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 170

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 1916 Registrar L. W. Pascoe

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

821

28 July 1916

William Ernest Lloyd
Dorothy Belle Banjo

William Ernest Lloyd
Dorothy Belle Cargo
💍 1916/7419

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

31
20

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
7 years

St Matthews Church Auckland

5002

Belle Banjo mother

28 July 1916

Rev J B A Calder Anglican

No	821
Date of Notice	28 July 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Ernest Lloyd	Dorothy Belle Banjo
BDM Match (92%)	William Ernest Lloyd	Dorothy Belle Cargo
	💍 1916/7419
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	31	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	7 years
Marriage Place	St Matthews Church Auckland
Folio	5002
Consent	Belle Banjo mother
Date of Certificate	28 July 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev J B A Calder Anglican

822

28 July 1916

John Thomas McLeay
Gladys Irene Fletcher

John Thomas McGrane
Gladys Irene Fletcher
💍 1916/34

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

31
21

Auckland
Auckland

21 years
21 years

House of Bride's Mother Seafield View Rd Auckland

5003

28 July 1916

Rev H Young Congregational

No	822
Date of Notice	28 July 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Thomas McLeay	Gladys Irene Fletcher
BDM Match (89%)	John Thomas McGrane	Gladys Irene Fletcher
	💍 1916/34
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	31	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	21 years	21 years
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Mother Seafield View Rd Auckland
Folio	5003
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 July 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev H Young Congregational

823

28 July 1916

Reginald Victor Deacon Hull
Catherine Mary Ferrat

Reginald Victor Deacon Hull
Catherine May Jerrat
💍 1916/7430

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

22
22

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
Life

Baptist Tabernacle Auckland

5004

28 July 1916

Rev H K Kempton Baptist

No	823
Date of Notice	28 July 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reginald Victor Deacon Hull	Catherine Mary Ferrat
BDM Match (95%)	Reginald Victor Deacon Hull	Catherine May Jerrat
	💍 1916/7430
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	Life
Marriage Place	Baptist Tabernacle Auckland
Folio	5004
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 July 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev H K Kempton Baptist

824

31 July 1916

Adam Leggatt Meek
Isabella Forsythe

Adam Leggatt Meek
Isabella Forsythe
💍 1916/13776

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

31
27

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
2 years

St Matthews Church Auckland

5005

31 July 1916

Rev W G Gillam Anglican

No	824
Date of Notice	31 July 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Adam Leggatt Meek	Isabella Forsythe
	💍 1916/13776
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	31	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	2 years
Marriage Place	St Matthews Church Auckland
Folio	5005
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 July 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev W G Gillam Anglican

825

31 July 1916

Leslie Oliver Blair Partridge
Ellen Elizabeth Pearn

Leslie Oliver Blair Partridge
Ellen Elizabeth Gray
💍 1916/7438

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

20
19

Auckland
Auckland

12 years
5 years

House of Mrs Wilson 110 Grey St Auckland

5006

Joseph Ratcliffe Partridge father; Henry J Pearn father

31 July 1916

Rev E D Cox Methodist

No	825
Date of Notice	31 July 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie Oliver Blair Partridge	Ellen Elizabeth Pearn
BDM Match (91%)	Leslie Oliver Blair Partridge	Ellen Elizabeth Gray
	💍 1916/7438
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	20	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 years	5 years
Marriage Place	House of Mrs Wilson 110 Grey St Auckland
Folio	5006
Consent	Joseph Ratcliffe Partridge father; Henry J Pearn father
Date of Certificate	31 July 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev E D Cox Methodist

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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).