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 217

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

1021

23 December 1918

Arthur Thomas Uffindell
Elizabeth Elsie Armstrong

Arthur Thomas Uffindell
Elizabeth Elsie Armstrong
💍 1919/297

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

23
23

Auckland
Auckland

8 years
22 years

House of Mrs E. Uffindell, Avondale

45/1919

23 December 1918

Rev. J. Albert Asher, Presbyterian

No	1021
Date of Notice	23 December 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Thomas Uffindell	Elizabeth Elsie Armstrong
	💍 1919/297
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 years	22 years
Marriage Place	House of Mrs E. Uffindell, Avondale
Folio	45/1919
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 December 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Albert Asher, Presbyterian

1022

23 December 1918

Frederick Charles Attwood
Gertrude Amelia Lamberg

Frederick Charles Attwood
Gertrude Amelia Lamberg
💍 1918/5962

Bachelor
Spinster

School Master

41
19

Auckland
Auckland

1 week
1 week

Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Auckland

5557

Carl Adolf Lamberg, Father

23 December 1918

Rev. H. A. Keall, Anglican

No	1022
Date of Notice	23 December 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Charles Attwood	Gertrude Amelia Lamberg
	💍 1918/5962
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	School Master
Age	41	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 week	1 week
Marriage Place	Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Auckland
Folio	5557
Consent	Carl Adolf Lamberg, Father
Date of Certificate	23 December 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. A. Keall, Anglican

1023

23 December 1918

John Mather
Henrietta Steel

John Mother
Henrietta Steel
💍 1918/5963

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

24
22

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
9 years

St Stephen's Manse, Ponsonby

5558

23 December 1918

Rev. I. Jolly, Presbyterian

No	1023
Date of Notice	23 December 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Mather	Henrietta Steel
BDM Match (95%)	John Mother	Henrietta Steel
	💍 1918/5963
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	9 years
Marriage Place	St Stephen's Manse, Ponsonby
Folio	5558
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 December 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. I. Jolly, Presbyterian

1024

23 December 1918

Walter Smith
Florence Mary Wilton

Walter Smith
Florence Mary Wilson
💍 1918/5964

Widower 26 November 1917
Widow 8 February 1917

Baker

73
42

Auckland
Auckland

5 months
5 months

Registrar's Office, Auckland

5559

23 December 1918

Registrar

No	1024
Date of Notice	23 December 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Smith	Florence Mary Wilton
BDM Match (98%)	Walter Smith	Florence Mary Wilson
	💍 1918/5964
Condition	Widower 26 November 1917	Widow 8 February 1917
Profession	Baker
Age	73	42
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 months	5 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	5559
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 December 1918
Officiating Minister	Registrar

1025

23 December 1918

Harold Rouse Rafferty
Elizabeth Taylor Mackie

Harold George Rafferty
Elizabeth Taylor Mackie
💍 1918/5941

Widower 17 July 1917
Widow 3 August 1916

Engine Driver

30
26

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
10 months

House of Mrs C. Hines, 25 Panmure Rd, Grey Lynn

5560

23 December 1918

Rev. J. A. Thompson, Presbyterian

No	1025
Date of Notice	23 December 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Rouse Rafferty	Elizabeth Taylor Mackie
BDM Match (91%)	Harold George Rafferty	Elizabeth Taylor Mackie
	💍 1918/5941
Condition	Widower 17 July 1917	Widow 3 August 1916
Profession	Engine Driver
Age	30	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	10 months
Marriage Place	House of Mrs C. Hines, 25 Panmure Rd, Grey Lynn
Folio	5560
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 December 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Thompson, 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).