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 921

District of Whangarei Quarter ending 31 December 1916 Registrar P. Morwood

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

25 October 1916

Stanley Duncan Alcock
Gertrude Hermine Friedericke Maurer

Stanley Duncan Alcock
Gertrude Hermine Friedericke Maurer
💍 1916/2444

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper
Domestic Duties

26
22

Whangarei
Whangarei

5 days
10 years

Church of England Whangarei

7462

25 October 1916

Rev. W. Lush, Church of England

No	35
Date of Notice	25 October 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stanley Duncan Alcock	Gertrude Hermine Friedericke Maurer
	💍 1916/2444
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper	Domestic Duties
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	5 days	10 years
Marriage Place	Church of England Whangarei
Folio	7462
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 October 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Lush, Church of England

27 October 1916

Daniel Hugh Lewis
Harriett Wood

Daniel Hugh Lewis
Harriet Wood
💍 1916/2434

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Nurse

49
27

Whangarei
Whangarei

4 years
3 days

Church of England Whangarei

7458

30 October 1916

Rev. W. Lush, Church of England

No	36
Date of Notice	27 October 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel Hugh Lewis	Harriett Wood
BDM Match (96%)	Daniel Hugh Lewis	Harriet Wood
	💍 1916/2434
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Nurse
Age	49	27
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	4 years	3 days
Marriage Place	Church of England Whangarei
Folio	7458
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 October 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Lush, Church of England

11 November 1916

Hone Peepe
Hipu Pehopa

Hone Peepe
Hipu Pehopa
💍 1916/1044

Widower
Widow

Farmer
Domestic

32
28

Kaikou
Kaikou

32 years
28 years

Registrar's Office, Whangarei

16/7453

13 November 1916

F. Bird, Registrar

No	37
Date of Notice	11 November 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hone Peepe	Hipu Pehopa
	💍 1916/1044
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	32	28
Dwelling Place	Kaikou	Kaikou
Length of Residence	32 years	28 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Whangarei
Folio	16/7453
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 November 1916
Officiating Minister	F. Bird, Registrar

27 November 1916

Charles Victor Henry Bishell
Daisy Lillian Alderton

Charles Victor Henry Bishell
Daisy Lilian Alderton
💍 1916/2423

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic

27
24

Whangarei
Whangarei

3 1/2 years
24 years

Residence of Mrs Alderton Cook Street Whangarei

7457

27 November 1916

Rev. H. Daniel, Methodist

No	38
Date of Notice	27 November 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Victor Henry Bishell	Daisy Lillian Alderton
BDM Match (98%)	Charles Victor Henry Bishell	Daisy Lilian Alderton
	💍 1916/2423
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	3 1/2 years	24 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs Alderton Cook Street Whangarei
Folio	7457
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 November 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Daniel, Methodist

29 November 1916

Mutu Wiki
Kiri Pere

Mutu Wiki
Kiri Pere
💍 1916/1045

Widower
Widow

Farmer
Domestic

24
25

Te Horo
Te Horo

24 years
25 years

Mormon Church Te Horo

7454

29 November 1916

Rev. Ira R. Morrison, Mormon Elder

No	39
Date of Notice	29 November 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Mutu Wiki	Kiri Pere
	💍 1916/1045
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Te Horo	Te Horo
Length of Residence	24 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Mormon Church Te Horo
Folio	7454
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 November 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. Ira R. Morrison, Mormon Elder

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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).