Intentions to Marry, 1916 Albertland to Hamilton

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840463, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1916 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.

1916a contains pages 1-418, covering districts from Albertland to Hamilton

Page 011

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1916 Registrar J. G. Culpan

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

4 January 1916

Arthur Roy Maddison
Elina Lavinia Barrington

Arthur George Maddison
Elma Lavinia Barrington
💍 1916/4320

Bachelor
Spinster

Boat Builder

22
24

Auckland
Auckland

2 weeks
6 weeks

Baptist Parsonage, Wynyard Road, Mt. Eden

1649

4 January 1916

Rev. Elliott, Baptist

No	11
Date of Notice	4 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Roy Maddison	Elina Lavinia Barrington
BDM Match (85%)	Arthur George Maddison	Elma Lavinia Barrington
	💍 1916/4320
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Boat Builder
Age	22	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 weeks	6 weeks
Marriage Place	Baptist Parsonage, Wynyard Road, Mt. Eden
Folio	1649
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. Elliott, Baptist

4 January 1916

Thomas Horton Benge
Olive Maud Clark

Thomas Norton Benge
Olive Maud Clark
💍 1916/4321

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist

30
28

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
1 month

St. Andrews Church, Auckland

1650

4 January 1916

Rev. A. A. Murray, Presbyterian

No	12
Date of Notice	4 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Horton Benge	Olive Maud Clark
BDM Match (97%)	Thomas Norton Benge	Olive Maud Clark
	💍 1916/4321
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist
Age	30	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	1 month
Marriage Place	St. Andrews Church, Auckland
Folio	1650
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. A. Murray, Presbyterian

4 January 1916

Richard James Campbell
Dorothy Agnes Perril

Richard James Campbell
Dorothy Agnes Perry
💍 1916/4329

Bachelor
Spinster

Postal Clerk

22
18

Auckland
Auckland

3 weeks
5 weeks

St. James Manse, Auckland

1651

Minnie Kathleen Farris, formerly Perril, mother

4 January 1916

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	13
Date of Notice	4 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard James Campbell	Dorothy Agnes Perril
BDM Match (95%)	Richard James Campbell	Dorothy Agnes Perry
	💍 1916/4329
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Postal Clerk
Age	22	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 weeks	5 weeks
Marriage Place	St. James Manse, Auckland
Folio	1651
Consent	Minnie Kathleen Farris, formerly Perril, mother
Date of Certificate	4 January 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

5 January 1916

William Mulcahy
Ethel Weir

William Mulcahy
Ethel Weir
💍 1916/360

Bachelor
Spinster

Slaughterman

34
30

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
1 year

Registrar's Office, Auckland

876

5 January 1916

Registrar

No	14
Date of Notice	5 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Mulcahy	Ethel Weir
	💍 1916/360
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Slaughterman
Age	34	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	1 year
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	876
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 January 1916
Officiating Minister	Registrar

5 January 1916

Edward James Rowe
Mary Sharkey

Edward James Rowe
Mary Sharkey
💍 1916/8865

Bachelor
Spinster

Steward

35
29

Auckland
Auckland

7 days
6 months

Registrar's Office, Auckland

877

5 January 1916

Registrar

No	15
Date of Notice	5 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward James Rowe	Mary Sharkey
	💍 1916/8865
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Steward
Age	35	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 days	6 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	877
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 January 1916
Officiating Minister	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).