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 046

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1918 Registrar T. Culpan

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

186

19 March 1918

Walter William Farley
Helena Edith Moore

Walter William Farley
Helena Edith Moore
💍 1918/253

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

20
17

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
4 years

House of Mr Reynolds, Anderson Rd, Mt Eden

510

Mary Ann Farley, Mother; Parks Francis Sumner Moore, Father

19 March 1918

Rev V. A. Burley, Methodist

No	186
Date of Notice	19 March 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter William Farley	Helena Edith Moore
	💍 1918/253
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	20	17
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr Reynolds, Anderson Rd, Mt Eden
Folio	510
Consent	Mary Ann Farley, Mother; Parks Francis Sumner Moore, Father
Date of Certificate	19 March 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev V. A. Burley, Methodist

187

19 March 1918

John Ralph Thorburn
Hazel Beatrice Trembath

John Ralph Thorburn
Hazel Beatrice Trembath
💍 1918/254

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

29
27

Auckland
Auckland

6 weeks
11 years

Methodist Church, Epsom

511

19 March 1918

Rev V. A. Burley, Methodist

No	187
Date of Notice	19 March 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Ralph Thorburn	Hazel Beatrice Trembath
	💍 1918/254
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	29	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 weeks	11 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Epsom
Folio	511
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev V. A. Burley, Methodist

188

19 March 1918

Ludwig Martin Bilich White
Elsie Mary Clarke

Ludwig Martin Bilich-White
Elsie May Clarke
💍 1918/255

Bachelor
Spinster

Weaver

22
18

Auckland
Auckland

22 years
18 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

512

Margaret Jane Clarke, Mother

19 March 1918

Registrar

No	188
Date of Notice	19 March 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ludwig Martin Bilich White	Elsie Mary Clarke
BDM Match (95%)	Ludwig Martin Bilich-White	Elsie May Clarke
	💍 1918/255
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Weaver
Age	22	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	22 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	512
Consent	Margaret Jane Clarke, Mother
Date of Certificate	19 March 1918
Officiating Minister	Registrar

189

20 March 1918

William Andrew Armour
Vera Vipond

William Andrew Armour
Vera Vipond
💍 1918/256

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

34
23

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

Registrar's Office, Auckland

513

20 March 1918

Registrar

No	189
Date of Notice	20 March 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Andrew Armour	Vera Vipond
	💍 1918/256
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	34	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	513
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 March 1918
Officiating Minister	Registrar

190

20 March 1918

Robert Cooke Somervell
Louisa Miller Bates

Robert Cooke Somervell
Louisa Muller Bates
💍 1918/257

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

25
18

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
14 years

St Paul's Presbyterian Church, Devonport

514

David Bates, Father

20 March 1918

Rev P. Budd, Presbyterian

No	190
Date of Notice	20 March 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Cooke Somervell	Louisa Miller Bates
BDM Match (97%)	Robert Cooke Somervell	Louisa Muller Bates
	💍 1918/257
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	25	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	14 years
Marriage Place	St Paul's Presbyterian Church, Devonport
Folio	514
Consent	David Bates, Father
Date of Certificate	20 March 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev P. Budd, 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).