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 366

District of Gisborne Quarter ending 30 June 1916 Registrar J. S. Hille

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

3 June 1916

George Edward Weaver
Emily Margaret Roberts

George Edward Weaver
Emily Margret Roberts
💍 1916/6826

Bachelor
Widow

Motor Mechanic
Dressmaker

26
32

Gisborne
Gisborne

5 months
5 months

Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne

3419

3 June 1916

Rev. H. Packe, Church of England

No	94
Date of Notice	3 June 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Edward Weaver	Emily Margaret Roberts
BDM Match (98%)	George Edward Weaver	Emily Margret Roberts
	💍 1916/6826
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Motor Mechanic	Dressmaker
Age	26	32
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	5 months	5 months
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne
Folio	3419
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 June 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Packe, Church of England

6 June 1916

Raymond McCarty
Elizabeth Skilton

Raymond McCarthy
Elizabeth Skilton
💍 1916/6828

Bachelor
Spinster

Boilermaker
Cook

34
28

Gisborne
Gisborne

5 months
About 2 years

Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne

3420

6 June 1916

Rev. H. Packe, Church of England

No	95
Date of Notice	6 June 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Raymond McCarty	Elizabeth Skilton
BDM Match (97%)	Raymond McCarthy	Elizabeth Skilton
	💍 1916/6828
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Boilermaker	Cook
Age	34	28
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	5 months	About 2 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne
Folio	3420
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 June 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Packe, Church of England

7 June 1916

Frederick William Hardyman
Rangi Maitu Te Aturangi

Frederick William Hardyman
Rangi Maitu Te Aturangi
💍 1916/7751

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Home Duties Aboriginal Native of New Zealand

29
22

Manutuke, Gisborne
Manutuke, Gisborne

2 years
22 years

The Office of The Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

5399

7 June 1916

The Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

No	96
Date of Notice	7 June 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick William Hardyman	Rangi Maitu Te Aturangi
	💍 1916/7751
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Home Duties Aboriginal Native of New Zealand
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Manutuke, Gisborne	Manutuke, Gisborne
Length of Residence	2 years	22 years
Marriage Place	The Office of The Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne
Folio	5399
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 June 1916
Officiating Minister	The Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

12 June 1916

David O'Leary
Mary Irene Martin

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

35
18

Gisborne
Gisborne

About 4 months
About 4 months

St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Gisborne

No-one in colony authorized to consent. See attached

27 June 1916

Rev. Thomas Lane, Roman Catholic

No	97
Date of Notice	12 June 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David O'Leary	Mary Irene Martin
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	35	18
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	About 4 months	About 4 months
Marriage Place	St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Gisborne
Folio
Consent	No-one in colony authorized to consent. See attached
Date of Certificate	27 June 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas Lane, Roman Catholic

13 June 1916

John Heitsh
Sarah McGratte

John Leitch
Sarah McGrath
💍 1916/6819

Bachelor
Spinster

Bricklayer
Domestic Servant

27
28

Gisborne
Gisborne

6 years
4 years

St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Gisborne

3412

13 June 1916

Rev. Thomas Lane, Roman Catholic

No	98
Date of Notice	13 June 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Heitsh	Sarah McGratte
BDM Match (84%)	John Leitch	Sarah McGrath
	💍 1916/6819
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bricklayer	Domestic Servant
Age	27	28
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	6 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Gisborne
Folio	3412
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 June 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas Lane, Roman Catholic

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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).