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 334

District of Hamilton Quarter ending 30 September 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

4 July 1918

William Field
Annie Clarkin

William Field
Annie Clarkin
💍 1918/4543

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

36
40

Eureka
Hamilton

7 years
30 years

Roman Catholic Church, Hamilton

4085

4 July 1918

Dean Darby, Roman Catholic

No	64
Date of Notice	4 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Field	Annie Clarkin
	💍 1918/4543
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	36	40
Dwelling Place	Eureka	Hamilton
Length of Residence	7 years	30 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Hamilton
Folio	4085
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Dean Darby, Roman Catholic

6 July 1918

Charles Sutherland Wright St. Clair
Alma Jane Ryan

Charles Sutherland Wright-St Clair
Alma Jane Ryan
💍 1918/4544

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

20
17

Hamilton
Hamilton

20 years
4 years

Presbyterian Church, Frankton

4086

Emily Tate Bastable, Mother; John Ryan, Father

6 July 1918

J. T. Burrows, Presbyterian

No	65
Date of Notice	6 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Sutherland Wright St. Clair	Alma Jane Ryan
BDM Match (97%)	Charles Sutherland Wright-St Clair	Alma Jane Ryan
	💍 1918/4544
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	20	17
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	20 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Frankton
Folio	4086
Consent	Emily Tate Bastable, Mother; John Ryan, Father
Date of Certificate	6 July 1918
Officiating Minister	J. T. Burrows, Presbyterian

9 July 1918

William Charles Boniface
Winifred Stirling

William Charles Boniface
Winnifred Stirling
💍 1918/4545

Bachelor
Widow, 2 March 1916

Farmer
Dressmaker

36
32

Hamilton
Hamilton

3 days
9 years

Residence of Mr. Connell, Selkirk St., Hamilton

4087

9 July 1918

Pastor Pascoe, Seventh Day Adventist

No	66
Date of Notice	9 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Charles Boniface	Winifred Stirling
BDM Match (97%)	William Charles Boniface	Winnifred Stirling
	💍 1918/4545
Condition	Bachelor	Widow, 2 March 1916
Profession	Farmer	Dressmaker
Age	36	32
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	3 days	9 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Connell, Selkirk St., Hamilton
Folio	4087
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Pastor Pascoe, Seventh Day Adventist

10 July 1918

Jesse May
Jane Gibb

Jesse May
Jane Gibb
💍 1918/4546

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller
Domestic

31
19

Hamilton
Hamilton

3 days
3 days

Registrar's Office, Hamilton

4088

Arthur Gibb, Father

10 July 1918

R. H. Kirkwood, Registrar

No	67
Date of Notice	10 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Jesse May	Jane Gibb
	💍 1918/4546
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller	Domestic
Age	31	19
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Hamilton
Folio	4088
Consent	Arthur Gibb, Father
Date of Certificate	10 July 1918
Officiating Minister	R. H. Kirkwood, Registrar

9 July 1918

Nathan Clifford Bennett
Amelia Augusta Rodgers

Nathan Clifford Bennett
Amelia Augusta Rodgers
💍 1918/4547

Bachelor
Spinster

Drover
Home Duties

34
25

Hamilton
Hamilton

5 years
3 years

Anglican Church, Hamilton

4089

9 July 1918

E. M. Cowie, Anglican

No	68
Date of Notice	9 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Nathan Clifford Bennett	Amelia Augusta Rodgers
	💍 1918/4547
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Drover	Home Duties
Age	34	25
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	5 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Hamilton
Folio	4089
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 July 1918
Officiating Minister	E. M. Cowie, 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).