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 140

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 1918 Registrar H. G. Purdie

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

641

6 August 1918

James Wilson Russell
Constance Dorothy Fanny Samson

James Wilson Russell
Constance Dorothy Fanny Samson
💍 1918/4293

Widower
Spinster

Dental Surgeon

35
25

Auckland
Auckland

20 days
2 days

St Andrew's Church, Epsom

3875

6 August 1918

Rev. G. B. Nelson, Anglican

No	641
Date of Notice	6 August 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Wilson Russell	Constance Dorothy Fanny Samson
	💍 1918/4293
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Dental Surgeon
Age	35	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 days	2 days
Marriage Place	St Andrew's Church, Epsom
Folio	3875
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 August 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. B. Nelson, Anglican

642

7 August 1918

Hedley Hubert Ledderow
Ivy Eileen Annie Campbell

Hedley Hubert McKerron
Ivy Eileen Annie Campbell
💍 1918/3473

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

26
29

Christchurch
Auckland

3 days
4 months

Roman Catholic Cathedral, Christchurch

7 August 1918

Very Rev. D. Kennedy, Roman Catholic

No	642
Date of Notice	7 August 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hedley Hubert Ledderow	Ivy Eileen Annie Campbell
BDM Match (86%)	Hedley Hubert McKerron	Ivy Eileen Annie Campbell
	💍 1918/3473
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	26	29
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	4 months
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Cathedral, Christchurch
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 August 1918
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. D. Kennedy, Roman Catholic

643

8 August 1918

Murray Clark
Dorothy Violet Wainwright

Murray Clark
Dorothy Violet Wainwright
💍 1918/4304

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman

38
21

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
6 months

Registrar's Office, Auckland

3876

8 August 1918

Deputy Registrar

No	643
Date of Notice	8 August 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Murray Clark	Dorothy Violet Wainwright
	💍 1918/4304
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman
Age	38	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	6 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	3876
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 August 1918
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

644

8 August 1918

Frederick John Appleby
Alice Rubina Muriel Harraway

Frederick John Appleby
Alice Rubina Muriel Harraway
💍 1918/4311

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

25
26

Auckland
Auckland

2 months
2 days

Anglican Church, Devonport

3877

8 August 1918

Rev. F. W. Young, Anglican

No	644
Date of Notice	8 August 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick John Appleby	Alice Rubina Muriel Harraway
	💍 1918/4311
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 months	2 days
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Devonport
Folio	3877
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 August 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. W. Young, Anglican

645

9 August 1918

James Fergusson Mitchell
Susanna Johnston

James Fergusson Mitchell
Susanna Johnston
💍 1918/4492

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheep Farmer

50
40

Auckland
Auckland

9 months
Life

House of Mrs. J. Johnston, Marine Parade, Herne Bay

4081

9 August 1918

Rev. I. Jolly, Presbyterian

No	645
Date of Notice	9 August 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Fergusson Mitchell	Susanna Johnston
	💍 1918/4492
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheep Farmer
Age	50	40
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 months	Life
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. J. Johnston, Marine Parade, Herne Bay
Folio	4081
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 August 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. I. Jolly, 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).