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 032

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1918 Registrar E. Wilson

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

116

14 February 1918

Percy Thomas Montgomery
Letitia Maud Elmore Madigan

George Thomas Montgomery
Letitia Maud Elsinore Madigan
💍 1918/978

Bachelor
Widow (19 March 1917)

Railway Fireman

30
39

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
5 years

Registrar's Office Auckland

441

14 February 1918

Registrar

No	116
Date of Notice	14 February 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Thomas Montgomery	Letitia Maud Elmore Madigan
BDM Match (87%)	George Thomas Montgomery	Letitia Maud Elsinore Madigan
	💍 1918/978
Condition	Bachelor	Widow (19 March 1917)
Profession	Railway Fireman
Age	30	39
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	441
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1918
Officiating Minister	Registrar

117

15 February 1918

Henry Schneideman
Edna Muriel Death

Henry Schneideman
Edna Muriel Death
💍 1918/979

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

27
18

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
20 years

Registrar's Office Auckland

442

Robert Joseph Death, Father

15 February 1918

Registrar

No	117
Date of Notice	15 February 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Schneideman	Edna Muriel Death
	💍 1918/979
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	27	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	20 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	442
Consent	Robert Joseph Death, Father
Date of Certificate	15 February 1918
Officiating Minister	Registrar

118

16 February 1918

John James Brooks
Maria Reeve

John James Brooks
Maria McGee
💍 1918/981

Widower (3 May 1917)
Widow (9 September 1909)

Freezing Works Employee

41
45

Auckland
Auckland

2 months
Life

Registrar's Office Auckland

443

16 February 1918

Registrar

No	118
Date of Notice	16 February 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John James Brooks	Maria Reeve
BDM Match (82%)	John James Brooks	Maria McGee
	💍 1918/981
Condition	Widower (3 May 1917)	Widow (9 September 1909)
Profession	Freezing Works Employee
Age	41	45
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 months	Life
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	443
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 February 1918
Officiating Minister	Registrar

119

18 February 1918

John Slater Mills
Violet Roper

John Slater Mills
Violet Rogers
💍 1918/982

Bachelor
Spinster

Tram Conductor

37
23

Auckland
Auckland, Ponsonby

9 years
1 month

All Saints Church Ponsonby

444

18 February 1918

Archd. W. Calder, Anglican

No	119
Date of Notice	18 February 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Slater Mills	Violet Roper
BDM Match (92%)	John Slater Mills	Violet Rogers
	💍 1918/982
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tram Conductor
Age	37	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland, Ponsonby
Length of Residence	9 years	1 month
Marriage Place	All Saints Church Ponsonby
Folio	444
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 February 1918
Officiating Minister	Archd. W. Calder, Anglican

120

18 February 1918

Albert James Gover
Mary Dorman

Albert James Covey
Mary Dormant
💍 1918/983

Bachelor
Spinster

Farrier

22
22

Auckland
Auckland, Epsom

2 years
6 years

St Andrew's Church Epsom

445

18 February 1918

Rev. J. Wilkinson, Anglican

No	120
Date of Notice	18 February 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert James Gover	Mary Dorman
BDM Match (90%)	Albert James Covey	Mary Dormant
	💍 1918/983
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farrier
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland, Epsom
Length of Residence	2 years	6 years
Marriage Place	St Andrew's Church Epsom
Folio	445
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 February 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilkinson, 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).