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 174

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 December 1918 Registrar J. G. L. Hewitt

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

806

7 October 1918

Alexander Harvey
Olive Martha Chiles

Alexander Harvey
Olive Martha Chiles
💍 1918/5851

Bachelor
Spinster

Tram Conductor

22
19

Auckland
Auckland

8 months
2 years

Residence of Rev. F. H. Radford, 35 Wynyard Rd, Mt Eden, Auckland

5351

Samuel Dunmow Chiles, Father

7 October 1918

Rev. F. H. Radford, Baptist

No	806
Date of Notice	7 October 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Harvey	Olive Martha Chiles
	💍 1918/5851
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tram Conductor
Age	22	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 months	2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. F. H. Radford, 35 Wynyard Rd, Mt Eden, Auckland
Folio	5351
Consent	Samuel Dunmow Chiles, Father
Date of Certificate	7 October 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. H. Radford, Baptist

807

7 October 1918

Henry Emanuel
Myrtle Benjamin

Henry Emanuel
Myrtle Benjamin
💍 1918/5858

Bachelor
Spinster

Financier

38
27

Auckland
Auckland

7 days
7 days

The Synagogue, Auckland

5352

7 October 1918

Rev. S. A. Goldstein, Hebrew

No	807
Date of Notice	7 October 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Emanuel	Myrtle Benjamin
	💍 1918/5858
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Financier
Age	38	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 days	7 days
Marriage Place	The Synagogue, Auckland
Folio	5352
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 October 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. A. Goldstein, Hebrew

808

7 October 1918

William Leineweber
Isabella Sinclair Bruce

William Leineweber
Isabella Sinclair Bruce
💍 1918/5859

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

37
20

Auckland
Auckland

2 weeks
4 months

Presbyterian Church, Mt Eden Road, Auckland

5353

William James Robertson Bruce, Father

7 October 1918

Rev. J. W. Shaw, Presbyterian

No	808
Date of Notice	7 October 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Leineweber	Isabella Sinclair Bruce
	💍 1918/5859
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	37	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 weeks	4 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Mt Eden Road, Auckland
Folio	5353
Consent	William James Robertson Bruce, Father
Date of Certificate	7 October 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. W. Shaw, Presbyterian

809

7 October 1918

Edgar Oswald Stockel
Cherie Arline Gribbin

Edgar Oswald Stocker
Cherie Arline Gribbin
💍 1918/5860

Bachelor
Spinster

Cable Operator

29
25

Auckland
Devonport, Auckland

4 1/2 years
25 years

Holy Trinity Church, Devonport, Auckland

5354

7 October 1918

Rev. G. W. Young, Anglican

No	809
Date of Notice	7 October 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edgar Oswald Stockel	Cherie Arline Gribbin
BDM Match (98%)	Edgar Oswald Stocker	Cherie Arline Gribbin
	💍 1918/5860
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cable Operator
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Devonport, Auckland
Length of Residence	4 1/2 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Devonport, Auckland
Folio	5354
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 October 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. W. Young, Anglican

810

8 October 1918

Lincoln Taylor
Grace Christina McNab

Lincoln Taylor
Grace Christina McNab
💍 1918/5861

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman

46
41

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
41 years

St James Church, Auckland

5355

8 October 1918

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	810
Date of Notice	8 October 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lincoln Taylor	Grace Christina McNab
	💍 1918/5861
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman
Age	46	41
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	41 years
Marriage Place	St James Church, Auckland
Folio	5355
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 October 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

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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).