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 037

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

141

31 January 1916

Francis Bruce Latta Lockhart
Ada Mary Howard

Francis Bruce Latta Lockhart
Ada May Howard
💍 1916/389

Bachelor
Divorced

Slaughterman

26
27

Auckland
Auckland

life
20 years

Registrar's Office Auckland

906

31 January 1916

Registrar

No	141
Date of Notice	31 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Bruce Latta Lockhart	Ada Mary Howard
BDM Match (97%)	Francis Bruce Latta Lockhart	Ada May Howard
	💍 1916/389
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced
Profession	Slaughterman
Age	26	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	life	20 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	906
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1916
Officiating Minister	Registrar

142

31 January 1916

Ronald Paul
Gwendoline Casey

Ronald Paul
Gwendoline Casey
💍 1916/4490

Bachelor
Spinster

Hardware Merchant

29
24

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
life

St Patrick's Cathedral Auckland

1745

31 January 1916

Rev. J. V. Carran, Roman Catholic

No	142
Date of Notice	31 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ronald Paul	Gwendoline Casey
	💍 1916/4490
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hardware Merchant
Age	29	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	life
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Cathedral Auckland
Folio	1745
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. V. Carran, Roman Catholic

143

1 February 1916

Philip Henry Hayward
Muriel Mabel Campbell

Philip Henry Hayward
Muriel Mabel Campbell
💍 1916/4491

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrical Manager

23
27

Auckland
Auckland

about 5 years
about 9 years

Zion Hill Church Birkenhead Auckland

1746

1 February 1916

Rev. H. B. Gray, Congregational

No	143
Date of Notice	1 February 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Philip Henry Hayward	Muriel Mabel Campbell
	💍 1916/4491
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrical Manager
Age	23	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	about 5 years	about 9 years
Marriage Place	Zion Hill Church Birkenhead Auckland
Folio	1746
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. B. Gray, Congregational

144

1 February 1916

Edward Michael Jepson
Laurel Mabel Wilson

Edward Michael Jepson
Laurel Mabel Wilson
💍 1916/4492

Bachelor
Spinster

Dresser

24
20

Auckland
Auckland

2 months
20 years

Church of the Sacred Heart Ponsonby

1747

David Wilson, Father

1 February 1916

Rev. J. V. Carran, Roman Catholic

No	144
Date of Notice	1 February 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Michael Jepson	Laurel Mabel Wilson
	💍 1916/4492
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dresser
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 months	20 years
Marriage Place	Church of the Sacred Heart Ponsonby
Folio	1747
Consent	David Wilson, Father
Date of Certificate	1 February 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. V. Carran, Roman Catholic

145

1 February 1916

John Carroll
Eva Isabel Brewer Hayward

John Carroll
Eva Isabel Brewer Hayward
💍 1916/4493

Bachelor
Spinster

Mental Hospital Attendant

33
22

Auckland
Auckland

8 months
6 years

Congregational Church

1748

1 February 1916

Rev. S. J. Campbell, Congregational

No	145
Date of Notice	1 February 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Carroll	Eva Isabel Brewer Hayward
	💍 1916/4493
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mental Hospital Attendant
Age	33	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 months	6 years
Marriage Place	Congregational Church
Folio	1748
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. J. Campbell, Congregational

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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).