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 182

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 December 1918 Registrar J. McOnie

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

846

19 October 1918

William Lewis
Emma Jane Furnick

William Lewis
Emma Jane Gurnick
💍 1918/1632

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

26
19

Auckland
Auckland

4 months
11 years

House of Bride's Mother, 4 Karaka St, Auckland

5389

Mary Jane Furnick, Mother

19 October 1918

Rev. R. H. Walker, Presbyterian

No	846
Date of Notice	19 October 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Lewis	Emma Jane Furnick
BDM Match (97%)	William Lewis	Emma Jane Gurnick
	💍 1918/1632
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	26	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 months	11 years
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Mother, 4 Karaka St, Auckland
Folio	5389
Consent	Mary Jane Furnick, Mother
Date of Certificate	19 October 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. H. Walker, Presbyterian

847

21 October 1918

William Elder Martin
Orpha Agnes Emily Page

William Elder Martin
Orpha Agnes Emily Page
💍 1918/1633

Widower (19 December 1912)
Spinster

Mariner

36
21

Auckland
Auckland

6 days
8 years

Knox Church, Parnell

5390

21 October 1918

Rev. J. Ings, Presbyterian

No	847
Date of Notice	21 October 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Elder Martin	Orpha Agnes Emily Page
	💍 1918/1633
Condition	Widower (19 December 1912)	Spinster
Profession	Mariner
Age	36	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 days	8 years
Marriage Place	Knox Church, Parnell
Folio	5390
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 October 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Ings, Presbyterian

848

21 October 1918

Frederick Edward Andrews
Elsie Edith Wilson

Frederick Edward Andrews
Elsie Edith Wilson
💍 1918/1634

Bachelor
Spinster

Letter Carrier

30
21

Auckland
Auckland

7 1/2 years
2 1/2 years

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

5391

21 October 1918

Rev. J. C. A. Calder, Anglican

No	848
Date of Notice	21 October 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Edward Andrews	Elsie Edith Wilson
	💍 1918/1634
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Letter Carrier
Age	30	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 1/2 years	2 1/2 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	5391
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 October 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. C. A. Calder, Anglican

849

22 October 1918

Ernest Walter Lewis
Avis Emily Hamon

Ernest Walter Lewis
Avis Emily Hamon
💍 1918/1635

Bachelor
Spinster

Buyer

35
23

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
23 years

St. Barnabas' Church, Mt. Eden

5392

22 October 1918

Rev. E. J. McFarland, Anglican

No	849
Date of Notice	22 October 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Walter Lewis	Avis Emily Hamon
	💍 1918/1635
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Buyer
Age	35	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	23 years
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas' Church, Mt. Eden
Folio	5392
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 October 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. McFarland, Anglican

850

22 October 1918

Alfance Black
Martha Walsh

Alfance Black
Martha Welsh
💍 1918/1636

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

40
29

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
9 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

5393

22 October 1918

Registrar

No	850
Date of Notice	22 October 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfance Black	Martha Walsh
BDM Match (96%)	Alfance Black	Martha Welsh
	💍 1918/1636
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	40	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	5393
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 October 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).