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 061

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1927 Registrar Not specified

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

261

16 February 1927

Marcus Casimir Elliott
Eileen Mary Barclay

Marcus Casimir Elliott
Eileen Mary Barclay
💍 1927/439

Divorced (Divorce absolute 6 March 1925 at Sydney, NSW)
Spinster

Seaman
Shop Assistant

32
22

Grey Lynn
Ponsonby

Registrar's Office, Auckland

412

16 February 1927

Deputy Registrar

No	261
Date of Notice	16 February 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Marcus Casimir Elliott	Eileen Mary Barclay
	💍 1927/439
Condition	Divorced (Divorce absolute 6 March 1925 at Sydney, NSW)	Spinster
Profession	Seaman	Shop Assistant
Age	32	22
Dwelling Place	Grey Lynn	Ponsonby
Length of Residence
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	412
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 February 1927
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

262

16 February 1927

Francis William Foster
Sydney Agnes Jenkinson

Francis William Foster
Sydney Agnes Jenkinson
💍 1927/440

Bachelor
Spinster

Forest Officer
Typist

33
24

Auckland
Remuera

"Somervell" Memorial Church, Remuera

413

16 February 1927

J. Pattison, Presbyterian

No	262
Date of Notice	16 February 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis William Foster	Sydney Agnes Jenkinson
	💍 1927/440
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Forest Officer	Typist
Age	33	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Remuera
Length of Residence
Marriage Place	"Somervell" Memorial Church, Remuera
Folio	413
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 February 1927
Officiating Minister	J. Pattison, Presbyterian

263

16 February 1927

Herbert Sutcliffe Nicholl
Beatrice Maude Anderson (commonly known as Beatrice Maude Ward)

Herbert Sutcliffe Nicholl
Beatrice Maude Ward
💍 1927/441

Widower (Divorce absolute 9 February 1927)
Divorced (Divorce absolute 8 September 1925)

Clerk of Works

48
39

Grey Lynn
Mt Roskill

Methodist Church, Pitt Street, Auckland

414

16 February 1927

L. B. Dalby, Methodist

No	263
Date of Notice	16 February 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Sutcliffe Nicholl	Beatrice Maude Anderson (commonly known as Beatrice Maude Ward)
BDM Match (65%)	Herbert Sutcliffe Nicholl	Beatrice Maude Ward
	💍 1927/441
Condition	Widower (Divorce absolute 9 February 1927)	Divorced (Divorce absolute 8 September 1925)
Profession	Clerk of Works
Age	48	39
Dwelling Place	Grey Lynn	Mt Roskill
Length of Residence
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt Street, Auckland
Folio	414
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 February 1927
Officiating Minister	L. B. Dalby, Methodist

264

17 February 1927

Joseph Ereeg
Ivy Bovich

Bachelor
Spinster

Storekeeper
Labourer

35
27

Auckland
Auckland

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

415

17 February 1927

L. J. Buxton, Roman Catholic

No	264
Date of Notice	17 February 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Ereeg	Ivy Bovich
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper	Labourer
Age	35	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	415
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 February 1927
Officiating Minister	L. J. Buxton, Roman Catholic

265

17 February 1927

Jonah Joseph Hayward
Alice Brunton

Jonah Joseph Hayward
Alice Brunton
💍 1927/443

Divorced (Divorce absolute 13 October 1925 at London, England)
Widow (6 July 1922)

Hotel Owner

50
37

Mt Eden
Mt Eden

Registrar's Office, Auckland

416

17 February 1927

Deputy Registrar

No	265
Date of Notice	17 February 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Jonah Joseph Hayward	Alice Brunton
	💍 1927/443
Condition	Divorced (Divorce absolute 13 October 1925 at London, England)	Widow (6 July 1922)
Profession	Hotel Owner
Age	50	37
Dwelling Place	Mt Eden	Mt Eden
Length of Residence
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	416
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 February 1927
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).

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).