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 243

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 December 1916 Registrar J. W. Park

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

1146

15 November 1916

Ernest Walter Baker
Mary Bridget Keep

Ernest Walter Baker
Mary Bridget Keep
💍 1916/822

Bachelor
Widow 19 April 1911

Steward

37
40

Auckland
Auckland

12 months
12 months

Registrar's Office Auckland

6764

15 November 1916

Registrar

No	1146
Date of Notice	15 November 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Walter Baker	Mary Bridget Keep
	💍 1916/822
Condition	Bachelor	Widow 19 April 1911
Profession	Steward
Age	37	40
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 months	12 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	6764
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 November 1916
Officiating Minister	Registrar

1147

15 November 1916

James Michael Letters
Kathleen Mary Winifred Jacobsen

James Michael Letters
Kathleen Mary Winifred Jacobsen
💍 1916/8548

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

38
20

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
10 days

St Benedict's Church Auckland

6765

Catherine Elizabeth Jacobsen, mother

15 November 1916

Rev O'Malley, Roman Catholic

No	1147
Date of Notice	15 November 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Michael Letters	Kathleen Mary Winifred Jacobsen
	💍 1916/8548
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	38	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	10 days
Marriage Place	St Benedict's Church Auckland
Folio	6765
Consent	Catherine Elizabeth Jacobsen, mother
Date of Certificate	15 November 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev O'Malley, Roman Catholic

1148

15 November 1916

John Leonard Johansson
Rita Phyllis Stewart

John Leonard Johanson
Rita Phyllis Stewart
💍 1916/823

Bachelor
Spinster

Bar Griller

30
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
7 days

St Matthews Church Auckland

6766

15 November 1916

Rev J A Calder, Anglican

No	1148
Date of Notice	15 November 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Leonard Johansson	Rita Phyllis Stewart
BDM Match (98%)	John Leonard Johanson	Rita Phyllis Stewart
	💍 1916/823
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bar Griller
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	7 days
Marriage Place	St Matthews Church Auckland
Folio	6766
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 November 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev J A Calder, Anglican

1149

16 November 1916

Arthur George Jackson
Ethel Mary Maill

Arthur George Jackson
Ethel Mary Traill
💍 1916/824

Bachelor
Divorced 18 May 1916

Lieutenant R.N.V.R

36
38

Auckland
Auckland

2 days
3 days

St James Church Auckland

6767

16 November 1916

Rev R L Walker, Presbyterian

No	1149
Date of Notice	16 November 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur George Jackson	Ethel Mary Maill
BDM Match (94%)	Arthur George Jackson	Ethel Mary Traill
	💍 1916/824
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced 18 May 1916
Profession	Lieutenant R.N.V.R
Age	36	38
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St James Church Auckland
Folio	6767
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 November 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev R L Walker, Presbyterian

1150

16 November 1916

Algernon Bernard Bearsley
Bertha Mary Bartley

Algernon Bernard Bearsley
Bertha Mary Bartley
💍 1916/825

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Mechanic

28
24

Auckland
Auckland

2 days
8 days

Holy Trinity Church Devonport

6768

16 November 1916

Rev F W Young, Anglican

No	1150
Date of Notice	16 November 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Algernon Bernard Bearsley	Bertha Mary Bartley
	💍 1916/825
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Mechanic
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 days	8 days
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church Devonport
Folio	6768
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 November 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev F W Young, 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).