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 391

District of Hamilton Quarter ending 31 March 1916 Registrar T. G. Seater

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

5 January 1916

Ernest George Burt
Annie Rebecca Rea

Ernest George Burt
Annie Rebecca Rea
💍 1916/3198

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer
Home Duties

27
26

Hamilton
Hamilton

3 days
2 years

St. Peters Church of England, Hamilton.

118

5 January 1916

E.E. Bamford, Church of England

No	1
Date of Notice	5 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest George Burt	Annie Rebecca Rea
	💍 1916/3198
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer	Home Duties
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	3 days	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Peters Church of England, Hamilton.
Folio	118
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 January 1916
Officiating Minister	E.E. Bamford, Church of England

7 January 1916

Archibald Nield Scott
Teresa McCarthy

Archibald Neil Scott
Teresa McCarthy
💍 1916/5339

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Employee
Waitress

23
26

Frankton Junction
Hamilton East

3 years
26 years

Roman Catholic Church, Hamilton East

2658

7 January 1916

Dean Darby, Roman Catholic

No	2
Date of Notice	7 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archibald Nield Scott	Teresa McCarthy
BDM Match (93%)	Archibald Neil Scott	Teresa McCarthy
	💍 1916/5339
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employee	Waitress
Age	23	26
Dwelling Place	Frankton Junction	Hamilton East
Length of Residence	3 years	26 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Hamilton East
Folio	2658
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 January 1916
Officiating Minister	Dean Darby, Roman Catholic

10 January 1916

Stanley Campbell Sycamore
Ethel Annie Scrivener

Stanley Campbell Sycamore
Ethel Annie Scrivener
💍 1916/3179

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher and Bacon Curer
Domestic

25
21

Newstead
Hamilton East.

9 years
4 years

Methodist Church Hamilton East.

122

10 January 1916

C. Roberts, Methodist

No	3
Date of Notice	10 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stanley Campbell Sycamore	Ethel Annie Scrivener
	💍 1916/3179
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher and Bacon Curer	Domestic
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Newstead	Hamilton East.
Length of Residence	9 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church Hamilton East.
Folio	122
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1916
Officiating Minister	C. Roberts, Methodist

11 January 1916

Joseph Septimus Taylor
Alice Emily Johnson

Joseph Septimus Taylor
Alice Emily Johnson
💍 1916/3180

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor
Tailoress

30
28

Hamilton
Hamilton East.

3 days
28 years

Presbyterian Church, Hamilton East.

123

11 January 1916

A. Gow, Presbyterian

No	4
Date of Notice	11 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Septimus Taylor	Alice Emily Johnson
	💍 1916/3180
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor	Tailoress
Age	30	28
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton East.
Length of Residence	3 days	28 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Hamilton East.
Folio	123
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1916
Officiating Minister	A. Gow, Presbyterian

24 January 1916

Harry George Hoye
Elsie Margaret Oldham

Harry George Hoye
Elsie Margaret Oldham
💍 1916/43

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber
Household Duties

23
18

Hamilton.
Hamilton

3 days
4 months

Dwelling-house of Albert Clement, Cambridge Rd., Hamilton East

124

Lillias Ellen Oldham, Mother

24 January 1916

H.W. Milner, Church of Christ.

No	5
Date of Notice	24 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry George Hoye	Elsie Margaret Oldham
	💍 1916/43
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber	Household Duties
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Hamilton.	Hamilton
Length of Residence	3 days	4 months
Marriage Place	Dwelling-house of Albert Clement, Cambridge Rd., Hamilton East
Folio	124
Consent	Lillias Ellen Oldham, Mother
Date of Certificate	24 January 1916
Officiating Minister	H.W. Milner, Church of Christ.

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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).