Intentions to Marry, 1927 Albertland to Raglan

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840544, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1927 is bound in four volumes (a to d) with continuous page numbers. Each volume contains a different set of districts, going from north to south.

1927a contains pages 1-926, covering districts from Albertland to Raglan

Page 039

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1927

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

151

26 January 1927

John Brown
Harriet Walker

John Brown
Harriet Walker
💍 1927/354

Bachelor
Spinster

Wood Turner
Confectioner

60
32

Ponsonby
Newton

Residence of Mrs Nicholson, 6 Belgium Street, Newton
Residence of Mrs Nicholson, 6 Belgium Street, Newton

Residence of Mrs Nicholson, 6 Belgium Street, Newton

303

26 January 1927

M. Shore, Roman Catholic

No	151
Date of Notice	26 January 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Brown	Harriet Walker
	💍 1927/354
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Wood Turner	Confectioner
Age	60	32
Dwelling Place	Ponsonby	Newton
Length of Residence	Residence of Mrs Nicholson, 6 Belgium Street, Newton	Residence of Mrs Nicholson, 6 Belgium Street, Newton
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs Nicholson, 6 Belgium Street, Newton
Folio	303
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 January 1927
Officiating Minister	M. Shore, Roman Catholic

152

26 January 1927

Cecil Vivian Del Monte Mahon
Gladys Linda Olive Rossiter

Cecil Vivian Del-Monte Mahon
Gladys Linda Olive Rossiter
💍 1927/355

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Salesman

27
27

Auckland
Epsom

Methodist Church, Epsom
Methodist Church, Epsom

Methodist Church, Epsom

304

26 January 1927

E. P. Blamires, Methodist

No	152
Date of Notice	26 January 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cecil Vivian Del Monte Mahon	Gladys Linda Olive Rossiter
BDM Match (98%)	Cecil Vivian Del-Monte Mahon	Gladys Linda Olive Rossiter
	💍 1927/355
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Salesman
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Epsom
Length of Residence	Methodist Church, Epsom	Methodist Church, Epsom
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Epsom
Folio	304
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 January 1927
Officiating Minister	E. P. Blamires, Methodist

153

26 January 1927

Eric Vincent Hawkes
Katherine Cameron Marshall

Eric Vincent Hawkes
Katherine Cameron Marshall
💍 1927/356

Previously married but not heard of for 10 years past
Spinster

Contractor
Milliner and Dressmaker

32
26

New Lynn
New Lynn

Registrar's Office, Auckland
Registrar's Office, Auckland

Registrar's Office, Auckland

305

26 January 1927

Registrar

No	153
Date of Notice	26 January 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Eric Vincent Hawkes	Katherine Cameron Marshall
	💍 1927/356
Condition	Previously married but not heard of for 10 years past	Spinster
Profession	Contractor	Milliner and Dressmaker
Age	32	26
Dwelling Place	New Lynn	New Lynn
Length of Residence	Registrar's Office, Auckland	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	305
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 January 1927
Officiating Minister	Registrar

154

26 January 1927

Robert Neville Vickerman
Dorothy Evelyn Task

Robert Neville Vickerman
Dorothy Evelyn Nash
💍 1927/357

Bachelor
Spinster

Company Manager
Nurse

27
22

Remuera
Auckland

St Mary's Cathedral, Parnell
St Mary's Cathedral, Parnell

St Mary's Cathedral, Parnell

306

26 January 1927

P. E. James, Anglican

No	154
Date of Notice	26 January 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Neville Vickerman	Dorothy Evelyn Task
BDM Match (95%)	Robert Neville Vickerman	Dorothy Evelyn Nash
	💍 1927/357
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Company Manager	Nurse
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Remuera	Auckland
Length of Residence	St Mary's Cathedral, Parnell	St Mary's Cathedral, Parnell
Marriage Place	St Mary's Cathedral, Parnell
Folio	306
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 January 1927
Officiating Minister	P. E. James, Anglican

155

27 January 1927

Wilfred Gordon Collins
Myra Lovie Nicholson

Wilfred Gordon Collins
Myra Louie Nicholson
💍 1927/358

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener
Shorthand Typist

27
27

Takapuna
Takapuna

Methodist Church, Takapuna
Methodist Church, Takapuna

Methodist Church, Takapuna

307

27 January 1927

G. B. Hinton, Methodist

No	155
Date of Notice	27 January 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wilfred Gordon Collins	Myra Lovie Nicholson
BDM Match (98%)	Wilfred Gordon Collins	Myra Louie Nicholson
	💍 1927/358
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener	Shorthand Typist
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Takapuna	Takapuna
Length of Residence	Methodist Church, Takapuna	Methodist Church, Takapuna
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Takapuna
Folio	307
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1927
Officiating Minister	G. B. Hinton, Methodist

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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).

Primary digitisation of registers between 1855 and 1925 is now complete. Our digitisation volunteers are now working on verifying the currently digitised pages against printed district/page indexes, to identify pages which may have been missed or out of focus. These pages can be re-imaged as required.

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.

How can I help?

You can sign up to correct errors in the transcribed records and match ITMs with registered marriages.

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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).