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 023

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1916 Registrar J. Culloane

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 1916

Edward Percival Marsden
Ivy Gladys Boonstra

Edward Percival Marsden Vear
Ivy Gladys Boonstra
💍 1916/4410

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraph Lineman

26
22

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
8 years

All Saints Church Ponsonby

1690

17 January 1916

Archdeacon Calder Anglican

No	71
Date of Notice	17 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Percival Marsden	Ivy Gladys Boonstra
BDM Match (91%)	Edward Percival Marsden Vear	Ivy Gladys Boonstra
	💍 1916/4410
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraph Lineman
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	8 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church Ponsonby
Folio	1690
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 January 1916
Officiating Minister	Archdeacon Calder Anglican

17 January 1916

William Hubert Simpson
Mabel Mary Martin

William Hubert Simpson
Mable May Martin
💍 1916/4411

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

32
30

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
15 years

St Andrews Church Auckland

1691

17 January 1916

Rev A. A. Murray Presbyterian

No	72
Date of Notice	17 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Hubert Simpson	Mabel Mary Martin
BDM Match (91%)	William Hubert Simpson	Mable May Martin
	💍 1916/4411
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	32	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	15 years
Marriage Place	St Andrews Church Auckland
Folio	1691
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 January 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev A. A. Murray Presbyterian

17 January 1916

Percy Dalrymple
Agnes Mary Attridge

Percy Balgarnie
Agnes May Attridge
💍 1916/4412

Bachelor
Spinster

Land Salesman

43
26

Auckland
Auckland

8 years
8 years

St Davids Church Auckland

1692

17 January 1916

Rev J. M. Saunders Presbyterian

No	73
Date of Notice	17 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Dalrymple	Agnes Mary Attridge
BDM Match (77%)	Percy Balgarnie	Agnes May Attridge
	💍 1916/4412
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Land Salesman
Age	43	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 years	8 years
Marriage Place	St Davids Church Auckland
Folio	1692
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 January 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev J. M. Saunders Presbyterian

17 January 1916

Leopold Tamaki Waihi McIntosh
Florence Jessie Robinson

Leopold Tamati Waihi McIntosh
Florence Jessie Robinson
💍 1916/4413

Bachelor
Spinster

Coach Builder

27
20

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
8 years

St Stephens Church Ponsonby

1693

Sarah Robinson Mother

17 January 1916

Rev F. R. Jeffreys Presbyterian

No	74
Date of Notice	17 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leopold Tamaki Waihi McIntosh	Florence Jessie Robinson
BDM Match (98%)	Leopold Tamati Waihi McIntosh	Florence Jessie Robinson
	💍 1916/4413
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coach Builder
Age	27	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	8 years
Marriage Place	St Stephens Church Ponsonby
Folio	1693
Consent	Sarah Robinson Mother
Date of Certificate	17 January 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev F. R. Jeffreys Presbyterian

17 January 1916

Frederick Rolfe Rackham
Selina Tait

Frederick George Rackham
Selina Tait
💍 1916/4414

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

30
35

Auckland
Avondale

9 years
life

Methodist Church Avondale

1694

17 January 1916

Rev R. A. Bond Methodist

No	75
Date of Notice	17 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Rolfe Rackham	Selina Tait
BDM Match (92%)	Frederick George Rackham	Selina Tait
	💍 1916/4414
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	30	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Avondale
Length of Residence	9 years	life
Marriage Place	Methodist Church Avondale
Folio	1694
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 January 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev R. A. Bond 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).

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).