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 109

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1917 Registrar M. Pearson

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

491

31 March 1917

Henry Hammond Callcott
Anna Isabella Hardy

Henry Harmond Callcott
Anna Isabella Hardy
💍 1917/2714

Bachelor
Widow 14 June 1910

Seaman

45
44

Auckland
Auckland

26 years
25 years

Registrar's office, Auckland

1937

31 March 1917

Registrar

No	491
Date of Notice	31 March 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Hammond Callcott	Anna Isabella Hardy
BDM Match (98%)	Henry Harmond Callcott	Anna Isabella Hardy
	💍 1917/2714
Condition	Bachelor	Widow 14 June 1910
Profession	Seaman
Age	45	44
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	26 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's office, Auckland
Folio	1937
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 March 1917
Officiating Minister	Registrar

492

31 March 1917

Ernest Gordon Jasper
Maude Browne

Ernest Gordon Gosper
Maude Browne
💍 1917/4022

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

23
26

Auckland
Auckland

9 months
3 years

Residence of Mrs Fulcher, 28 Argyle St, Herne Bay

3276

31 March 1917

Rev. J. Jolly, Presbyterian

No	492
Date of Notice	31 March 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Gordon Jasper	Maude Browne
BDM Match (95%)	Ernest Gordon Gosper	Maude Browne
	💍 1917/4022
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	23	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 months	3 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs Fulcher, 28 Argyle St, Herne Bay
Folio	3276
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 March 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Jolly, Presbyterian

493

31 March 1917

Edwin Hayes
Annie Alma Wareing

Edwin Hayes
Annie Elma Wareing
💍 1917/2715

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

35
24

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
6 weeks

St Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden

1938

31 March 1917

Rev. E. J. McFarland, Anglican

No	493
Date of Notice	31 March 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin Hayes	Annie Alma Wareing
BDM Match (97%)	Edwin Hayes	Annie Elma Wareing
	💍 1917/2715
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	35	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	6 weeks
Marriage Place	St Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden
Folio	1938
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 March 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. McFarland, Anglican

494

1 June 1917

Frederick Walker Dufaur
Emmeline De Vere Dufaur

Frederick Walter Dufaur
Emmeline De Verney Dufaur
💍 1917/2716

Bachelor
Spinster

Law Clerk

23
22

Auckland
Auckland

Life
Life

St David's Church, Auckland

1939

1 June 1917

Rev. J. M. Saunders, Presbyterian

No	494
Date of Notice	1 June 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Walker Dufaur	Emmeline De Vere Dufaur
BDM Match (94%)	Frederick Walter Dufaur	Emmeline De Verney Dufaur
	💍 1917/2716
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Law Clerk
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	St David's Church, Auckland
Folio	1939
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 June 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. M. Saunders, Presbyterian

495

1 June 1917

William Parr Baker
Margaret Ann Keith Prairie

William Parr Baker
Margaret Ann Leith Craine
💍 1917/2717

Widower 9 July 1909
Widow 30 March 1907

Warehouseman

59
45

Auckland
Auckland

7 years
3 days

Registrar's Office, Auckland

1940

1 June 1917

Registrar

No	495
Date of Notice	1 June 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Parr Baker	Margaret Ann Keith Prairie
BDM Match (92%)	William Parr Baker	Margaret Ann Leith Craine
	💍 1917/2717
Condition	Widower 9 July 1909	Widow 30 March 1907
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	59	45
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 years	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	1940
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 June 1917
Officiating Minister	Registrar

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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).