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 110

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1918 Registrar E. W. Cave

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

496

25 June 1918

James Arthur Hodkinson
Doris Evelyn Olney

James Arthur Hodkinson
Mavis Evelyn Olney
💍 1918/2661

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

29
21

Auckland
Auckland

2 days
10 years

St Paul's Church, Symonds St

2300

25 June 1918

Rev. A. G. Bullock, Anglican

No	496
Date of Notice	25 June 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Arthur Hodkinson	Doris Evelyn Olney
BDM Match (92%)	James Arthur Hodkinson	Mavis Evelyn Olney
	💍 1918/2661
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	29	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 days	10 years
Marriage Place	St Paul's Church, Symonds St
Folio	2300
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 June 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. G. Bullock, Anglican

497

26 June 1918

Percival Lawrence de Erneste
Annie Elizabeth Reddy

Percival Lawrence De Erneste
Annie Elizabeth Reddy
💍 1918/2718

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

30
26

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
4 days

Residence of John Parren, Richmond avenue, Grey Lynn

2301

26 June 1918

Very Rev. H. F. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	497
Date of Notice	26 June 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percival Lawrence de Erneste	Annie Elizabeth Reddy
BDM Match (98%)	Percival Lawrence De Erneste	Annie Elizabeth Reddy
	💍 1918/2718
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	30	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Residence of John Parren, Richmond avenue, Grey Lynn
Folio	2301
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 June 1918
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. H. F. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

498

26 June 1918

William Nicholls
Elizabeth Brodie

William Nicholls
Elizabeth Brodie
💍 1918/2729

Widower 24 February 1915
Widow 7 June 1917

Farmer

56
41

Auckland
Auckland

4 months
6 years

St Matthew's Church, Auckland

2302

26 June 1918

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Anglican

No	498
Date of Notice	26 June 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Nicholls	Elizabeth Brodie
	💍 1918/2729
Condition	Widower 24 February 1915	Widow 7 June 1917
Profession	Farmer
Age	56	41
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 months	6 years
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	2302
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 June 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Anglican

499

26 June 1918

Thomas Paul Daley
Ellen Maud Anderson

Thomas Paul Foley
Ellen Maud Anderson
💍 1918/2736

Bachelor
Spinster

Cordial Manufacturer

33
31

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
20 years

Residence of Bride's Parents, Beaconsfield St, Grey Lynn

2303

26 June 1918

Very Rev. H. F. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	499
Date of Notice	26 June 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Paul Daley	Ellen Maud Anderson
BDM Match (94%)	Thomas Paul Foley	Ellen Maud Anderson
	💍 1918/2736
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cordial Manufacturer
Age	33	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Bride's Parents, Beaconsfield St, Grey Lynn
Folio	2303
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 June 1918
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. H. F. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

500

26 June 1918

John Walker
Robina Dick

John Walker
Robina Dick
💍 1918/2737

Bachelor
Spinster

Gas Distiller & Refiner

32
27

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
4 years

House of Rev. H. Bellhouse, Arthur St, Ponsonby

2304

26 June 1918

Rev. H. Bellhouse, Methodist

No	500
Date of Notice	26 June 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Walker	Robina Dick
	💍 1918/2737
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gas Distiller & Refiner
Age	32	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. H. Bellhouse, Arthur St, Ponsonby
Folio	2304
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 June 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Bellhouse, 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).