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

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District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1916 Registrar D. Watson

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

20 January 1916

Roaf Edward Richard Reed
Gertrude Redshaw

George Edward Richard Reed
Gertrude Redshaw
💍 1916/4432

Bachelor
Spinster

Wheelwright

25
24

Auckland
Auckland

14 years
23 years

Methodist Church, Avondale

1712

20 January 1916

Rev. R. B. Tinsley, Methodist

No	96
Date of Notice	20 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Roaf Edward Richard Reed	Gertrude Redshaw
BDM Match (90%)	George Edward Richard Reed	Gertrude Redshaw
	💍 1916/4432
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Wheelwright
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	14 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Avondale
Folio	1712
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. B. Tinsley, Methodist

20 January 1916

William Daniels
Rosalie Ida Hertl

William Daniels
Rosalie Ida Herkt
💍 1916/4433

Widower
Spinster

Master Mariner

30
21

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
12 months

Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Auckland

1713

20 January 1916

Rev. A. Richards, Anglican

No	97
Date of Notice	20 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Daniels	Rosalie Ida Hertl
BDM Match (94%)	William Daniels	Rosalie Ida Herkt
	💍 1916/4433
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Master Mariner
Age	30	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	12 months
Marriage Place	Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Auckland
Folio	1713
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Richards, Anglican

21 January 1916

Edward Pager
Catherine Jane Boreham

Edward Green
Catherine Jane Boreham
💍 1916/4434

Bachelor
Spinster

Hotel Porter

27
20

Auckland
Auckland

9 months
9 years

Church of the Sacred Heart, Ponsonby

1714

Frank Boreham, Father

21 January 1916

Rev. J. B. Orman, Roman Catholic

No	98
Date of Notice	21 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Pager	Catherine Jane Boreham
BDM Match (83%)	Edward Green	Catherine Jane Boreham
	💍 1916/4434
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hotel Porter
Age	27	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 months	9 years
Marriage Place	Church of the Sacred Heart, Ponsonby
Folio	1714
Consent	Frank Boreham, Father
Date of Certificate	21 January 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Orman, Roman Catholic

21 January 1916

Kenneth Walker Aimer
Emilie Lyall Sivich

Kenneth Walter Aimer
Emilie Lyell Birch
💍 1916/4435

Bachelor
Spinster

Architect

25
27

Auckland
Auckland

13 years
life

St Mary's Cathedral, Parnell

1715

21 January 1916

Archdn. P. MacMurray, Anglican

No	99
Date of Notice	21 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Kenneth Walker Aimer	Emilie Lyall Sivich
BDM Match (87%)	Kenneth Walter Aimer	Emilie Lyell Birch
	💍 1916/4435
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Architect
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	13 years	life
Marriage Place	St Mary's Cathedral, Parnell
Folio	1715
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1916
Officiating Minister	Archdn. P. MacMurray, Anglican

100

21 January 1916

Tristram James Havelock Speed
Mary McMahon

Tristram James Havelock Speedy
May McMahon
💍 1916/10584

Bachelor
Spinster

Civil Engineer

27
28

Auckland
Auckland

life
6 years

St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

1760

21 January 1916

Rev. W. J. Murphy, Roman Catholic

No	100
Date of Notice	21 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Tristram James Havelock Speed	Mary McMahon
BDM Match (94%)	Tristram James Havelock Speedy	May McMahon
	💍 1916/10584
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Civil Engineer
Age	27	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	life	6 years
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	1760
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Murphy, 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).