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 044

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1918 Registrar S. W. Dyer

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

176

13 March 1918

Frederick William Walters
Lizzie Maude Wilson

Frederick William Walters
Lizzie Maude Wilson
💍 1918/261

Bachelor
Spinster

Dental Surgeon

38
33

Auckland
Auckland

life
life

St Barnabas Church Mount Eden

500

13 March 1918

Rev. A. M. Bullock Anglican

No	176
Date of Notice	13 March 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick William Walters	Lizzie Maude Wilson
	💍 1918/261
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dental Surgeon
Age	38	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	life	life
Marriage Place	St Barnabas Church Mount Eden
Folio	500
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 March 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. M. Bullock Anglican

177

13 March 1918

Olive Charles Hinton
Hilda Annie Rogers

Clive Charles Hinton
Hilda Annie Rogers
💍 1918/268

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

26
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
2 years

Holy Trinity Church Devonport

501

13 March 1918

Rev. G. W. Young Anglican

No	177
Date of Notice	13 March 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Olive Charles Hinton	Hilda Annie Rogers
BDM Match (98%)	Clive Charles Hinton	Hilda Annie Rogers
	💍 1918/268
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church Devonport
Folio	501
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 March 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. W. Young Anglican

178

13 March 1918

Eric Arthur Clarence Lowery
Ruby Myra Mortensen

Eric Arthur Clarence Sowry
Ruby Myra Mortensen
💍 1918/269

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Hand

23
25

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
20 years

House of Bride's Mother 1 Church St Ponsonby

502

13 March 1918

Rev. J. E. Fellhouse Methodist

No	178
Date of Notice	13 March 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Eric Arthur Clarence Lowery	Ruby Myra Mortensen
BDM Match (96%)	Eric Arthur Clarence Sowry	Ruby Myra Mortensen
	💍 1918/269
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Hand
Age	23	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	20 years
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Mother 1 Church St Ponsonby
Folio	502
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 March 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. E. Fellhouse Methodist

179

14 March 1918

Frederick Arthur Smith
Helen Robertson

Frederick Arthur Smith
Helen Robertson
💍 1918/270

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrician

31
26

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
10 years

St James Church Auckland

503

14 March 1918

Rev. R. L. Walker Presbyterian

No	179
Date of Notice	14 March 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Arthur Smith	Helen Robertson
	💍 1918/270
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrician
Age	31	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	10 years
Marriage Place	St James Church Auckland
Folio	503
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 March 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker Presbyterian

180

14 March 1918

Amorel Louis de Rochebrune Henry
Roberta Maud Agnes Fischer

Bachelor
Spinster

Police Constable

28
18

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
18 years

St Matthews Church Auckland

504

Robert Fischer Father

14 March 1918

Rev. W. E. Gillam Anglican

No	180
Date of Notice	14 March 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Amorel Louis de Rochebrune Henry	Roberta Maud Agnes Fischer
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Police Constable
Age	28	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	18 years
Marriage Place	St Matthews Church Auckland
Folio	504
Consent	Robert Fischer Father
Date of Certificate	14 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).