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 152

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 1918 Registrar B. W. Grant

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

701

28 August 1918

Eugene Timmins
Catherine Matilda Petty

Eugene Timmins
Katharine Matilda Petty
💍 1918/4388

Bachelor
Spinster

Surfaceman N.Z.R.

28
19

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
18 months

Salvation Army Barracks Newmarket

3931

Robert Barnard Petty Father

28 August 1918

Commissioner H. F. Wyatt Salvation Army

No	701
Date of Notice	28 August 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Eugene Timmins	Catherine Matilda Petty
BDM Match (96%)	Eugene Timmins	Katharine Matilda Petty
	💍 1918/4388
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Surfaceman N.Z.R.
Age	28	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	18 months
Marriage Place	Salvation Army Barracks Newmarket
Folio	3931
Consent	Robert Barnard Petty Father
Date of Certificate	28 August 1918
Officiating Minister	Commissioner H. F. Wyatt Salvation Army

702

29 August 1918

Ernest Heap
Ann Coates

Ernest Heap
Ann Coates
💍 1918/4389

Widower 27 December 1910
Widow 23 January 1906

Pensioner

67
64

Auckland
Auckland

7 years
1 year

Registrar's Office Auckland

3932

29 August 1918

Registrar

No	702
Date of Notice	29 August 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Heap	Ann Coates
	💍 1918/4389
Condition	Widower 27 December 1910	Widow 23 January 1906
Profession	Pensioner
Age	67	64
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	3932
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 August 1918
Officiating Minister	Registrar

703

29 August 1918

George Henry Francis Dore
Lavinia Mary Dattrick

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Expert

21
22

Auckland
Auckland

1 month
1 month

Office of the Protestant Association Hellaby's Buildings Queen St Auckland

4004

29 August 1918

Mr W. D. More Church of Christ

No	703
Date of Notice	29 August 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Henry Francis Dore	Lavinia Mary Dattrick
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Expert
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 month	1 month
Marriage Place	Office of the Protestant Association Hellaby's Buildings Queen St Auckland
Folio	4004
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 August 1918
Officiating Minister	Mr W. D. More Church of Christ

704

31 August 1918

George Joseph Brookes
Eleanor Irwin

George Joseph Brooks
Eleanor Irvin
💍 1918/4512

Widower 16 March 1916
Spinster

Gas Fitter

33
30

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
8 years

Residence of Mrs Irwin Richardson Rd Mt Albert

4005

31 August 1918

Mr R. Gebbie Church of Christ

No	704
Date of Notice	31 August 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Joseph Brookes	Eleanor Irwin
BDM Match (94%)	George Joseph Brooks	Eleanor Irvin
	💍 1918/4512
Condition	Widower 16 March 1916	Spinster
Profession	Gas Fitter
Age	33	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs Irwin Richardson Rd Mt Albert
Folio	4005
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 August 1918
Officiating Minister	Mr R. Gebbie Church of Christ

705

2 September 1918

George Harold Hobson
Frances Swindail

George Harold Hobson
Frances Swindail
💍 1918/4390

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

33
27

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
27 years

House of Bride's Father Mokoia Rd Birkenhead

3933

2 September 1918

Mr P. J. Rose Presbyterian

No	705
Date of Notice	2 September 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Harold Hobson	Frances Swindail
	💍 1918/4390
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	33	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	27 years
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Father Mokoia Rd Birkenhead
Folio	3933
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 September 1918
Officiating Minister	Mr P. J. Rose 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).