Intentions to Marry, 1921 Albertland to Awhitu

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840496, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1921 is bound in eight volumes (a to h) with continuous page numbers. Each volume contains a different set of districts, going from north to south.

1921a contains pages 1-432, covering districts from Albertland to Awhitu

Page 023

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1921

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

17 January 1921

Percy Cooke
Emily Fanny Burnett

Percy Cloake
Emily Fanny Burnett
💍 1921/2757

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

23
19

Auckland
Auckland

Congregational Church, Devonport

795

Ferdinand Augustus Burnett, father

17 January 1921

John Stewart

No	71
Date of Notice	17 January 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Cooke	Emily Fanny Burnett
BDM Match (92%)	Percy Cloake	Emily Fanny Burnett
	💍 1921/2757
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Devonport
Folio	795
Consent	Ferdinand Augustus Burnett, father
Date of Certificate	17 January 1921
Officiating Minister	John Stewart

17 January 1921

James Henry Skellern
Elizabeth Helen Garrick

James Henry Skelton
Elizabeth Helen Garrick
💍 1921/2818

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

23
25

Auckland
Auckland

St Matthews Church, Auckland

857

17 January 1921

G. H. G. Cowen

No	72
Date of Notice	17 January 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Henry Skellern	Elizabeth Helen Garrick
BDM Match (93%)	James Henry Skelton	Elizabeth Helen Garrick
	💍 1921/2818
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	23	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence
Marriage Place	St Matthews Church, Auckland
Folio	857
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 January 1921
Officiating Minister	G. H. G. Cowen

17 January 1921

Henry Lloyd Deeprose
Vera Rozella Tyler-Whiteman

Henry Lloyd Deeming
Vera Rosella Tyler-Whiteman
💍 1921/464

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

27
21

Auckland
Auckland

Residence of Rev F. W. Young, Ponsonby Road, Auckland

not solemnised

Mother of bride states she is under age 18-1-21

17 January 1921

F. W. Young

No	73
Date of Notice	17 January 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Lloyd Deeprose	Vera Rozella Tyler-Whiteman
BDM Match (86%)	Henry Lloyd Deeming	Vera Rosella Tyler-Whiteman
	💍 1921/464
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev F. W. Young, Ponsonby Road, Auckland
Folio	not solemnised
Consent	Mother of bride states she is under age 18-1-21
Date of Certificate	17 January 1921
Officiating Minister	F. W. Young

17 January 1921

Cuthbert Freyberg
Helen Mary Stuart Rathbone

Cuthbert Freyberg
Helen May Stuart Rathbone
💍 1921/2819

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

34
22

Auckland
Auckland

Diocesan School Chapel, Auckland

858

17 January 1921

P. James

No	74
Date of Notice	17 January 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cuthbert Freyberg	Helen Mary Stuart Rathbone
BDM Match (98%)	Cuthbert Freyberg	Helen May Stuart Rathbone
	💍 1921/2819
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	34	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence
Marriage Place	Diocesan School Chapel, Auckland
Folio	858
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 January 1921
Officiating Minister	P. James

18 January 1921

John Sydney Codlin
Veronica Kyra Sayer

John Sydney Codlin
Veronica Kyra Sayer
💍 1921/2820

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

24
17

Onehunga
Onehunga

Registrar's Office, Auckland

859

Mary Ann Cook, mother

18 January 1921

Deputy Registrar

No	75
Date of Notice	18 January 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Sydney Codlin	Veronica Kyra Sayer
	💍 1921/2820
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	24	17
Dwelling Place	Onehunga	Onehunga
Length of Residence
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	859
Consent	Mary Ann Cook, mother
Date of Certificate	18 January 1921
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

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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).