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 146

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 1918 Registrar L. W. Parson

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

671

20 August 1918

Leonard Ernest Early
Ida Janet Tappenden

Leonard Ernest Carly
Ida Jane Tappenden
💍 1918/4343

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

26
28

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
2 weeks

St Barnabas church Mt Eden

3902

20 August 1918

Rev E. J. McFarland, Anglican

No	671
Date of Notice	20 August 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Ernest Early	Ida Janet Tappenden
BDM Match (95%)	Leonard Ernest Carly	Ida Jane Tappenden
	💍 1918/4343
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	26	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	2 weeks
Marriage Place	St Barnabas church Mt Eden
Folio	3902
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 August 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev E. J. McFarland, Anglican

672

20 August 1918

Hedley Louis Kayll
Violet Lowry

Hedley Louis Naylor
Violet Lowry
💍 1918/4354

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraph Lineman

33
22

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
3 years

St Matthew's Church Auckland

3903

20 August 1918

Rev W. E. Gillam, Anglican

No	672
Date of Notice	20 August 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hedley Louis Kayll	Violet Lowry
BDM Match (92%)	Hedley Louis Naylor	Violet Lowry
	💍 1918/4354
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraph Lineman
Age	33	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	3 years
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church Auckland
Folio	3903
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 August 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev W. E. Gillam, Anglican

673

20 August 1918

Eaden Dickson Howl
Alma Stanley

Eaden Dickson Howe
Alma Stanley
💍 1918/4360

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

24
21

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
11 days

Office of Rev Dr Jeffreys H.M. arcade Auckland

3904

20 August 1918

Rev Dr Jeffreys, Presbyterian

No	673
Date of Notice	20 August 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Eaden Dickson Howl	Alma Stanley
BDM Match (97%)	Eaden Dickson Howe	Alma Stanley
	💍 1918/4360
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	11 days
Marriage Place	Office of Rev Dr Jeffreys H.M. arcade Auckland
Folio	3904
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 August 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev Dr Jeffreys, Presbyterian

674

21 August 1918

William Francis Detford
Gladys Beryl Kate Pickwell

William Francis Petford
Gladys Beryl Kate Ricknell
💍 1918/4361

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

25
23

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
23 years

Roman Catholic Presbytery Grey Lynn

3905

21 August 1918

Rev H. J. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	674
Date of Notice	21 August 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Francis Detford	Gladys Beryl Kate Pickwell
BDM Match (94%)	William Francis Petford	Gladys Beryl Kate Ricknell
	💍 1918/4361
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Presbytery Grey Lynn
Folio	3905
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 August 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev H. J. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

675

21 August 1918

Frank James Barton
Gertrude Mabel Annie Ruth Bramley

Frank James Barton
Gertrude Mabel Jennie Ruth Bramley
💍 1918/4362

Bachelor
Spinster

Letter Carrier

24
19

Auckland
Auckland

Life
9 days

St Matthew's Church Auckland

3906

James Thwaytes Bramley Father

21 August 1918

Rev W. E. Gillam, Anglican

No	675
Date of Notice	21 August 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank James Barton	Gertrude Mabel Annie Ruth Bramley
BDM Match (97%)	Frank James Barton	Gertrude Mabel Jennie Ruth Bramley
	💍 1918/4362
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Letter Carrier
Age	24	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	9 days
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church Auckland
Folio	3906
Consent	James Thwaytes Bramley Father
Date of Certificate	21 August 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev W. E. Gillam, 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).