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 109

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1916 Registrar J. W. [illegible]

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

491

26 April 1916

Herbert Oscar Bergstrom
Muriel Anne Edwards

Herbert Oscar Bergstrom
Muriel Ann Edwards
💍 1916/5970

Widower
Spinster

Butcher

31
20

Auckland
Auckland

12 months
3 weeks

House of Brides Father S. Knight Arch Hill

2973

Samuel Edwards Father

26 April 1916

Rev. J. A. Thompson Presbyterian

No	491
Date of Notice	26 April 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Oscar Bergstrom	Muriel Anne Edwards
BDM Match (97%)	Herbert Oscar Bergstrom	Muriel Ann Edwards
	💍 1916/5970
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	31	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 months	3 weeks
Marriage Place	House of Brides Father S. Knight Arch Hill
Folio	2973
Consent	Samuel Edwards Father
Date of Certificate	26 April 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Thompson Presbyterian

492

26 April 1916

Frederick Edward Woodcock
Mary Blair Inglis

Frederick Edward Woodcock
May Inglis
💍 1916/8999

Bachelor
Spinster

Prison Officer

29
35

Auckland
Auckland

15 months
Life

Registrars Office Auckland

2752

26 April 1916

Registrar

No	492
Date of Notice	26 April 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Edward Woodcock	Mary Blair Inglis
BDM Match (79%)	Frederick Edward Woodcock	May Inglis
	💍 1916/8999
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Prison Officer
Age	29	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 months	Life
Marriage Place	Registrars Office Auckland
Folio	2752
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 April 1916
Officiating Minister	Registrar

493

26 April 1916

John Guthrie
Mollie Greenshields Hastie

John McGhie
Mollie Greenshields Hastie
💍 1916/5662

Bachelor
Spinster

Physician & Surgeon

27
25

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
20 years

St Andrews Church Auckland

2974

26 April 1916

Rev. A. A. Murray Presbyterian

No	493
Date of Notice	26 April 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Guthrie	Mollie Greenshields Hastie
BDM Match (83%)	John McGhie	Mollie Greenshields Hastie
	💍 1916/5662
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Physician & Surgeon
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St Andrews Church Auckland
Folio	2974
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 April 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. A. Murray Presbyterian

494

26 April 1916

Clifford Norman Robinson
Linda Eileen Rose

Clifford Norman Robinson
Linda Eileen Cox
💍 1916/5680

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

24
22

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
22 years

St Aidans Church Remuera

2975

26 April 1916

Rev. A. Fowler Anglican

No	494
Date of Notice	26 April 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Clifford Norman Robinson	Linda Eileen Rose
BDM Match (91%)	Clifford Norman Robinson	Linda Eileen Cox
	💍 1916/5680
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	22 years
Marriage Place	St Aidans Church Remuera
Folio	2975
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 April 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Fowler Anglican

495

26 April 1916

Alfred William Aubrey
Maria Lillian Wills

Alfred William Aubrey
Maria Lillian Wills
💍 1916/5683

Bachelor
Spinster

Mill hand

26
25

Auckland
Auckland

10 weeks
10 weeks

Home of Mother of Bridegroom Park Rd Otahuhu

2979

26 April 1916

Rev. J. Morris Baptist

No	495
Date of Notice	26 April 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred William Aubrey	Maria Lillian Wills
	💍 1916/5683
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mill hand
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 weeks	10 weeks
Marriage Place	Home of Mother of Bridegroom Park Rd Otahuhu
Folio	2979
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 April 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Morris Baptist

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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).