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 173

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 1916 Registrar H. J. Dixon

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

806

24 July 1916

William Platt
Adelaide Margaret Absolum

William Platt
Adelaide Margaret Absolum
💍 1916/7528

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

26
27

Auckland
Auckland

5 weeks
6 months

Church of the Epiphany, Karangahape Road, Newton

5171

24 July 1916

Rev. P. T. Williams, Anglican

No	806
Date of Notice	24 July 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Platt	Adelaide Margaret Absolum
	💍 1916/7528
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	26	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 weeks	6 months
Marriage Place	Church of the Epiphany, Karangahape Road, Newton
Folio	5171
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 July 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. T. Williams, Anglican

807

24 July 1916

Robert Henry Church
Ada Moore Sandford

Robert Henry Church
Ada Moore Sandford
💍 1916/7398

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

24
26

Auckland
Auckland

22 years
Life

Registrar's Office, Auckland

4988

24 July 1916

Registrar

No	807
Date of Notice	24 July 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Henry Church	Ada Moore Sandford
	💍 1916/7398
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	24	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	22 years	Life
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	4988
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 July 1916
Officiating Minister	Registrar

808

24 July 1916

William Miller Easthope
Fanny Rose

William Miller Easthope
Fanny Cox
💍 1916/13723

Bachelor
Widow

Motor Mechanic

33
39

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

Registrar's Office, Auckland

4989

24 July 1916

Registrar

No	808
Date of Notice	24 July 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Miller Easthope	Fanny Rose
BDM Match (85%)	William Miller Easthope	Fanny Cox
	💍 1916/13723
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Motor Mechanic
Age	33	39
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	4989
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 July 1916
Officiating Minister	Registrar

809

24 July 1916

John Paradis
Grace Lillian Parr

John Caradus
Grace Lillian Carr
💍 1916/7399

Bachelor
Spinster

Civil Servant

26
25

Auckland
Auckland

Life
9 years

Church of Christ, West Street, Newton

4990

24 July 1916

Mr. J. Aldridge, Church of Christ

No	809
Date of Notice	24 July 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Paradis	Grace Lillian Parr
BDM Match (89%)	John Caradus	Grace Lillian Carr
	💍 1916/7399
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Civil Servant
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	9 years
Marriage Place	Church of Christ, West Street, Newton
Folio	4990
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 July 1916
Officiating Minister	Mr. J. Aldridge, Church of Christ

810

24 July 1916

George Henry Rae Dravis
Elsie Jane Webb

George Henry Rae Orams
Elsie Jane Webb
💍 1916/7400

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

21
20

Auckland
Auckland

15 years
3 months

St James's Church, Auckland

4991

Ephraim Webb, Father

24 July 1916

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	810
Date of Notice	24 July 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Henry Rae Dravis	Elsie Jane Webb
BDM Match (94%)	George Henry Rae Orams	Elsie Jane Webb
	💍 1916/7400
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	21	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 years	3 months
Marriage Place	St James's Church, Auckland
Folio	4991
Consent	Ephraim Webb, Father
Date of Certificate	24 July 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).