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 102

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1918 Registrar J. G. Culpan

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

456

10 June 1918

Richmond Thomas Brown
Frances Caroline Boxall

Richmond Thomas Brown
Frances Caroline Boxall
💍 1918/2695

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

32
30

Auckland
Auckland

Life
9 years

Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Auckland

2261

10 June 1918

Rev Dr A [illegible], Anglican

No	456
Date of Notice	10 June 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richmond Thomas Brown	Frances Caroline Boxall
	💍 1918/2695
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	32	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	9 years
Marriage Place	Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Auckland
Folio	2261
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 June 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev Dr A [illegible], Anglican

457

10 June 1918

John Edward Lelean
Eileen Katherine Boyle

John Edward Lelean
Eileen Katherine Boyle
💍 1918/2696

Bachelor
Spinster

Handyman Freezing works

20
21

Auckland
Auckland

12 months
5 months

Roman Catholic Church, Onehunga

2262

Eliza Jane Lelean, mother

10 June 1918

Rt. Rev. Monsignor Mahoney, Roman Catholic

No	457
Date of Notice	10 June 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Edward Lelean	Eileen Katherine Boyle
	💍 1918/2696
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Handyman Freezing works
Age	20	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 months	5 months
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Onehunga
Folio	2262
Consent	Eliza Jane Lelean, mother
Date of Certificate	10 June 1918
Officiating Minister	Rt. Rev. Monsignor Mahoney, Roman Catholic

458

10 June 1918

Harold Reed
Josephine Francisca Gonsalves

Harold Reed
Josephine Francisca Gonsalves
💍 1918/2697

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman

28
26

Auckland
Auckland

Life
Life

Church of the Sacred Heart, Ponsonby

2263

10 June 1918

Rev J J Carran, Roman Catholic

No	458
Date of Notice	10 June 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Reed	Josephine Francisca Gonsalves
	💍 1918/2697
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	Church of the Sacred Heart, Ponsonby
Folio	2263
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 June 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev J J Carran, Roman Catholic

459

10 June 1918

Herman Wagner
Caroline Harriet Curtice

Herman Wagner
Caroline Harriott Curtice
💍 1918/2698

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

30
28

Auckland
Auckland

1 month
8 years

House of Bride's Mother, Northcote Street, Grey Lynn

2264

10 June 1918

Rev G H Carr, Congregational

No	459
Date of Notice	10 June 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herman Wagner	Caroline Harriet Curtice
BDM Match (96%)	Herman Wagner	Caroline Harriott Curtice
	💍 1918/2698
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	30	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 month	8 years
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Mother, Northcote Street, Grey Lynn
Folio	2264
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 June 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev G H Carr, Congregational

460

10 June 1918

Lloyd Hoskin Lord
Doris Edna Heape

Lloyd Lovekin Lord
Doris Edna Heape
💍 1918/2699

Widower 16 September 1914
Spinster

Motor Mechanic

31
20

Auckland
Auckland

9 months
9 months

St Matthews Church, Auckland

2265

John Newbold Heape, Father

10 June 1918

Rev W E Gillam, Anglican

No	460
Date of Notice	10 June 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lloyd Hoskin Lord	Doris Edna Heape
BDM Match (92%)	Lloyd Lovekin Lord	Doris Edna Heape
	💍 1918/2699
Condition	Widower 16 September 1914	Spinster
Profession	Motor Mechanic
Age	31	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 months	9 months
Marriage Place	St Matthews Church, Auckland
Folio	2265
Consent	John Newbold Heape, Father
Date of Certificate	10 June 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).