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

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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

106

11 February 1918

Fabian Sperry
Mary Ann Ormiston

Fabian Sperry
Mary Ann Ormiston
💍 1918/992

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

25
23

Auckland
Auckland

5 months
18 months

Residence of Bride's Mother East Tamaki

431

11 February 1918

Rev R Ashton Presbyterian

No	106
Date of Notice	11 February 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Fabian Sperry	Mary Ann Ormiston
	💍 1918/992
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 months	18 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Bride's Mother East Tamaki
Folio	431
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev R Ashton Presbyterian

107

11 February 1918

Wilfred Adelbert Pash
Bertha Cleveland

Wilfred Adelbert Gaeth
Bertha Cleveland
💍 1918/993

Bachelor
Spinster

Dairy Farmer

23
19

Auckland
Auckland

1 week
19 years

Baptist Church Mt Eden

432

Frederick Augustus Cleveland Father

11 February 1918

Rev J J Radford Baptist

No	107
Date of Notice	11 February 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wilfred Adelbert Pash	Bertha Cleveland
BDM Match (93%)	Wilfred Adelbert Gaeth	Bertha Cleveland
	💍 1918/993
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dairy Farmer
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 week	19 years
Marriage Place	Baptist Church Mt Eden
Folio	432
Consent	Frederick Augustus Cleveland Father
Date of Certificate	11 February 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev J J Radford Baptist

108

12 February 1918

Charles Gordon Ewington
Nellie Anna Wagner

Charles Gordon Ewington
Nellie Anna Wagner
💍 1918/970

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

30
26

Auckland
Auckland

21 years
5 years

Holy Trinity Church Devonport

433

12 February 1918

Rev G W Young Anglican

No	108
Date of Notice	12 February 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Gordon Ewington	Nellie Anna Wagner
	💍 1918/970
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	30	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	21 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church Devonport
Folio	433
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev G W Young Anglican

109

12 February 1918

Stanley Sanders
Josephine Wilhelmina Patterson

Stanley Sanders
Josephine Wilhelmina Patterson
💍 1918/971

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

25
21

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
4 years

St Mary's Cathedral Parnell

434

12 February 1918

Rev R J Stanton Anglican

No	109
Date of Notice	12 February 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stanley Sanders	Josephine Wilhelmina Patterson
	💍 1918/971
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St Mary's Cathedral Parnell
Folio	434
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev R J Stanton Anglican

110

12 February 1918

Walter Joseph Keen
Ivy Elizabeth Rose

Walter Joseph Keen
Ivy Elizabeth Cox
💍 1918/972

Bachelor
Spinster

Gunsmith

30
24

Auckland
Auckland

11 months
11 months

St Luke's Presbyterian Manse Remuera

435

12 February 1918

Rev G B Monro Presbyterian

No	110
Date of Notice	12 February 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Joseph Keen	Ivy Elizabeth Rose
BDM Match (92%)	Walter Joseph Keen	Ivy Elizabeth Cox
	💍 1918/972
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gunsmith
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 months	11 months
Marriage Place	St Luke's Presbyterian Manse Remuera
Folio	435
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev G B Monro 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).