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 038

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1918 Registrar G. W. Wyllie

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

146

26 February 1918

Reginald Rimmer
Violet Elsie Howell

Reginald Creamer
Violet Elsie Howell
💍 1918/1009

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener

22
18

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
6 months

Registrar's office Auckland

471

William Howell Father

26 February 1918

Registrar

No	146
Date of Notice	26 February 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reginald Rimmer	Violet Elsie Howell
BDM Match (88%)	Reginald Creamer	Violet Elsie Howell
	💍 1918/1009
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener
Age	22	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	6 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's office Auckland
Folio	471
Consent	William Howell Father
Date of Certificate	26 February 1918
Officiating Minister	Registrar

147

26 February 1918

Arthur Metcalf Wood
Emily Anna Louisa Musgrave

Arthur Metcalf Wood
Emily Anna Louisa Musgrove
💍 1918/1010

Bachelor
Spinster

Law Clerk

26
18

Auckland
Auckland

8 months
8 months

St Andrews' Church Epsom

472

Charles John Musgrave Father

26 February 1918

Rev J Wilkinson Anglican

No	147
Date of Notice	26 February 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Metcalf Wood	Emily Anna Louisa Musgrave
BDM Match (98%)	Arthur Metcalf Wood	Emily Anna Louisa Musgrove
	💍 1918/1010
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Law Clerk
Age	26	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 months	8 months
Marriage Place	St Andrews' Church Epsom
Folio	472
Consent	Charles John Musgrave Father
Date of Certificate	26 February 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev J Wilkinson Anglican

148

26 February 1918

Stanlake Porgatz Ricketts Batson
Ada Augusta Wilson

Stanlake Poyntz Ricketts Batson
Ada Augusta Wilson
💍 1918/1011

Bachelor
Spinster

Independent means

24
20

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
8 months

St Mary's Cathedral Parnell

473

Thomas Wilson Father

26 February 1918

Rev R J Stanton Anglican

No	148
Date of Notice	26 February 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stanlake Porgatz Ricketts Batson	Ada Augusta Wilson
BDM Match (95%)	Stanlake Poyntz Ricketts Batson	Ada Augusta Wilson
	💍 1918/1011
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Independent means
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	8 months
Marriage Place	St Mary's Cathedral Parnell
Folio	473
Consent	Thomas Wilson Father
Date of Certificate	26 February 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev R J Stanton Anglican

149

27 February 1918

Horace Leonard Hayes
Matilda Mary Centennial Smith

Horace Leonard Kayes
Matilda Mary Centennial Smith
💍 1918/1019

Widower 29 November 1916
Divorced 19 September 1917

Carrier

36
30

Auckland
Auckland

35 years
2 months

Office of Rev J J Jeffreys H M Arcade Auckland

474

27 February 1918

Rev J J Jeffreys Presbyterian

No	149
Date of Notice	27 February 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Horace Leonard Hayes	Matilda Mary Centennial Smith
BDM Match (98%)	Horace Leonard Kayes	Matilda Mary Centennial Smith
	💍 1918/1019
Condition	Widower 29 November 1916	Divorced 19 September 1917
Profession	Carrier
Age	36	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	35 years	2 months
Marriage Place	Office of Rev J J Jeffreys H M Arcade Auckland
Folio	474
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 February 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev J J Jeffreys Presbyterian

150

1 March 1918

Francis Harbush Taylor
Violet Elsie Elliott

Francis Harbush Taylor
Violet Elsie Elliott
💍 1918/1030

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

23
22

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
20 years

St Matthews Church Auckland

475

1 March 1918

Rev W E Gillam Anglican

No	150
Date of Notice	1 March 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Harbush Taylor	Violet Elsie Elliott
	💍 1918/1030
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St Matthews Church Auckland
Folio	475
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 March 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev W E Gillam Anglican

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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).