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 185

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 1916 Registrar J. W. Payne

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

746

5 July 1916

James McIntyre
Nellie Worth

James McIntyre
Nellie Worth
💍 1916/7314

Bachelor
Spinster

Police Constable

27
23

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
1 year

St David's Church, Auckland

4929

5 July 1916

Rev Jon Saunders, Presbyterian

No	746
Date of Notice	5 July 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James McIntyre	Nellie Worth
	💍 1916/7314
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Police Constable
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	1 year
Marriage Place	St David's Church, Auckland
Folio	4929
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 July 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev Jon Saunders, Presbyterian

747

5 July 1916

Claude Andrew Wells
Emily Christina Patterson

Claude Andrew Wells
Emily Christina Petterson
💍 1916/7315

Bachelor
Spinster

Postal Clerk

30
32

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
life

St Matthew's Church, Auckland

4930

5 July 1916

Rev W. E. Gillam, Anglican

No	747
Date of Notice	5 July 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Claude Andrew Wells	Emily Christina Patterson
BDM Match (98%)	Claude Andrew Wells	Emily Christina Petterson
	💍 1916/7315
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Postal Clerk
Age	30	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	life
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	4930
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 July 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev W. E. Gillam, Anglican

748

5 July 1916

Thomas Martin Lindsay
Nellie Hope Rice

Thomas Martin Lindsay
Nellie Hope Rice
💍 1916/7316

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener

30
30

Auckland
One Tree Hill

9 years
4 years

Congregational Church, Beresford St, Auckland

4931

5 July 1916

Rev E. A. Bridger, Congregational

No	748
Date of Notice	5 July 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Martin Lindsay	Nellie Hope Rice
	💍 1916/7316
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener
Age	30	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	One Tree Hill
Length of Residence	9 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Beresford St, Auckland
Folio	4931
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 July 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev E. A. Bridger, Congregational

749

5 July 1916

Samuel Henderson
Grace Agnes Palmer

Samuel Henderson
Grace Agnes Palmer
💍 1916/7317

Bachelor
Spinster

Jockey

23
21

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
2 years

Residence of Mrs R. Barker, Russell St, Arch Hill

4932

5 July 1916

Rev J. G. Calder, Anglican

No	749
Date of Notice	5 July 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Henderson	Grace Agnes Palmer
	💍 1916/7317
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Jockey
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs R. Barker, Russell St, Arch Hill
Folio	4932
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 July 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev J. G. Calder, Anglican

750

6 July 1916

Neil Mackay
Lilian Maud Winifred Sumner

Neil Mackay
Lilian Maud Winifred Gumm
💍 1916/7318

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

24
20

Auckland
Auckland

life
3 months

St James Manse, Auckland

4933

14 days Notice [illegible] 27

20 July 1916

Rev R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	750
Date of Notice	6 July 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Neil Mackay	Lilian Maud Winifred Sumner
BDM Match (93%)	Neil Mackay	Lilian Maud Winifred Gumm
	💍 1916/7318
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	life	3 months
Marriage Place	St James Manse, Auckland
Folio	4933
Consent	14 days Notice [illegible] 27
Date of Certificate	20 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).