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 226

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 December 1916 Registrar A. 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

1231

12 December 1916

Samuel Henry Green
Annie Henry Goodfellow

Samuel Henry Green
Annie Henry Goodfellow
💍 1916/1821

Bachelor
Spinster

Orchardist

43
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

St David's Church, Auckland

6841

12 December 1916

Rev. J. M. Saunders, Presbyterian

No	1231
Date of Notice	12 December 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Henry Green	Annie Henry Goodfellow
	💍 1916/1821
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Orchardist
Age	43	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St David's Church, Auckland
Folio	6841
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 December 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. M. Saunders, Presbyterian

1232

12 December 1916

Victor Clarence Ashworth
Phyllis Emily Cochrane

Victor Clarence Ashworth
Phyllis Emily Cochrane
💍 1916/1822

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinet-maker

25
19

Auckland
Auckland

2 months
2 months

Registrar's Office, Auckland

6842

Emily Cochrane, Mother

12 December 1916

Registrar

No	1232
Date of Notice	12 December 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Victor Clarence Ashworth	Phyllis Emily Cochrane
	💍 1916/1822
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinet-maker
Age	25	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 months	2 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	6842
Consent	Emily Cochrane, Mother
Date of Certificate	12 December 1916
Officiating Minister	Registrar

1233

12 December 1916

Henry Francis Rae
Mona Beames

Henry Francis Rae
Mona Beames
💍 1916/1823

Bachelor
Spinster

Hotel Steward

20
18

Auckland
Auckland

Life
4 years

Office of Rev. R. R. Jefferys, H. M. Arcade, Queen St, Auckland

6843

James Rae, Father; Marian Jane Gregory formerly Beames, Mother

12 December 1916

Rev. R. R. Jefferys, Presbyterian

No	1233
Date of Notice	12 December 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Francis Rae	Mona Beames
	💍 1916/1823
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hotel Steward
Age	20	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	4 years
Marriage Place	Office of Rev. R. R. Jefferys, H. M. Arcade, Queen St, Auckland
Folio	6843
Consent	James Rae, Father; Marian Jane Gregory formerly Beames, Mother
Date of Certificate	12 December 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. R. Jefferys, Presbyterian

1234

12 December 1916

William Henry Butler
Eliza Ann Stewart Smith

William Henry Butter
Eliza Ann Stewart Smith
💍 1916/1824

Widower (6 January 1911)
Spinster

Mechanic

57
42

Auckland
Onehunga

3 days
14 days

Home of Mr. J. Goldsboro, Symonds St

6844

12 December 1916

Rev. W. McDonald, Presbyterian

No	1234
Date of Notice	12 December 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Butler	Eliza Ann Stewart Smith
BDM Match (98%)	William Henry Butter	Eliza Ann Stewart Smith
	💍 1916/1824
Condition	Widower (6 January 1911)	Spinster
Profession	Mechanic
Age	57	42
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Onehunga
Length of Residence	3 days	14 days
Marriage Place	Home of Mr. J. Goldsboro, Symonds St
Folio	6844
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 December 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. McDonald, Presbyterian

1235

12 December 1916

John Clarence Fannin
Mary Searle
formerly known as Mary Malpoy

John Clarence Fannin
Mary Searle
💍 1916/1825

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk N.Z. Defence Department

43
26

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
3 weeks

St Matthew's Church, Auckland

6845

12 December 1916

Rev. C. A. Tisdall, Anglican

No	1235
Date of Notice	12 December 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Clarence Fannin	Mary Searle formerly known as Mary Malpoy
	💍 1916/1825
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk N.Z. Defence Department
Age	43	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	3 weeks
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	6845
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 December 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. A. Tisdall, 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).