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 018

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1918 Registrar C. W. Carver

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

18 January 1918

William Henry Shiffers
Ada Janetta Tucker

William Henry Hughes
Ada Janetta Tucker
💍 1918/164

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

37
36

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
3 months

St Alban's Church, Dominion Rd, Auckland

371

18 January 1918

Rev. H. B. Wingfield, Anglican

No	46
Date of Notice	18 January 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Shiffers	Ada Janetta Tucker
BDM Match (86%)	William Henry Hughes	Ada Janetta Tucker
	💍 1918/164
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	37	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	3 months
Marriage Place	St Alban's Church, Dominion Rd, Auckland
Folio	371
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. B. Wingfield, Anglican

18 January 1918

William Thomas Randle
Mildred White

William Thomas Randle
Mildred White
💍 1918/165

Widower, 14 February 1909
Spinster

Store Keeper

69
39

Auckland
Auckland

3 weeks
10 years

St Barnabas' Church, Mt. Eden

372

18 January 1918

Rev. E. J. McFarland, Anglican

No	47
Date of Notice	18 January 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Thomas Randle	Mildred White
	💍 1918/165
Condition	Widower, 14 February 1909	Spinster
Profession	Store Keeper
Age	69	39
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 weeks	10 years
Marriage Place	St Barnabas' Church, Mt. Eden
Folio	372
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. McFarland, Anglican

19 January 1918

Frederick Browne
Mary Hutchison

Frederick Browne
Mary Hutchison
💍 1918/166

Widower, 29 March 1910
Widow, 1 December 1907

Builder

64
56

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
3 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

373

19 January 1918

Registrar

No	48
Date of Notice	19 January 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Browne	Mary Hutchison
	💍 1918/166
Condition	Widower, 29 March 1910	Widow, 1 December 1907
Profession	Builder
Age	64	56
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	373
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1918
Officiating Minister	Registrar

19 January 1918

Rhodes Battaye
Mary Ethel Rosser

Rhodes Battye
Mary Ethel Rosser
💍 1918/167

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Engineer

28
21

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
2 years

St David's Manse, Auckland

374

19 January 1918

Rev. J. M. Saunders, Presbyterian

No	49
Date of Notice	19 January 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Rhodes Battaye	Mary Ethel Rosser
BDM Match (96%)	Rhodes Battye	Mary Ethel Rosser
	💍 1918/167
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Engineer
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St David's Manse, Auckland
Folio	374
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. M. Saunders, Presbyterian

19 January 1918

Robert Norman Killip
Maude Olive Moore

Robert Norman Killip
Maude Olive Moore
💍 1918/168

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

25
21

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
20 years

St Matthew's Church, Auckland

375

19 January 1918

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Anglican

No	50
Date of Notice	19 January 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Norman Killip	Maude Olive Moore
	💍 1918/168
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	20 years
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	375
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 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).