Intentions to Marry, 1917 Albertland to Hamilton

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840469, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1917 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.

1917a contains pages 1-356, covering districts from Albertland to Hamilton

Page 057

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1917 Registrar A. G. Pratt

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

241

20 March 1917

Hartley Stratton
Elsie Eveline Brunton

Hartley Stretton
Elsie Eveline Brunton
💍 1917/2261

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser

34
27

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
5 years

Presbyterian Church, Northcote

1447

20 March 1917

Rev. J. J. Roby, Presbyterian

No	241
Date of Notice	20 March 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hartley Stratton	Elsie Eveline Brunton
BDM Match (97%)	Hartley Stretton	Elsie Eveline Brunton
	💍 1917/2261
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser
Age	34	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Northcote
Folio	1447
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 March 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Roby, Presbyterian

242

20 March 1917

Alexander Brown Wilson
Edith Ayden

Alexander Brown Wilson
Edith Ryden
💍 1917/1191

Bachelor
Spinster

Departmental Manager

45
31

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
9 months

St. Andrews Manse, Auckland

319

20 March 1917

Rev. R. E. Evans, Presbyterian

No	242
Date of Notice	20 March 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Brown Wilson	Edith Ayden
BDM Match (95%)	Alexander Brown Wilson	Edith Ryden
	💍 1917/1191
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Departmental Manager
Age	45	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	9 months
Marriage Place	St. Andrews Manse, Auckland
Folio	319
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 March 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. E. Evans, Presbyterian

243

21 March 1917

Joseph Brinks
Isabella Francis Housham

Joseph Mirko
Isabella Francie Housham
💍 1917/1192

Bachelor
Spinster

Gum Digger

26
22

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
5 years

St. Patricks Cathedral, Auckland

320

21 March 1917

Rev. Dr. J. Murphy, Roman Catholic

No	243
Date of Notice	21 March 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Brinks	Isabella Francis Housham
BDM Match (83%)	Joseph Mirko	Isabella Francie Housham
	💍 1917/1192
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gum Digger
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Patricks Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	320
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 March 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. Dr. J. Murphy, Roman Catholic

244

21 March 1917

Joseph Belcher Allbanks
Helma Mavis Harris

Joseph Belcher Gillbanks
Thelma Mavis Harris
💍 1917/1194

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

19
18

Auckland
Auckland

8 years
5 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

321

John Henry Allbanks, Father; Frederick Harris, Father

21 March 1917

Registrar

No	244
Date of Notice	21 March 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Belcher Allbanks	Helma Mavis Harris
BDM Match (91%)	Joseph Belcher Gillbanks	Thelma Mavis Harris
	💍 1917/1194
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	19	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	321
Consent	John Henry Allbanks, Father; Frederick Harris, Father
Date of Certificate	21 March 1917
Officiating Minister	Registrar

245

21 March 1917

Austin Perry
Adelaide Rose Daugy

Austin Perry
Adelaide Rose Tangye
💍 1917/1195

Bachelor
Spinster

Tram Conductor

28
20

Auckland
Auckland

8 years
4 years

Home of Mother of Bride, Laurel Street, Ponsonby

322

Jane Daugy, Mother

21 March 1917

Rev. W. E. Williams, Unitarian

No	245
Date of Notice	21 March 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Austin Perry	Adelaide Rose Daugy
BDM Match (93%)	Austin Perry	Adelaide Rose Tangye
	💍 1917/1195
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tram Conductor
Age	28	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Home of Mother of Bride, Laurel Street, Ponsonby
Folio	322
Consent	Jane Daugy, Mother
Date of Certificate	21 March 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Williams, Unitarian

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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).