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 179

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 1916 Registrar D. J. Evans

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

776

15 July 1916

Henry Francis Blankson
Bertha Julia Jones

Henry Francis Clarkson
Bertha Julia Jones
💍 1916/7370

Widower (22 October 1905)
Spinster

Second hand Dealer

45
32

Auckland
Auckland

8 years
3 years

Registrar's Office Auckland

4959

15 July 1916

Registrar

No	776
Date of Notice	15 July 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Francis Blankson	Bertha Julia Jones
BDM Match (95%)	Henry Francis Clarkson	Bertha Julia Jones
	💍 1916/7370
Condition	Widower (22 October 1905)	Spinster
Profession	Second hand Dealer
Age	45	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	4959
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 July 1916
Officiating Minister	Registrar

777

17 July 1916

William Evans Young
Ellen Gardner

William Evans Young
Ellen Gardner
💍 1916/7393

Widower (21 October 1911)
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

40
27

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
4 months

St David's Church Auckland

4960

17 July 1916

Rev. J. W. Saunders, Presbyterian

No	777
Date of Notice	17 July 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Evans Young	Ellen Gardner
	💍 1916/7393
Condition	Widower (21 October 1911)	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	40	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	4 months
Marriage Place	St David's Church Auckland
Folio	4960
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 July 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. W. Saunders, Presbyterian

778

17 July 1916

Frederick Morris
Mary Elizabeth Dennis

Frederick Morris
Mary Elizabeth Dennis
💍 1916/7371

Widower (16 December 1914)
Widow (3 October 1900)

Bricklayer

42
47

Auckland
Auckland

8 1/2 years
8 years

Methodist Church Dominion Road Mt. Eden

4961

17 July 1916

Rev. S. J. Paris, Methodist

No	778
Date of Notice	17 July 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Morris	Mary Elizabeth Dennis
	💍 1916/7371
Condition	Widower (16 December 1914)	Widow (3 October 1900)
Profession	Bricklayer
Age	42	47
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 1/2 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church Dominion Road Mt. Eden
Folio	4961
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 July 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. J. Paris, Methodist

779

17 July 1916

Ernest Eric Judge
Alice Jane Fawcett

Ernest Eric Judge
Alice Jane Fawcett
💍 1916/7372

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

23
26

Auckland
Auckland

1 1/2 years
10 years

St Thomas' Church Auckland

4962

17 July 1916

Rev. H. H. Bedford, Anglican

No	779
Date of Notice	17 July 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Eric Judge	Alice Jane Fawcett
	💍 1916/7372
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	23	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 1/2 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St Thomas' Church Auckland
Folio	4962
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 July 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. H. Bedford, Anglican

780

17 July 1916

Alfred Joseph Hooper
Mabel Annie Thompson

Alfred Joseph Noyer
Mabel Annie Thompson
💍 1916/7373

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

21
18

Auckland
Auckland

6 days
16 years

House of Mother of Bride Parkson Street Auckland

4963

Charlotte Mary Windus formally (or Thompson) Mother

17 July 1916

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	780
Date of Notice	17 July 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Joseph Hooper	Mabel Annie Thompson
BDM Match (93%)	Alfred Joseph Noyer	Mabel Annie Thompson
	💍 1916/7373
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 days	16 years
Marriage Place	House of Mother of Bride Parkson Street Auckland
Folio	4963
Consent	Charlotte Mary Windus formally (or Thompson) Mother
Date of Certificate	17 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).