph Ross Anderson
Florence Maud Foster

Joseph Roy Anderson
Florence Maud Coster
💍 1918/5868

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer's Assistant

22
21

Auckland
Auckland

12 years
10 years

St John's Church, Ponsonby

5512

14 December 1918

Rev. H. E. Bellhouse, Methodist

No	992
Date of Notice	14 December 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Ross Anderson	Florence Maud Foster
BDM Match (93%)	Joseph Roy Anderson	Florence Maud Coster
	💍 1918/5868
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer's Assistant
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St John's Church, Ponsonby
Folio	5512
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 December 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. E. Bellhouse, Methodist

993

14 December 1918

Robert Le Roy Henderson
Alice Mary Bullen

Robert Le Roy Henderson
Alice May Bullen
💍 1918/5869

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

26
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
6 months

Residence of Bride's Brother, Papatoetoe

5513

14 December 1918

Rev. G. E. Porter, Presbyterian

No	993
Date of Notice	14 December 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Le Roy Henderson	Alice Mary Bullen
BDM Match (97%)	Robert Le Roy Henderson	Alice May Bullen
	💍 1918/5869
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	6 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Bride's Brother, Papatoetoe
Folio	5513
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 December 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. E. Porter, Presbyterian

994

14 December 1918

William Henry Patterson
Gertrude Malcolm

William Henry Patterson
Gertrude Malcolm
💍 1918/5870

Widower 20 October 1916
Spinster

Warehouseman

51
37

Auckland
Auckland

13 years
3 years

St Alban's Church, Mt Eden

5514

14 December 1918

Rev. H. B. Wingfield, Anglican

No	994
Date of Notice	14 December 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Patterson	Gertrude Malcolm
	💍 1918/5870
Condition	Widower 20 October 1916	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	51	37
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	13 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St Alban's Church, Mt Eden
Folio	5514
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 December 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. B. Wingfield, Anglican

995

16 December 1918

John Buchanan
Myrtle Diamond Wilkinson

John Buchanan
Myrtle Diamond Wilkinson
💍 1918/5871

Widower 13 January 1915
Spinster

Solicitor

39
28

Thames
Auckland

3 1/2 years
3 1/2 years

St Barnabas' Church, Mt Eden

5515

16 December 1918

Rev. E. J. McFarland, Anglican

No	995
Date of Notice	16 December 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Buchanan	Myrtle Diamond Wilkinson
	💍 1918/5871
Condition	Widower 13 January 1915	Spinster
Profession	Solicitor
Age	39	28
Dwelling Place	Thames	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 1/2 years	3 1/2 years
Marriage Place	St Barnabas' Church, Mt Eden
Folio	5515
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 December 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. McFarland, 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).