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 215

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 December 1917 Registrar E. W. Cave

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

1006

27 November 1917

Edward Broadley Brown
Louisa Frances Murdoch Tucker

Edward Broadley Brown
Louisa Frances Pendock Tucker
💍 1917/414

Bachelor
Spinster

Army Officer

24
23

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
5 years

St James Anglican Church

5576

27 November 1917

Rev. P. S. Smallfield, Anglican

No	1006
Date of Notice	27 November 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Broadley Brown	Louisa Frances Murdoch Tucker
BDM Match (93%)	Edward Broadley Brown	Louisa Frances Pendock Tucker
	💍 1917/414
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Army Officer
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	5 years
Marriage Place	St James Anglican Church
Folio	5576
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 November 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. S. Smallfield, Anglican

1007

27 November 1917

Harry Hill
Emma Clara Pinder Fasey

Harry Hill
Emma Clara Carder Vazey
💍 1917/421

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter & Builder

40
34

Auckland
Auckland

12 months
3 years

Knox Church, Parnell

5577

27 November 1917

Rev. R. K. Stowell, Presbyterian

No	1007
Date of Notice	27 November 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Hill	Emma Clara Pinder Fasey
BDM Match (89%)	Harry Hill	Emma Clara Carder Vazey
	💍 1917/421
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter & Builder
Age	40	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 months	3 years
Marriage Place	Knox Church, Parnell
Folio	5577
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 November 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. K. Stowell, Presbyterian

1008

27 November 1917

Martin Hollier Sims
Eva Margaret Wyllie

Martin Hollier Tims
Eva Margaret Wyllie
💍 1917/422

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

37
27

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
Life

House of Bride's Father, Papatoetoe

5578

27 November 1917

Rev. G. B. Porter, Presbyterian

No	1008
Date of Notice	27 November 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Martin Hollier Sims	Eva Margaret Wyllie
BDM Match (97%)	Martin Hollier Tims	Eva Margaret Wyllie
	💍 1917/422
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	37	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	Life
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Father, Papatoetoe
Folio	5578
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 November 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. B. Porter, Presbyterian

1009

28 November 1917

Carl Oscar Ketterer
Consuelo Edith Taylor

Carl Oscar Ketterer
Consuels Edith Taylor
💍 1917/423

Bachelor
Spinster

Watchmaker

38
26

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
5 years

House of Bride's Mother, Boyle Crescent, Grafton, Auckland

5579

28 November 1917

Rev. H. Hinton, Baptist

No	1009
Date of Notice	28 November 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Carl Oscar Ketterer	Consuelo Edith Taylor
BDM Match (98%)	Carl Oscar Ketterer	Consuels Edith Taylor
	💍 1917/423
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Watchmaker
Age	38	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	5 years
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Mother, Boyle Crescent, Grafton, Auckland
Folio	5579
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 November 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Hinton, Baptist

1010

28 November 1917

Charles Ellis Waddingham
Rose Amy Betty Kapler

Charles Ellis Waddingham
Rose Amy Hetty Bagley
💍 1917/424

Bachelor
Spinster

Solicitor

27
30

Auckland
Auckland

27 days
30 days

Methodist Church, Epsom

5580

28 November 1917

Rev. J. Bond, Methodist

No	1010
Date of Notice	28 November 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Ellis Waddingham	Rose Amy Betty Kapler
BDM Match (91%)	Charles Ellis Waddingham	Rose Amy Hetty Bagley
	💍 1917/424
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Solicitor
Age	27	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	27 days	30 days
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Epsom
Folio	5580
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 November 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Bond, Methodist

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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).