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 128

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

581

19 July 1918

Hugh Rabbidge Greber
Ruby Alice Sinclair

Hugh Rabbidge Creber
Ruby Alice Sinclair
💍 1918/1456

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

32
30

Auckland
Auckland

15 years
30 years

House of Bride's Brother, Arnold St, Rocky Nook

3817

19 July 1918

Rev H Johnson, Congregational

No	581
Date of Notice	19 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh Rabbidge Greber	Ruby Alice Sinclair
BDM Match (98%)	Hugh Rabbidge Creber	Ruby Alice Sinclair
	💍 1918/1456
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	32	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 years	30 years
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Brother, Arnold St, Rocky Nook
Folio	3817
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev H Johnson, Congregational

582

19 July 1918

Rouse Laban Dyer
Rosie Hatem

George Sabag Dyer
Rosie Wakem
💍 1918/1457

Bachelor
Spinster

Merchant

26
17

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
15 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

3818

Joseph Hatem, Father

19 July 1918

Registrar

No	582
Date of Notice	19 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Rouse Laban Dyer	Rosie Hatem
BDM Match (73%)	George Sabag Dyer	Rosie Wakem
	💍 1918/1457
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Merchant
Age	26	17
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	3818
Consent	Joseph Hatem, Father
Date of Certificate	19 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Registrar

583

19 July 1918

William Smith Dyson
Elsie Mary Beatrice Parkinson

William Smith Tyson
Elsie May Beatrice Martinson
💍 1918/1459

Bachelor
Spinster

Foreman

32
21

Auckland
Auckland

9 months
20 years

Anglican Church, Devonport

3819

19 July 1918

Rev F W Young, Anglican

No	583
Date of Notice	19 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Smith Dyson	Elsie Mary Beatrice Parkinson
BDM Match (92%)	William Smith Tyson	Elsie May Beatrice Martinson
	💍 1918/1459
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Foreman
Age	32	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 months	20 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Devonport
Folio	3819
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev F W Young, Anglican

584

19 July 1918

Edmund Gibson
Mary Roma McGuire

Edmund Gibson
May Roma McGuire
💍 1918/1460

Married Not heard of wife for 40 years
Spinster

Retired Civil Servant

67
32

Auckland
Auckland

40 years
40 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

3820

19 July 1918

Registrar

No	584
Date of Notice	19 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edmund Gibson	Mary Roma McGuire
BDM Match (97%)	Edmund Gibson	May Roma McGuire
	💍 1918/1460
Condition	Married Not heard of wife for 40 years	Spinster
Profession	Retired Civil Servant
Age	67	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	40 years	40 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	3820
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Registrar

585

22 July 1918

Edwin John Chaffe
Mary Elizabeth O'Connor

Edwin John Chaffe
Mary Elizabeth O'Connor
💍 1918/1461

Widower 31 March 1918
Spinster

Farmer

46
29

Auckland
Auckland

11 years
1 year

Church of St Michael - St George Remuera

3821

22 July 1918

Rev J. Doyle, Roman Catholic

No	585
Date of Notice	22 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin John Chaffe	Mary Elizabeth O'Connor
	💍 1918/1461
Condition	Widower 31 March 1918	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	46	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Church of St Michael - St George Remuera
Folio	3821
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev J. Doyle, Roman Catholic

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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).