Intentions to Marry, 1916 Helensville to Whangaroa

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840464, 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.

1916b contains pages 419-930, covering districts from Helensville to Whangaroa

Page 886

District of Waihi Quarter ending 31 December 1916 Registrar W. G. Kenrick

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

31 October 1916

Charles John Stanley
Agnes Calderwood

Charles John Stanley
Agnes Calderwood
💍 1916/1034

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer
Domestic duties

30
21

Waihi
Waihi

4 years
19 years

Residence of Mr James Calderwood Waihi

7444

31 October 1916

Geo. W. Lochore, Presbyterian

No	36
Date of Notice	31 October 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles John Stanley	Agnes Calderwood
	💍 1916/1034
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer	Domestic duties
Age	30	21
Dwelling Place	Waihi	Waihi
Length of Residence	4 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr James Calderwood Waihi
Folio	7444
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 October 1916
Officiating Minister	Geo. W. Lochore, Presbyterian

5 December 1916

Ludwig Gustav Leopold
Mary Ann Wheatley

Ludwig Gustav Leopold
Mary Ann Wheatley
💍 1916/1036

Widower
Widow

Farmer
Domestic duties

35
31

Waihi
Waihi

2 years
3 months

L G Leopold's Residence Gladstone Road Waihi

7446

5 December 1916

Geo. W. Lochore, Presbyterian

No	37
Date of Notice	5 December 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ludwig Gustav Leopold	Mary Ann Wheatley
	💍 1916/1036
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	35	31
Dwelling Place	Waihi	Waihi
Length of Residence	2 years	3 months
Marriage Place	L G Leopold's Residence Gladstone Road Waihi
Folio	7446
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 December 1916
Officiating Minister	Geo. W. Lochore, Presbyterian

13 December 1916

James Douglas Pye
Fanny Gwendoline Dickey

James Douglas Pye
Fanny Gwendoline Dickey
💍 1916/1037

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Domestic duties

24
22

Waihi
Waihi

12 years
2 years

Residence of Mrs N Capps Kenny Street Waihi

7447

13 December 1916

Geo. W. Lochore, Presbyterian

No	38
Date of Notice	13 December 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Douglas Pye	Fanny Gwendoline Dickey
	💍 1916/1037
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Domestic duties
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Waihi	Waihi
Length of Residence	12 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs N Capps Kenny Street Waihi
Folio	7447
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 December 1916
Officiating Minister	Geo. W. Lochore, Presbyterian

15 December 1916

Edward Arthur Wilson
Olive Mary McCombie

Edward Arthur Wilson
Olive Mary McCombie
💍 1916/2319

Bachelor
Spinster

Dentist
Domestic duties

31
27

Waihi
Auckland

8 years
3 years

St Lukes Church of England Mount Albert Auckland

7261

15 December 1916

Ernest Fletcher, Church of England

No	39
Date of Notice	15 December 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Arthur Wilson	Olive Mary McCombie
	💍 1916/2319
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dentist	Domestic duties
Age	31	27
Dwelling Place	Waihi	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St Lukes Church of England Mount Albert Auckland
Folio	7261
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 December 1916
Officiating Minister	Ernest Fletcher, Church of England

15 December 1916

James Mathew Kinsella
Helen Currie

James Mathew Kinsella
Helen Currie
💍 1916/1038

Bachelor
Spinster

Motorman
Domestic duties

29
23

Waikino
Waikino

29 years
5 years

St John's Church of England Waihi

7448

15 December 1916

Richard Law des Connolly, Church of England

No	40
Date of Notice	15 December 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Mathew Kinsella	Helen Currie
	💍 1916/1038
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motorman	Domestic duties
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Waikino	Waikino
Length of Residence	29 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St John's Church of England Waihi
Folio	7448
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 December 1916
Officiating Minister	Richard Law des Connolly, Church of England

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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).