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 026

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1916 Registrar T. W. Dueson

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

19 January 1916

James Arthur Wellesley Hamlin
Edith Evening Jones

James Arthur Wellesley Hamlin
Edith Evening Jones
💍 1916/4447

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank official

35
37

Tauranga
Auckland

6 months
33 years

St Albans Church, Dominion Road, Mt Eden

1703

19 January 1916

Rev. H. B. Wingfield, Anglican

No	86
Date of Notice	19 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Arthur Wellesley Hamlin	Edith Evening Jones
	💍 1916/4447
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank official
Age	35	37
Dwelling Place	Tauranga	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	33 years
Marriage Place	St Albans Church, Dominion Road, Mt Eden
Folio	1703
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. B. Wingfield, Anglican

19 January 1916

George Levett Thorburn
Jessie Adelaide Webster

George Levett Thorburn
Jessie Adelaide Webster
💍 1916/4448

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrician

28
27

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
20 years

House of Bride's Parents, Shelly Beach Rd, Ponsonby

1704

19 January 1916

Rev. I. Jolly, Presbyterian

No	87
Date of Notice	19 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Levett Thorburn	Jessie Adelaide Webster
	💍 1916/4448
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrician
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	20 years
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Parents, Shelly Beach Rd, Ponsonby
Folio	1704
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. I. Jolly, Presbyterian

19 January 1916

Christopher Gerald Jordan
Elizabeth Ann Alma Moore

Christopher Gerald Jordan
Elizabeth Ann Alma Moore
💍 1916/12039

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman

24
27

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
20 years

Epiphany Church, Newton

1705

19 January 1916

Rev. W. P. Monckton, Anglican

No	88
Date of Notice	19 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Christopher Gerald Jordan	Elizabeth Ann Alma Moore
	💍 1916/12039
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman
Age	24	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	20 years
Marriage Place	Epiphany Church, Newton
Folio	1705
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. P. Monckton, Anglican

19 January 1916

James Hendry Elliott Dyson
Margaret Allison

James Hendry Elliott Tyson
Margaret Allison
💍 1916/8868

Widower
Spinster

Butcher

42
43

Auckland
Auckland

7 days
9 days

Registrar's office, Auckland

897

19 January 1916

Registrar

No	89
Date of Notice	19 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Hendry Elliott Dyson	Margaret Allison
BDM Match (98%)	James Hendry Elliott Tyson	Margaret Allison
	💍 1916/8868
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	42	43
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 days	9 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's office, Auckland
Folio	897
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1916
Officiating Minister	Registrar

19 January 1916

George White
Hilda Blackie

George White
Hilda Blackie
💍 1916/4450

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman

37
28

Auckland
Auckland

2 days
2 days

St Paul's Church, Auckland

1706

19 January 1916

Rev. C. A. B. Watson, Anglican

No	90
Date of Notice	19 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George White	Hilda Blackie
	💍 1916/4450
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman
Age	37	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 days	2 days
Marriage Place	St Paul's Church, Auckland
Folio	1706
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. A. B. Watson, 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).