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 281

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 1916 Registrar E. Culpan

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

966

13 September 1916

Hubert Lindsay Slyper
Christina Jean Torrens

Hubert Lindsay Flyger
Christina Jean Torrens
💍 1916/7499

Bachelor
Spinster

Butter Factory Manager

27
24

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
15 years

House of Mr. T. Southworth, 5 Bellwood Avenue off Dominion Rd, Mt. Eden

5143

13 September 1916

Mr. T. Southworth, Church of Christ

No	966
Date of Notice	13 September 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hubert Lindsay Slyper	Christina Jean Torrens
BDM Match (95%)	Hubert Lindsay Flyger	Christina Jean Torrens
	💍 1916/7499
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butter Factory Manager
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	15 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. T. Southworth, 5 Bellwood Avenue off Dominion Rd, Mt. Eden
Folio	5143
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 September 1916
Officiating Minister	Mr. T. Southworth, Church of Christ

967

14 September 1916

Charles James Metcalfe
Ellen Rosa Good

Charles James Metcalfe
Ellen Rosa Good
💍 1916/7500

Bachelor
Widow (6 Jan 1914)

Farmer

40
45

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
3 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

5144

14 September 1916

Registrar

No	967
Date of Notice	14 September 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles James Metcalfe	Ellen Rosa Good
	💍 1916/7500
Condition	Bachelor	Widow (6 Jan 1914)
Profession	Farmer
Age	40	45
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	5144
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 September 1916
Officiating Minister	Registrar

968

14 September 1916

Arthur John Kingsford
Fanny Louisa Vinson

Arthur John Kingsford
Fanny Louisa Vinson
💍 1916/7502

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinet-maker

26
26

Auckland
Auckland

26 years
14 years

Congregational Church, Newton

5145

14 September 1916

Rev. G. L. Carr, Congregational

No	968
Date of Notice	14 September 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur John Kingsford	Fanny Louisa Vinson
	💍 1916/7502
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinet-maker
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	26 years	14 years
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Newton
Folio	5145
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 September 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. L. Carr, Congregational

969

15 September 1916

William Hopkins Francis
Alice Mary Green

William Hopkins Francis
Alice May Green
💍 1916/7503

Widower (1 Oct 1915)
Spinster

Clicker

41
20

Auckland
Auckland

life
15 months

Residence of Rev. H. Elliott, Wynyard Rd, Mt. Eden

5146

Sarah Ann Green, Widow

15 September 1916

Rev. H. Elliott, Congregational

No	969
Date of Notice	15 September 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Hopkins Francis	Alice Mary Green
BDM Match (97%)	William Hopkins Francis	Alice May Green
	💍 1916/7503
Condition	Widower (1 Oct 1915)	Spinster
Profession	Clicker
Age	41	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	life	15 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. H. Elliott, Wynyard Rd, Mt. Eden
Folio	5146
Consent	Sarah Ann Green, Widow
Date of Certificate	15 September 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Elliott, Congregational

970

15 September 1916

Noble Webster
Margaret Hinchliffe

Noble Webster
Margaret Hinchliffe
💍 1916/7427

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

31
27

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
5 days

House of Mr. Carder, Point Rd, Mangere Bridge

5019

15 September 1916

Rev. W. T. Currie, Presbyterian

No	970
Date of Notice	15 September 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Noble Webster	Margaret Hinchliffe
	💍 1916/7427
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	31	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	5 days
Marriage Place	House of Mr. Carder, Point Rd, Mangere Bridge
Folio	5019
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 September 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. T. Currie, 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).