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 329

District of Dargaville Quarter ending 31 March 1916 Registrar S. Ure Macaulay

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

13 January 1916

Charles Oscar Hellstrom
Amalia Brown

Charles Oscar Hellstrom
Amelia Brown
💍 1916/313

Bachelor
Widow

Gumdigger
Household duties

39
39

Kohuroa, Dargaville
Hoanga

1 1/2 years

Registrars Office Dargaville

13 January 1916

Registrar (S. U. Macaulay)

No	1
Date of Notice	13 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Oscar Hellstrom	Amalia Brown
BDM Match (96%)	Charles Oscar Hellstrom	Amelia Brown
	💍 1916/313
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Gumdigger	Household duties
Age	39	39
Dwelling Place	Kohuroa, Dargaville	Hoanga
Length of Residence	1 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office Dargaville
Folio	28
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 January 1916
Officiating Minister	Registrar (S. U. Macaulay)

25 January 1916

John Kay
Alice Woods

John Kay
Alice Woods
💍 1916/3244

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
School Teacher

42
28

Ngaruawahia
Aoroa

3 days
7 weeks

In house of Mrs C. R. S. Woods Aoroa

25 January 1916

Rev. W. H. Yarnall

No	2
Date of Notice	25 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Kay	Alice Woods
	💍 1916/3244
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	School Teacher
Age	42	28
Dwelling Place	Ngaruawahia	Aoroa
Length of Residence	3 days	7 weeks
Marriage Place	In house of Mrs C. R. S. Woods Aoroa
Folio	25
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 January 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. Yarnall

25 January 1916

George Edwin Gelsthorpe Morley
Annie Elizabeth Anson

George Edwin Gelsthorpe Morley
Annie Elizabeth Anson
💍 1916/306

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

39
20

Ruawai
Mapau

3 years
9 years

Wesleyan Church Dargaville

C. E. Anson (Father)

25 January 1916

Rev. W. H. Speer

No	3
Date of Notice	25 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Edwin Gelsthorpe Morley	Annie Elizabeth Anson
	💍 1916/306
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	39	20
Dwelling Place	Ruawai	Mapau
Length of Residence	3 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church Dargaville
Folio	27
Consent	C. E. Anson (Father)
Date of Certificate	25 January 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. Speer

11 February 1916

Edgar Costello Wilkinson
Ann Brown

Edgar Costello Wilkinson
Ann Brown
💍 1916/295

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic duties

22
24

Mangawhare
Mangawhare

9 months
6 months

In house of Mrs E. C. Wilkinson Mangawhare

11 February 1916

Rev. W. H. Speer

No	4
Date of Notice	11 February 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edgar Costello Wilkinson	Ann Brown
	💍 1916/295
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic duties
Age	22	24
Dwelling Place	Mangawhare	Mangawhare
Length of Residence	9 months	6 months
Marriage Place	In house of Mrs E. C. Wilkinson Mangawhare
Folio	26
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. Speer

15 February 1916

Pare Rahui
Terina Netana

Pare Rahui
Tereina Netana
💍 1916/146

Pare Rahui
Tereina Netana
💍 1916/1410

Hare Mackie
Ataria Netana
💍 1916/226

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Household

21
18

Ahikiwi
Maropiu

21 years

Ahikiwi Hall Ahikiwi

6351

Tema Netana (Father)

15 February 1916

Rev. J. J. Poihipi

No	5
Date of Notice	15 February 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Pare Rahui	Terina Netana
BDM Match (96%)	Pare Rahui	Tereina Netana
	💍 1916/146
BDM Match (96%)	Pare Rahui	Tereina Netana
	💍 1916/1410
BDM Match (62%)	Hare Mackie	Ataria Netana
	💍 1916/226
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Household
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Ahikiwi	Maropiu
Length of Residence	21 years
Marriage Place	Ahikiwi Hall Ahikiwi
Folio	6351
Consent	Tema Netana (Father)
Date of Certificate	15 February 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Poihipi

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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).