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 066

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

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

276

8 April 1918

John Slackman
Muriel Alice Macredie

John Blackman
Muriel Alice Macreadie
💍 1918/2496

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

25
22

Auckland
Auckland

2 months
2 months

Holy Trinity Church, Devonport

2084

8 April 1918

Rev. F. W. Young, Anglican

No	276
Date of Notice	8 April 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Slackman	Muriel Alice Macredie
BDM Match (94%)	John Blackman	Muriel Alice Macreadie
	💍 1918/2496
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 months	2 months
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Devonport
Folio	2084
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 April 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. W. Young, Anglican

277

9 April 1918

Louis Sarich
Ivy Clarice Mahon

Louis Sarich
Ivy Clarice Mahon
💍 1918/2497

Bachelor
Spinster

Mill Hand

28
20

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
4 months

St James' Manse, Auckland

2085

Eva Ellen Jessie Mahon, Mother

9 April 1918

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	277
Date of Notice	9 April 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Louis Sarich	Ivy Clarice Mahon
	💍 1918/2497
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mill Hand
Age	28	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	4 months
Marriage Place	St James' Manse, Auckland
Folio	2085
Consent	Eva Ellen Jessie Mahon, Mother
Date of Certificate	9 April 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

278

9 April 1918

Daniel Martin Markham
Florence Mary Elizabeth Donahoe

Daniel Martin Markham
Florence Mary Elizabeth Donahoe
💍 1918/2498

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

33
29

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

St Benedict's Church, Auckland

2086

9 April 1918

Rev. Ja Molloy, Roman Catholic

No	278
Date of Notice	9 April 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel Martin Markham	Florence Mary Elizabeth Donahoe
	💍 1918/2498
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	33	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St Benedict's Church, Auckland
Folio	2086
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 April 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. Ja Molloy, Roman Catholic

279

9 April 1918

Henry William John Prescott
Florence Eveline Taylor

Henry William John Muscutt
Florence Eveline Taylor
💍 1918/2499

Alfred William Elliott
Florence Stella Taylor
💍 1918/600

Widower 2 Dec 1915
Spinster

Saddler

54
35

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
4 days

Residence of Mr N Taylor, Rahiri Rd, Remuera

2087

9 April 1918

Rev. E. A. Bridger, Congregational

No	279
Date of Notice	9 April 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry William John Prescott	Florence Eveline Taylor
BDM Match (93%)	Henry William John Muscutt	Florence Eveline Taylor
	💍 1918/2499
BDM Match (61%)	Alfred William Elliott	Florence Stella Taylor
	💍 1918/600
Condition	Widower 2 Dec 1915	Spinster
Profession	Saddler
Age	54	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr N Taylor, Rahiri Rd, Remuera
Folio	2087
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 April 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. A. Bridger, Congregational

280

9 April 1918

Charles Henry Haswell
Ursula Donaldson

Charles Henry Haswell
Ursula Donaldson
💍 1918/2500

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Smith

28
24

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
11 years

St James Church, Auckland

2088

9 April 1918

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	280
Date of Notice	9 April 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Henry Haswell	Ursula Donaldson
	💍 1918/2500
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Smith
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	11 years
Marriage Place	St James Church, Auckland
Folio	2088
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 April 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, 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).