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 190

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 December 1918 Registrar T. 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

886

1 November 1918

Cecil Mark Freakes
Minnie Charlotte Foulcher

Cecil Mark Freakes
Minnie Charlotte Foulgher
💍 1918/5785

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

35
33

Auckland
Auckland

6 days
5 months

Residence of Mrs Nicholls 18 Armadale Road Remuera Auckland

5429

1 November 1918

Rev. J Pattison (Presbyterian)

No	886
Date of Notice	1 November 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cecil Mark Freakes	Minnie Charlotte Foulcher
BDM Match (98%)	Cecil Mark Freakes	Minnie Charlotte Foulgher
	💍 1918/5785
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	35	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 days	5 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs Nicholls 18 Armadale Road Remuera Auckland
Folio	5429
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 November 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. J Pattison (Presbyterian)

887

1 November 1918

John William Smith
Madora Matilda Crowe

John William Smith
Madora Matilda Crowe
💍 1918/5786

Widower 7 April 1913
Divorced decree absolute 5 October 1918

Postal clerk

52
49

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
20 years

Knox Manse Parnell Auckland

5430

1 November 1918

Rev. J. Ings (Presbyterian)

No	887
Date of Notice	1 November 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John William Smith	Madora Matilda Crowe
	💍 1918/5786
Condition	Widower 7 April 1913	Divorced decree absolute 5 October 1918
Profession	Postal clerk
Age	52	49
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Knox Manse Parnell Auckland
Folio	5430
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 November 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Ings (Presbyterian)

888

2 November 1918

William Bertram Mossman
Edna Dorothy Richardson

William Bertram Mossman
Edna Dorothy Richardson
💍 1918/5787

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

22
23

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
23 years

Residence of Mr Richardson 36 Omaha Road Remuera Auckland

5431

2 November 1918

Rev. E. A. Bridger (Congregational)

No	888
Date of Notice	2 November 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Bertram Mossman	Edna Dorothy Richardson
	💍 1918/5787
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	22	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	23 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr Richardson 36 Omaha Road Remuera Auckland
Folio	5431
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 November 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. A. Bridger (Congregational)

889

4 November 1918

James Murch Ramson
May Ramson

James Murch Ramson
May Ramson
💍 1918/5788

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

46
36

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
20 years

All Saints Church Auckland

5432

4 November 1918

Ven Arch. W Calder (Anglican)

No	889
Date of Notice	4 November 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Murch Ramson	May Ramson
	💍 1918/5788
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	46	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	20 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church Auckland
Folio	5432
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 November 1918
Officiating Minister	Ven Arch. W Calder (Anglican)

890

4 November 1918

Ernest Alfred William Thompson
Christina Delamore

Ernest Alfred William Thompson
Christina Delamore
💍 1918/5789

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor mechanic

24
22

Auckland
Auckland

1 month
6 years

Registrar's Office Auckland

5433

4 November 1918

Registrar

No	890
Date of Notice	4 November 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Alfred William Thompson	Christina Delamore
	💍 1918/5789
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor mechanic
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 month	6 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	5433
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 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).