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 086

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1918 Registrar D. Wilson

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

376

15 May 1918

David William Rennie
Alma Biel

David William Rennie
Alma Biel
💍 1918/2591

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

28
23

Auckland
Auckland

5 months
5 months

St Paul's Church Auckland

2182

15 May 1918

Rev. C. A. Watson, Anglican

No	376
Date of Notice	15 May 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David William Rennie	Alma Biel
	💍 1918/2591
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 months	5 months
Marriage Place	St Paul's Church Auckland
Folio	2182
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 May 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. A. Watson, Anglican

377

15 May 1918

William James Nelson
Lilian Frances Welch

William James Nelson
Lilian Frances Welch
💍 1918/2592

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

23
23

Auckland
Auckland

Life
Life

House of Mrs Welch Reimers Avenue Kingsland

2183

15 May 1918

Rev. J. Ranston, Methodist

No	377
Date of Notice	15 May 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William James Nelson	Lilian Frances Welch
	💍 1918/2592
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	House of Mrs Welch Reimers Avenue Kingsland
Folio	2183
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 May 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Ranston, Methodist

378

15 May 1918

Charles Edwin Addison
Alice Mary Hamerton

Charles Edwin Addison
Alice May Hamerton
💍 1918/2593

Widower 16 June 1917
Spinster

Grocer

30
37

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
1 year

Residence of Rev. Robert Hinton Ewington Avenue Mt. Eden

2184

15 May 1918

Rev. Robert Hinton, Baptist

No	378
Date of Notice	15 May 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Edwin Addison	Alice Mary Hamerton
BDM Match (97%)	Charles Edwin Addison	Alice May Hamerton
	💍 1918/2593
Condition	Widower 16 June 1917	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	30	37
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	1 year
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. Robert Hinton Ewington Avenue Mt. Eden
Folio	2184
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 May 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. Robert Hinton, Baptist

379

15 May 1918

Herbert Francis Simpson
Eleanor Mary Fairley

Herbert Francis Simpson
Eleanor Mary Fairley
💍 1918/2570

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter Master

20
21

Auckland
Auckland

14 years
6 years

Registrar's Office Auckland

2185

Thomas Simpson Father

15 May 1918

Registrar

No	379
Date of Notice	15 May 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Francis Simpson	Eleanor Mary Fairley
	💍 1918/2570
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter Master
Age	20	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	14 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	2185
Consent	Thomas Simpson Father
Date of Certificate	15 May 1918
Officiating Minister	Registrar

380

15 May 1918

Eulen Perkins
Marianna Bartlett Filmore

Euler Perkins
Marianna Bartlett Gilmore
💍 1918/2571

Widower 20 Dec 1917
Widow 18 Nov 1909

Accountant

41
45

Auckland
Auckland

12 years
11 years

House of Bridegroom Balmoral Rd Mt Eden

2186

15 May 1918

Rev. F. Greenwood, Church of Christ

No	380
Date of Notice	15 May 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Eulen Perkins	Marianna Bartlett Filmore
BDM Match (94%)	Euler Perkins	Marianna Bartlett Gilmore
	💍 1918/2571
Condition	Widower 20 Dec 1917	Widow 18 Nov 1909
Profession	Accountant
Age	41	45
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 years	11 years
Marriage Place	House of Bridegroom Balmoral Rd Mt Eden
Folio	2186
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 May 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. Greenwood, Church of Christ

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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).