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 253

District of Cambridge Quarter ending 30 September 1918 Registrar W. W. Poole

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

8 July 1918

Henry George Priest
Roberta Eveline Clara Roberts

Henry George Priest
Roberta Eveline Clara Roberts
💍 1918/4445

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

26
25

Karapiro
Karapiro

3 days
14 days

The residence of Mr. C. Price, Karapiro

4037

8 July 1918

Rev J. Clark

No	15
Date of Notice	8 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry George Priest	Roberta Eveline Clara Roberts
	💍 1918/4445
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Karapiro	Karapiro
Length of Residence	3 days	14 days
Marriage Place	The residence of Mr. C. Price, Karapiro
Folio	4037
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev J. Clark

22 July 1918

William John Stewart
Ruby Constant Pawson

William John Stewart
Ruby Constance Pawson
💍 1918/4446

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

27
28

Cambridge
Matangi

3 days
11 months

Church of England, Tamahere

4038

22 July 1918

Rev J. P. Williams

No	16
Date of Notice	22 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Stewart	Ruby Constant Pawson
BDM Match (95%)	William John Stewart	Ruby Constance Pawson
	💍 1918/4446
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	27	28
Dwelling Place	Cambridge	Matangi
Length of Residence	3 days	11 months
Marriage Place	Church of England, Tamahere
Folio	4038
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev J. P. Williams

26 July 1918

William James Elliott
Alice Wilson

William James Elliott
Alice Wilson
💍 1918/4447

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Hand
Waitress

25
30

Cambridge
Cambridge

18 months
4 months

Methodist Church, Cambridge

4039

26 July 1918

Rev G. S. Cook

No	17
Date of Notice	26 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William James Elliott	Alice Wilson
	💍 1918/4447
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Hand	Waitress
Age	25	30
Dwelling Place	Cambridge	Cambridge
Length of Residence	18 months	4 months
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Cambridge
Folio	4039
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev G. S. Cook

5 August 1918

George Petersen
Ellen Amelia Wallen

George Petersen
Ellen Amelia Wallen
💍 1918/4448

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Waitress

28
28

Cambridge
Cambridge

11 years
8 months

The residence of Mrs. F. M. Davis, Leamington

4040

5 August 1918

Rev J. H. Roseveare

No	18
Date of Notice	5 August 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Petersen	Ellen Amelia Wallen
	💍 1918/4448
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Waitress
Age	28	28
Dwelling Place	Cambridge	Cambridge
Length of Residence	11 years	8 months
Marriage Place	The residence of Mrs. F. M. Davis, Leamington
Folio	4040
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 August 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev J. H. Roseveare

19 August 1918

William John Rowe Rundle
Hazel Millicent Paris

William John Rowe Rundle
Hazel Millicent Paris
💍 1918/4449

Widower
Spinster

Soldier
Domestic Duties

36
24

Cambridge
Cambridge

5 days
5 days

The residence of Mr. P. Nicholson, Weld Street, Cambridge

4041

19 August 1918

Rev G. S. Cook

No	19
Date of Notice	19 August 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Rowe Rundle	Hazel Millicent Paris
	💍 1918/4449
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Soldier	Domestic Duties
Age	36	24
Dwelling Place	Cambridge	Cambridge
Length of Residence	5 days	5 days
Marriage Place	The residence of Mr. P. Nicholson, Weld Street, Cambridge
Folio	4041
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 August 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev G. S. Cook

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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).