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 106

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1918 Registrar [illegible]

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

476

19 June 1918

William Leo Knight
Beatrice Gertrude Adams

William Leo Wright
Beatrice Gertrude Adams
💍 1918/2665

Bachelor
Spinster

Dairy Farmer

33
20

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
3 months Parnell

Church of St John the Baptist

2281

Louisa Catherine Adams Mother

19 June 1918

Rev J Cahill Roman Catholic

No	476
Date of Notice	19 June 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Leo Knight	Beatrice Gertrude Adams
BDM Match (94%)	William Leo Wright	Beatrice Gertrude Adams
	💍 1918/2665
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dairy Farmer
Age	33	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	3 months Parnell
Marriage Place	Church of St John the Baptist
Folio	2281
Consent	Louisa Catherine Adams Mother
Date of Certificate	19 June 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev J Cahill Roman Catholic

477

19 June 1918

Ng Yan Sing
Live Bloo Lee

Ng Yem Sing
Lue Moo Kee
💍 1918/2666

Bachelor
Spinster

Fruiterer

42
22

Auckland
Auckland

13 years
2 months

House of Mr Dr Tong Red Rank Rd Grey Lynn

2282

19 June 1918

Rev F Greenwood Methodist

No	477
Date of Notice	19 June 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ng Yan Sing	Live Bloo Lee
BDM Match (72%)	Ng Yem Sing	Lue Moo Kee
	💍 1918/2666
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fruiterer
Age	42	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	13 years	2 months
Marriage Place	House of Mr Dr Tong Red Rank Rd Grey Lynn
Folio	2282
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 June 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev F Greenwood Methodist

478

20 June 1918

Alfred Edward Ragg
Margaret McClure

Alfred Edward Ragg
Margaret McClure
💍 1918/2667

Bachelor
Spinster

Boat-Builder

26
20

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
19 years

House of Father of Bride 18 Morrow St- Newmarket

2283

Robert McClure Father

20 June 1918

Rev E P Blamires Methodist

No	478
Date of Notice	20 June 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Edward Ragg	Margaret McClure
	💍 1918/2667
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Boat-Builder
Age	26	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	19 years
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride 18 Morrow St- Newmarket
Folio	2283
Consent	Robert McClure Father
Date of Certificate	20 June 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev E P Blamires Methodist

479

20 June 1918

Reginald Robert Moore
Eulalie Merva Taylor

Reginald Robert Moore
Eulalie Merna Taylor
💍 1918/2668

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrical artist

26
22

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
3 months

St Patrick's Cathedral Auckland

2284

20 June 1918

Rev F Buckley Roman Catholic

No	479
Date of Notice	20 June 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reginald Robert Moore	Eulalie Merva Taylor
BDM Match (98%)	Reginald Robert Moore	Eulalie Merna Taylor
	💍 1918/2668
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrical artist
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	3 months
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Cathedral Auckland
Folio	2284
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 June 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev F Buckley Roman Catholic

480

20 June 1918

Thomas Wetherell
Ellen Drummond Humphrey

Thomas Wetherilt
Ellen Drummond Humphrey
💍 1918/3830

Widower 30 Aug 1916
Spinster

Engineer

46
45

Auckland
Auckland

11 years
10 years

St Patrick's Cathedral Auckland

2285

20 June 1918

Rev J Brennan Roman Catholic

No	480
Date of Notice	20 June 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Wetherell	Ellen Drummond Humphrey
BDM Match (94%)	Thomas Wetherilt	Ellen Drummond Humphrey
	💍 1918/3830
Condition	Widower 30 Aug 1916	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	46	45
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Cathedral Auckland
Folio	2285
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 June 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev J Brennan 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).