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 132

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 1918 Registrar A. H. Graham

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

601

24 July 1918

Samuel Hannam
Christina Morris

Samuel Hannam
Christina Morris
💍 1918/4271

Bachelor
Spinster

Nurseryman

35
38

Auckland
Auckland

16 years
Life

Office of Rev. F. R. Jeffreys 27 H. M. Arcade Auckland

3836

24 July 1918

Rev. F. R. Jeffreys, Presbyterian

No	601
Date of Notice	24 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Hannam	Christina Morris
	💍 1918/4271
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Nurseryman
Age	35	38
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	16 years	Life
Marriage Place	Office of Rev. F. R. Jeffreys 27 H. M. Arcade Auckland
Folio	3836
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. R. Jeffreys, Presbyterian

602

24 July 1918

John Garfield Slater
Lavinia Florance Broomfield

John Garfield Slater
Lavinia Florence Broomfield
💍 1918/4272

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

24
22

Auckland
Auckland

8 years
5 years

Presbyterian Church Onehunga

3837

24 July 1918

Rev. E. O. Perry, Presbyterian

No	602
Date of Notice	24 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Garfield Slater	Lavinia Florance Broomfield
BDM Match (98%)	John Garfield Slater	Lavinia Florence Broomfield
	💍 1918/4272
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Onehunga
Folio	3837
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. O. Perry, Presbyterian

603

25 July 1918

Ernest Jeffs
Catherine Susan Pullman

Ernest Jeffs
Catherine Susan Pullman
💍 1918/4273

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

31
40

Auckland
Auckland

12 years
2 years

St. Paul's Church Auckland

3838

25 July 1918

Rev. C. B. Watson, Anglican

No	603
Date of Notice	25 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Jeffs	Catherine Susan Pullman
	💍 1918/4273
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	31	40
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church Auckland
Folio	3838
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. B. Watson, Anglican

604

26 July 1918

James McLuckie
Matilda Jane Cooke

James McLuckie
Matilda Jane Cooke
💍 1918/4274

Widower 19 Oct. 1909
Spinster

Moulder

35
36

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
1 year

St. James' Church Auckland

3839

26 July 1918

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	604
Date of Notice	26 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James McLuckie	Matilda Jane Cooke
	💍 1918/4274
Condition	Widower 19 Oct. 1909	Spinster
Profession	Moulder
Age	35	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	1 year
Marriage Place	St. James' Church Auckland
Folio	3839
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

605

26 July 1918

Thomas Percival Lane
Edith Jamie Goodall

Thomas Percival Lane
Edith Janie Goodall
💍 1918/4275

Bachelor
Spinster

Storekeeper

26
28

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

Methodist Church Pitt Street Auckland

3840

26 July 1918

Rev. T. G. Brooke, Methodist

No	605
Date of Notice	26 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Percival Lane	Edith Jamie Goodall
BDM Match (97%)	Thomas Percival Lane	Edith Janie Goodall
	💍 1918/4275
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper
Age	26	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Methodist Church Pitt Street Auckland
Folio	3840
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. G. Brooke, Methodist

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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).