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 319

District of Hamilton Quarter ending 31 March 1918 Registrar R. H. Kirkwood

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

7 January 1918

Bradlaugh Symes
Mina Smith

Bradlaugh Symes
Mima Smith
💍 1918/494

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Nurse

26
26

Hamilton
Hamilton

3 days
1 month

Presbyterian Church, Claudelands, Hamilton

871

7 January 1918

Rev. R. Mackie, Presbyterian

No	1
Date of Notice	7 January 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bradlaugh Symes	Mina Smith
BDM Match (95%)	Bradlaugh Symes	Mima Smith
	💍 1918/494
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Nurse
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	3 days	1 month
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Claudelands, Hamilton
Folio	871
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 January 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Mackie, Presbyterian

9 January 1918

Daniel Rae
Lucy Wade

Daniel Coe
Lucy Wade
💍 1918/495

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer
Domestic duties

33
27

Hamilton
Hamilton

3 months
3 months

Registrar's office, Hamilton

878

9 January 1918

R. H. Kirkwood, Registrar

No	2
Date of Notice	9 January 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel Rae	Lucy Wade
BDM Match (90%)	Daniel Coe	Lucy Wade
	💍 1918/495
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	33	27
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	3 months	3 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's office, Hamilton
Folio	878
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 January 1918
Officiating Minister	R. H. Kirkwood, Registrar

14 January 1918

Charles Alfred Lawrence Smith
Emily Isabel Burrell

Charles Alfred Lawrence Smith
Emily Isabel Burrell
💍 1918/607

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank officer
Domestic

30
24

Hamilton
Cheltenham, Feilding

15 months
24 years

St. Paul's Anglican Church, Cheltenham

1143

14 January 1918

Rev. Mayo, Anglican

No	3
Date of Notice	14 January 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Alfred Lawrence Smith	Emily Isabel Burrell
	💍 1918/607
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank officer	Domestic
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Cheltenham, Feilding
Length of Residence	15 months	24 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Anglican Church, Cheltenham
Folio	1143
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. Mayo, Anglican

26 January 1918

Joseph Henry Haile
Ida Marion Kirk

Joseph Henry McNaul
Ida Marion Kirk
💍 1918/496

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman
Domestic Duties

28
24

Hamilton
Hamilton

4 days
12 years

Bride's residence, Te Pahu

879

26 January 1918

Rev. Mackenzie, Presbyterian

No	4
Date of Notice	26 January 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Henry Haile	Ida Marion Kirk
BDM Match (87%)	Joseph Henry McNaul	Ida Marion Kirk
	💍 1918/496
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman	Domestic Duties
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	4 days	12 years
Marriage Place	Bride's residence, Te Pahu
Folio	879
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 January 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. Mackenzie, Presbyterian

4 February 1918

John Mackenzie
Charlotte Elizabeth Massen Lindegreen

John MacKenzie
Charlotte Elizabeth Massen Lindegreen
💍 1918/497

Bachelor
Spinster

Stock-agent
Domestic

28
23

Hamilton
Hamilton

4 days
2 weeks

Presbyterian Church, Frankton

880

4 February 1918

Rev. J. T. Burrows, Presbyterian

No	5
Date of Notice	4 February 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Mackenzie	Charlotte Elizabeth Massen Lindegreen
BDM Match (96%)	John MacKenzie	Charlotte Elizabeth Massen Lindegreen
	💍 1918/497
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stock-agent	Domestic
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	4 days	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Frankton
Folio	880
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. T. Burrows, 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).