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 021

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1916 Registrar D. Morgan

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

14 January 1916

Samuel Ward
Ellen Johnston

Samuel Ward
Ellen Johnston
💍 1916/4425

Widower
Widow

Labourer

52
37

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
15 months

House of Mr Samuel Ward, Station Road, Papatoetoe

1681

14 January 1916

Rev. J. E. Parsons, Methodist

No	61
Date of Notice	14 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Ward	Ellen Johnston
	💍 1916/4425
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Labourer
Age	52	37
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	15 months
Marriage Place	House of Mr Samuel Ward, Station Road, Papatoetoe
Folio	1681
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. E. Parsons, Methodist

14 January 1916

Gustaf Nilsson
Clarissa Mary Barnett

Gustaf Nilsson
Clarissa May Barnett
💍 1916/4426

Bachelor
Widow

Seaman

44
35

Auckland
Auckland

16 months
10 months

St Marks Church, Remuera

1682

14 January 1916

Rev. G. B. Judd, Anglican

No	62
Date of Notice	14 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gustaf Nilsson	Clarissa Mary Barnett
BDM Match (98%)	Gustaf Nilsson	Clarissa May Barnett
	💍 1916/4426
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Seaman
Age	44	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	16 months	10 months
Marriage Place	St Marks Church, Remuera
Folio	1682
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. B. Judd, Anglican

14 January 1916

George Stenhouse Reid
Mary Lillian Baughan

George Stenhouse Reid
Mary Lillian Maugham
💍 1916/4427

Bachelor
Spinster

Staff Sergeant Major N.Z. Military Forces

25
23

Auckland
Auckland

12 days
6 months

Residence of Rev. D. Jeffreys, Portland Avenue, Mount Eden

1683

14 January 1916

Rev. D. Jeffreys, Presbyterian

No	63
Date of Notice	14 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Stenhouse Reid	Mary Lillian Baughan
BDM Match (95%)	George Stenhouse Reid	Mary Lillian Maugham
	💍 1916/4427
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Staff Sergeant Major N.Z. Military Forces
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 days	6 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. D. Jeffreys, Portland Avenue, Mount Eden
Folio	1683
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. Jeffreys, Presbyterian

14 January 1916

Henry Victor Cullimore
Florence Henrietta Harwood

Henry Victor Cullimore
Florence Henrietta Harwood
💍 1916/4428

Bachelor
Spinster

Picture Theatre Proprietor

29
22

Auckland
Auckland

30 days
from overseas

Residence of Mr W. Hayhow, Collingwood St, Ponsonby

1684

14 January 1916

Rev. E. T. Cox, Methodist

No	64
Date of Notice	14 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Victor Cullimore	Florence Henrietta Harwood
	💍 1916/4428
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Picture Theatre Proprietor
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 days	from overseas
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr W. Hayhow, Collingwood St, Ponsonby
Folio	1684
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. T. Cox, Methodist

15 January 1916

Clifford Wilson
Norah Ruby Martin

Clifford Wilson
Norah Ruby Martin
💍 1916/4405

Bachelor
Spinster

Saw Mill Hand

22
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

St James's Manse, Auckland

1685

15 January 1916

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	65
Date of Notice	15 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Clifford Wilson	Norah Ruby Martin
	💍 1916/4405
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Saw Mill Hand
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St James's Manse, Auckland
Folio	1685
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 January 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

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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).