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 134

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 1918 Registrar G. C. Jordan

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

611

27 July 1918

Thomas Fatchen
Lottie Newberry

Thomas Fatchen
Lottie Newberry
💍 1918/4281

Divorced 2 May 1918
Spinster

Labourer

44
29

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
2 years

Residence of Rev. C. H. Laws, Hopetoun Street, Auckland

3845

27 July 1918

Rev. C. H. Laws, Methodist

No	611
Date of Notice	27 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Fatchen	Lottie Newberry
	💍 1918/4281
Condition	Divorced 2 May 1918	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	44	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. C. H. Laws, Hopetoun Street, Auckland
Folio	3845
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. H. Laws, Methodist

612

29 July 1918

Robert James Linton
Elsie May Woolnough

Robert James Sinton
Elsie May Woolnough
💍 1918/4282

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

19
21

Auckland
Auckland

Life
6 years

Residence of Mr. H. R. Blyth, Riverhead

3846

Alexander Robert Linton, father

29 July 1918

Mr. R. Ashton, Presbyterian

No	612
Date of Notice	29 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert James Linton	Elsie May Woolnough
BDM Match (97%)	Robert James Sinton	Elsie May Woolnough
	💍 1918/4282
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	19	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	6 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. H. R. Blyth, Riverhead
Folio	3846
Consent	Alexander Robert Linton, father
Date of Certificate	29 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Mr. R. Ashton, Presbyterian

613

29 July 1918

George Herbert Phillips
Johanna Christina Gehr

George Herbert Phillips
Johanna Christina Stehr
💍 1918/4283

Bachelor
Spinster

Storekeeper

35
34

Auckland
Auckland

8 years
2 months

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

3847

29 July 1918

Rev. J. C. A. Calder, Anglican

No	613
Date of Notice	29 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Herbert Phillips	Johanna Christina Gehr
BDM Match (96%)	George Herbert Phillips	Johanna Christina Stehr
	💍 1918/4283
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper
Age	35	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 years	2 months
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	3847
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. C. A. Calder, Anglican

614

29 July 1918

Harry Stevens
Irene Payne

Harry Stevens
Irene Payne
💍 1918/4284

Bachelor
Spinster

Mariner

32
22

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
2 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

3848

29 July 1918

Rev. J. Brennan, Roman Catholic

No	614
Date of Notice	29 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Stevens	Irene Payne
	💍 1918/4284
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mariner
Age	32	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	3848
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Brennan, Roman Catholic

615

29 July 1918

Edward Thomas Rodney Coates
Edith May Tebbutt

Edward Thomas Rodney Coates
Edith May Tebbutt
💍 1918/4285

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

38
34

Auckland
Auckland

5 weeks
10 months

St. Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden

3849

29 July 1918

Rev. G. F. McFarland, Anglican

No	615
Date of Notice	29 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Thomas Rodney Coates	Edith May Tebbutt
	💍 1918/4285
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	38	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 weeks	10 months
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden
Folio	3849
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. F. McFarland, Anglican

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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).