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 181

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 1916 Registrar R. M. [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

766

11 July 1916

George Jennings
Caroline Emily Ogilvie

George Jennings
Caroline Emily Ogilvie
💍 1916/7311

Widower (3 April 1914)
Widow (9 September 1914)

Independent Means

70
61

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
16 years

All Saints Church, Ponsonby

4949

11 July 1916

Archdeacon Calder, Anglican

No	766
Date of Notice	11 July 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Jennings	Caroline Emily Ogilvie
	💍 1916/7311
Condition	Widower (3 April 1914)	Widow (9 September 1914)
Profession	Independent Means
Age	70	61
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	16 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Ponsonby
Folio	4949
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 July 1916
Officiating Minister	Archdeacon Calder, Anglican

767

12 July 1916

Charles Henry Holden
Alexandrina Bond

Charles Henry Holder
Alexandrina Bond
💍 1916/7312

Widower (14 March 1916)
Widow (22 June 1891)

Master Mariner

76
48

Auckland
Auckland

10 months
2 months

Registrar's Office, Auckland

4950

12 July 1916

Registrar

No	767
Date of Notice	12 July 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Henry Holden	Alexandrina Bond
BDM Match (98%)	Charles Henry Holder	Alexandrina Bond
	💍 1916/7312
Condition	Widower (14 March 1916)	Widow (22 June 1891)
Profession	Master Mariner
Age	76	48
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 months	2 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	4950
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 July 1916
Officiating Minister	Registrar

768

12 July 1916

William Howarth
Marianne Metcalfe

William Howarth
Marianne Metcalfe
💍 1916/7369

Widower (28 December 1913)
Widow (13 August 1894)

Range Fitter

50
53

Auckland
Palmerston Road, Birkenhead

6 years
6 years

Residence of Bride, Palmerston Road, Birkenhead

4951

12 July 1916

Rev. H. A. Sharp, Methodist

No	768
Date of Notice	12 July 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Howarth	Marianne Metcalfe
	💍 1916/7369
Condition	Widower (28 December 1913)	Widow (13 August 1894)
Profession	Range Fitter
Age	50	53
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Palmerston Road, Birkenhead
Length of Residence	6 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Bride, Palmerston Road, Birkenhead
Folio	4951
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 July 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. A. Sharp, Methodist

769

13 July 1916

William Munro Watt
Fannie Drummond

William Monro Watt
Jeannie Drummond
💍 1916/7380

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

53
35

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
20 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

4952

13 July 1916

Registrar

No	769
Date of Notice	13 July 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Munro Watt	Fannie Drummond
BDM Match (91%)	William Monro Watt	Jeannie Drummond
	💍 1916/7380
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	53	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	20 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	4952
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 July 1916
Officiating Minister	Registrar

770

13 July 1916

Thomas William Doolan
Jessie Taylor

Thomas William Doolan
Jessie Taylor
💍 1916/7387

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

31
26

Auckland
Auckland

7 months
40 years

St Matthews Church, Auckland

4953

13 July 1916

Rev. J. C. A. Calder, Anglican

No	770
Date of Notice	13 July 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas William Doolan	Jessie Taylor
	💍 1916/7387
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	31	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 months	40 years
Marriage Place	St Matthews Church, Auckland
Folio	4953
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 July 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. C. A. Calder, Anglican

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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).