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 094

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1918 Registrar A. H. [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

416

28 May 1918

John Lindsay Nicholas
Marian Allen Dekber Foster

John Lindsay Nicholas
Marian Allen De Veber Coster
💍 1918/2607

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

31
21

Auckland
Auckland

Life
14 days

Residence of Mr A. Foster, Whitford, near Howick

2221

28 May 1918

Rev A. B. Chappell, Anglican

No	416
Date of Notice	28 May 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Lindsay Nicholas	Marian Allen Dekber Foster
BDM Match (93%)	John Lindsay Nicholas	Marian Allen De Veber Coster
	💍 1918/2607
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	31	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	14 days
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr A. Foster, Whitford, near Howick
Folio	2221
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 May 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev A. B. Chappell, Anglican

417

28 May 1918

Victor Julius Moller
Grace Burton

Victor Julius Moller
Grace Burton
💍 1918/2608

Widower 1 April 1917
Widow 24 April 1908

Grocer

53
53

Auckland
Auckland

5 months
3 days

St Mary's Cathedral, Parnell

2222

28 May 1918

Rev D. J. O'Callaghan, Anglican

No	417
Date of Notice	28 May 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Victor Julius Moller	Grace Burton
	💍 1918/2608
Condition	Widower 1 April 1917	Widow 24 April 1908
Profession	Grocer
Age	53	53
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 months	3 days
Marriage Place	St Mary's Cathedral, Parnell
Folio	2222
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 May 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev D. J. O'Callaghan, Anglican

418

28 May 1918

Oscar Edward Emill Nielsen
Eleanor Eliza Barrett

Oskar Edward Emill Nielsen
Eleanor Eliza Barrett
💍 1918/2609

Bachelor
Widow 12 January 1912

Jeweller

50
55

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
25 years

St Matthew's Church, Auckland

2223

28 May 1918

Rev W. E. Gillam, Anglican

No	418
Date of Notice	28 May 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Oscar Edward Emill Nielsen	Eleanor Eliza Barrett
BDM Match (98%)	Oskar Edward Emill Nielsen	Eleanor Eliza Barrett
	💍 1918/2609
Condition	Bachelor	Widow 12 January 1912
Profession	Jeweller
Age	50	55
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	25 years
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	2223
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 May 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev W. E. Gillam, Anglican

419

29 May 1918

Roy Ashton Edmiston
Hazel Carroll

Roy Ashton Edmiston
Hazel Carroll
💍 1918/2610

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

26
19

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
2 years

St Stephen's Church, Ponsonby

2224

Thomas Alexander Carroll, Father

29 May 1918

Rev J. Jolly, Presbyterian

No	419
Date of Notice	29 May 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Roy Ashton Edmiston	Hazel Carroll
	💍 1918/2610
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	26	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St Stephen's Church, Ponsonby
Folio	2224
Consent	Thomas Alexander Carroll, Father
Date of Certificate	29 May 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev J. Jolly, Presbyterian

420

29 May 1918

Jack Butler
Elsie May Moen

Jack Cutler
Elsie May Moen
💍 1918/2611

Bachelor
Spinster

Monumental Mason

18
20

Auckland
Auckland

Life
2 years

Presbyterian Church, Mt Albert

2225

George Butler Father, Elsie Maude Pedler formerly Moen Mother

29 May 1918

Rev R. B. Inglis, Presbyterian

No	420
Date of Notice	29 May 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Jack Butler	Elsie May Moen
BDM Match (95%)	Jack Cutler	Elsie May Moen
	💍 1918/2611
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Monumental Mason
Age	18	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	2 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Mt Albert
Folio	2225
Consent	George Butler Father, Elsie Maude Pedler formerly Moen Mother
Date of Certificate	29 May 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev R. B. Inglis, Presbyterian

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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).