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 126

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1916 Registrar D. W. Dyson

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

576

23 March 1916

David Arthur Salt
Daisy Helen Pulley

David Arthur Salt
Daisy Helen Gulley
💍 1916/11741

Bachelor
Spinster

Saddler

29
18

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
15 years

All Saint's Church, Birkenhead

3030

Hannah Pulley, mother

23 March 1916

Rev. A. J. Beck, Anglican

No	576
Date of Notice	23 March 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Arthur Salt	Daisy Helen Pulley
BDM Match (97%)	David Arthur Salt	Daisy Helen Gulley
	💍 1916/11741
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Saddler
Age	29	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	15 years
Marriage Place	All Saint's Church, Birkenhead
Folio	3030
Consent	Hannah Pulley, mother
Date of Certificate	23 March 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. J. Beck, Anglican

577

23 March 1916

John James Rodgerson
Alice Ann Barrett

John James Rodgerson
Alice Ann Barrett
💍 1916/5634

Bachelor
Spinster

Plantation Foreman

35
32

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
8 days

St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

3031

23 March 1916

Rev. J. Murphy, Roman Catholic

No	577
Date of Notice	23 March 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John James Rodgerson	Alice Ann Barrett
	💍 1916/5634
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plantation Foreman
Age	35	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	8 days
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	3031
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 March 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Murphy, Roman Catholic

578

23 March 1916

Albert Edward Stanley Suiter-Montgomery
Elsie Myra Metcalfe Prior

Albert Edward Stanley Suiter Montgomery
Elsie Myra Metcalfe Senior
💍 1916/5635

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

25
21

Auckland
Auckland

1 month
3 weeks

St Columba Church, Grey Lynn

3032

23 March 1916

Rev. P. C. Davis, Anglican

No	578
Date of Notice	23 March 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Edward Stanley Suiter-Montgomery	Elsie Myra Metcalfe Prior
BDM Match (93%)	Albert Edward Stanley Suiter Montgomery	Elsie Myra Metcalfe Senior
	💍 1916/5635
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 month	3 weeks
Marriage Place	St Columba Church, Grey Lynn
Folio	3032
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 March 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. C. Davis, Anglican

579

23 March 1916

William Kenneth Hart
Olive Palmer

William Kenneth Hart
Olive Palmer
💍 1916/5636

Bachelor
Spinster

Foreman of Blast Furnace

27
28

Auckland
Auckland

2 months
5 years

Residence of Brides Father, Kyparama Rd, Epsom

3033

23 March 1916

Rev. R. Macdonald, Presbyterian

No	579
Date of Notice	23 March 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Kenneth Hart	Olive Palmer
	💍 1916/5636
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Foreman of Blast Furnace
Age	27	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 months	5 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Brides Father, Kyparama Rd, Epsom
Folio	3033
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 March 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Macdonald, Presbyterian

580

24 March 1916

John Cooke Clough
Florence Jane Reynolds

John Cook Clough
Florence Jane Reynolds
💍 1916/5613

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocers assistant

22
18

Auckland
Auckland

4 months
10 years

Methodist Church, Richmond Avenue, Grey Lynn

3034

Charles Reynolds, Father

24 March 1916

Rev. W. A. Burley, Methodist

No	580
Date of Notice	24 March 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Cooke Clough	Florence Jane Reynolds
BDM Match (97%)	John Cook Clough	Florence Jane Reynolds
	💍 1916/5613
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocers assistant
Age	22	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 months	10 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Richmond Avenue, Grey Lynn
Folio	3034
Consent	Charles Reynolds, Father
Date of Certificate	24 March 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. A. Burley, 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).