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 322

District of Hamilton Quarter ending 31 March 1918 Registrar R. K. 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

11 March 1918

David Lyon Brickham
Annie Wilcox

David Lyon Bickham
Annis Wilcox
💍 1918/483

Widower 6/11/1911
Spinster

Teamster
Domestic

46
33

Hamilton
Hamilton

1 week
1 week

Presbyterian Church, Frankton

890

11 March 1918

Rev. J. T. Burrows, Presbyterian

No	16
Date of Notice	11 March 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Lyon Brickham	Annie Wilcox
BDM Match (93%)	David Lyon Bickham	Annis Wilcox
	💍 1918/483
Condition	Widower 6/11/1911	Spinster
Profession	Teamster	Domestic
Age	46	33
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	1 week	1 week
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Frankton
Folio	890
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 March 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. T. Burrows, Presbyterian

11 March 1918

Thomas Lambert Browne
Constance Emily Cook

Thomas Lambert Browne
Constance Emily Cook
💍 1918/484

Bachelor
Spinster

Taxi-proprietor
Home Duties

30
21

Hamilton
Hamilton

4 days
8 months

St. Peter's Anglican Church, Hamilton

801

11 March 1918

Rev. E. M. Cowie, Anglican

No	17
Date of Notice	11 March 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Lambert Browne	Constance Emily Cook
	💍 1918/484
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Taxi-proprietor	Home Duties
Age	30	21
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	4 days	8 months
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Anglican Church, Hamilton
Folio	801
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 March 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. M. Cowie, Anglican

12 March 1918

Harvey Martin Clothier
Amy Maude Holder

Harvey Martin Clothier
Amy Maude Holder
💍 1918/1866

Bachelor
Spinster

Land Agent
Home Duties

25
24

Hamilton
Hawarden

7 years
9 years

Anglican Church, Horsley Down

1403

12 March 1918

Rev. Harding, Anglican

No	18
Date of Notice	12 March 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harvey Martin Clothier	Amy Maude Holder
	💍 1918/1866
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Land Agent	Home Duties
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hawarden
Length of Residence	7 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Horsley Down
Folio	1403
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 March 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. Harding, Anglican

20 March 1918

Thomas Gordon Reynolds
Marie Louise Robbins

Thomas Gordon Reynolds
Marie Louise Robbins
💍 1918/1184

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Domestic

24
24

Hamilton
Tauranga

6 months
6 years

Presbyterian Church, Tauranga

947

20 March 1918

Rev. Tucker, Presbyterian

No	19
Date of Notice	20 March 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Gordon Reynolds	Marie Louise Robbins
	💍 1918/1184
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Domestic
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Tauranga
Length of Residence	6 months	6 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Tauranga
Folio	947
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 March 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. Tucker, Presbyterian

21 March 1918

Norman Robert Roche
Ruby Victoria McDonald

Norman Robert Rocke
Ruby Victoria McDonald
💍 1918/485

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier
Domestic

28
30

Hamilton
Hamilton

5 days
3 days

St. Peter's Church, Hamilton

893

21 March 1918

Rev. E. M. Cowie, Anglican

No	20
Date of Notice	21 March 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Norman Robert Roche	Ruby Victoria McDonald
BDM Match (97%)	Norman Robert Rocke	Ruby Victoria McDonald
	💍 1918/485
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier	Domestic
Age	28	30
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	5 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Hamilton
Folio	893
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 March 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. 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).