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 205

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 December 1918 Registrar A. W. Lyons

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

961

12 December 1918

Thomas William Jones
Bessie Carr

Thomas William Jones
Bessie Carr
💍 1918/5865

Widower
Spinster

Retired Merchant

62
45

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
40 years

House of Mr. Dunningham, Mountain Road, Epsom

5501

12 December 1918

Rev. P. Bond, Methodist

No	961
Date of Notice	12 December 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas William Jones	Bessie Carr
	💍 1918/5865
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Retired Merchant
Age	62	45
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	40 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. Dunningham, Mountain Road, Epsom
Folio	5501
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 December 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Bond, Methodist

962

12 December 1918

Arthur Joseph Lennon
Dorothy Emma Martin

Arthur Joseph Lennon
Dorothy Emma Martin
💍 1918/5876

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

28
23

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
10 years

Roman Catholic Church, Northcote

5502

12 December 1918

Rev. J. O'Malley, Roman Catholic

No	962
Date of Notice	12 December 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Joseph Lennon	Dorothy Emma Martin
	💍 1918/5876
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Northcote
Folio	5502
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 December 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. O'Malley, Roman Catholic

963

12 December 1918

Samuel Albert Millar
Nellie Hood Robertson

Samuel Gilbert Millar
Nellie Gord Robertson
💍 1918/5883

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

27
27

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
6 years

St Andrew's Church, Auckland

5503

12 December 1918

Rev. A. A. Murray, Presbyterian

No	963
Date of Notice	12 December 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Albert Millar	Nellie Hood Robertson
BDM Match (91%)	Samuel Gilbert Millar	Nellie Gord Robertson
	💍 1918/5883
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	6 years
Marriage Place	St Andrew's Church, Auckland
Folio	5503
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 December 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. A. Murray, Presbyterian

964

13 December 1918

Norman Henry McNaught
Grace Ormsby

Norman Henry McNaught
Grace Ormsby
💍 1918/5884

Bachelor
Spinster

Saddler

26
23

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
5 months

Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Auckland

5504

13 December 1918

Rev. W. Gray, Anglican

No	964
Date of Notice	13 December 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Norman Henry McNaught	Grace Ormsby
	💍 1918/5884
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Saddler
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	5 months
Marriage Place	Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Auckland
Folio	5504
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 December 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Gray, Anglican

965

13 December 1918

William John Knott
Rose Marion Lockwood

William John Knott
Rose Marion Lockwood
💍 1918/5885

Bachelor
Spinster

Decorator

31
24

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
9 years

Salvation Army Home, 33 Dryden Street, Ponsonby

5505

13 December 1918

Adj. H. Wyatt, Salvation Army

No	965
Date of Notice	13 December 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Knott	Rose Marion Lockwood
	💍 1918/5885
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Decorator
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Salvation Army Home, 33 Dryden Street, Ponsonby
Folio	5505
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 December 1918
Officiating Minister	Adj. H. Wyatt, Salvation Army

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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).