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 200

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 December 1918 Registrar G. W. Salmon

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

936

29 November 1918

Angus Goodall
Evangeline Bennett

Angus Goodall
Evangeline Bennett
💍 1918/5833

Bachelor
Spinster

Woodworking Machinist

30
31

Auckland
Auckland

15 months
3 years

House of Bride's Mother, 60 Remuera Road, Remuera

5478

29 November 1918

Rev. E. Shaw, Methodist

No	936
Date of Notice	29 November 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Angus Goodall	Evangeline Bennett
	💍 1918/5833
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Woodworking Machinist
Age	30	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 months	3 years
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Mother, 60 Remuera Road, Remuera
Folio	5478
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 November 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Shaw, Methodist

937

2 December 1918

Albert Sydney Carpenter
Gladys Alice O'Neill

Albert Sydney Carpenter
Gladys Alice O'Neill
💍 1918/5834

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

27
28

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
15 years

St. Peter's Church, Takapuna

5479

2 December 1918

Rev. W. G. Monckton, Anglican

No	937
Date of Notice	2 December 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Sydney Carpenter	Gladys Alice O'Neill
	💍 1918/5834
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	27	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	15 years
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Takapuna
Folio	5479
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 December 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. G. Monckton, Anglican

938

2 December 1918

Percy Stokes
Mabel Hesket

Percy Stokes
Mabel Heskett
💍 1918/5835

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

26
24

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
20 years

Anglican Church, Papatoetoe

5480

2 December 1918

Rev. H. Mason, Anglican

No	938
Date of Notice	2 December 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Stokes	Mabel Hesket
BDM Match (96%)	Percy Stokes	Mabel Heskett
	💍 1918/5835
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	20 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Papatoetoe
Folio	5480
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 December 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Mason, Anglican

939

3 December 1918

Cecil Whitworth Hendon
Winifred Lucy Eddowes

Cecil Whitworth Kendon
Winifride Lucy Eddowes
💍 1918/5836

Bachelor
Spinster

School Teacher

25
26

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
16 years

St. Stephen's Church, Ponsonby

5481

3 December 1918

Rev. I. Jolly, Presbyterian

No	939
Date of Notice	3 December 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cecil Whitworth Hendon	Winifred Lucy Eddowes
BDM Match (93%)	Cecil Whitworth Kendon	Winifride Lucy Eddowes
	💍 1918/5836
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	School Teacher
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	16 years
Marriage Place	St. Stephen's Church, Ponsonby
Folio	5481
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 December 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. I. Jolly, Presbyterian

940

3 December 1918

Patrick James Fitzgerald
Alice Carey

Patrick James McGarald
Alice Carey
💍 1918/5837

Bachelor
Widow

Motor Driver

26
24

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
3 years

House of Mother of Bridegroom, Alexander Street, Penrose

5482

3 December 1918

Rev. E. P. Blamires, Methodist

No	940
Date of Notice	3 December 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Patrick James Fitzgerald	Alice Carey
BDM Match (88%)	Patrick James McGarald	Alice Carey
	💍 1918/5837
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Motor Driver
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	3 years
Marriage Place	House of Mother of Bridegroom, Alexander Street, Penrose
Folio	5482
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 December 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. P. Blamires, Methodist

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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).