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 194

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 December 1918 Registrar S. Culpan

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

906

11 November 1918

Charles Isaac Young
Esther Sarah Jane French

Charles Isaac Young
Esther Sarah Jane French
💍 1918/5782

Widower 5 March 1918
Widow 5 April 1915

Ships Cook

28
35

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
35 years

Registrar's Office Auckland

5449

11 November 1918

Registrar

No	906
Date of Notice	11 November 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Isaac Young	Esther Sarah Jane French
	💍 1918/5782
Condition	Widower 5 March 1918	Widow 5 April 1915
Profession	Ships Cook
Age	28	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	35 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	5449
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 November 1918
Officiating Minister	Registrar

907

11 November 1918

Albert Harold Robson
Virginia Mary Rouge

Albert Lacey Robson
Virginia May George
💍 1918/5783

Bachelor
Spinster

Foreman

23
20

Auckland
Auckland

15 years
9 years

All Saints Church Ponsonby

5450

William Michael Rouge Father

11 November 1918

Rev. F. G. Thomas Anglican

No	907
Date of Notice	11 November 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Harold Robson	Virginia Mary Rouge
BDM Match (77%)	Albert Lacey Robson	Virginia May George
	💍 1918/5783
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Foreman
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 years	9 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church Ponsonby
Folio	5450
Consent	William Michael Rouge Father
Date of Certificate	11 November 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. G. Thomas Anglican

908

13 November 1918

George La Grotte Bodley
Hazel Elizabeth Thompson

George La Monte Bodley
Hazel Elizabeth Thompson
💍 1918/5890

Bachelor
Spinster

Independent means

24
21

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
Life

All Saints Church Ponsonby

5451

13 November 1918

Rev. F. G. Thomas Anglican

No	908
Date of Notice	13 November 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George La Grotte Bodley	Hazel Elizabeth Thompson
BDM Match (94%)	George La Monte Bodley	Hazel Elizabeth Thompson
	💍 1918/5890
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Independent means
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	Life
Marriage Place	All Saints Church Ponsonby
Folio	5451
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 November 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. G. Thomas Anglican

909

13 November 1918

Rouff Fowler Allen
Violet Rudduck

George Fowler Allen
Violet Rudduck
💍 1918/5901

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

32
31

Auckland
Auckland

11 months
4 days

House of Mrs A Tebbutt 10 Kensington Avenue Mt. Eden

5452

13 November 1918

Rev. J. J. Lewis Methodist

No	909
Date of Notice	13 November 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Rouff Fowler Allen	Violet Rudduck
BDM Match (87%)	George Fowler Allen	Violet Rudduck
	💍 1918/5901
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	32	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 months	4 days
Marriage Place	House of Mrs A Tebbutt 10 Kensington Avenue Mt. Eden
Folio	5452
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 November 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Lewis Methodist

910

16 November 1918

Albert Hailwood South
Sarah Smith

Albert Hailwood
Sarah Smith
💍 1918/5908

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

26
31

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
31 years

Registrar's Office Auckland

5453

16 November 1918

Registrar

No	910
Date of Notice	16 November 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Hailwood South	Sarah Smith
BDM Match (86%)	Albert Hailwood	Sarah Smith
	💍 1918/5908
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	26	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	31 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	5453
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 November 1918
Officiating Minister	Registrar

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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).