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 300

District of Gisborne Quarter ending 31 March 1917 Registrar H. Hill

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

19 January 1917

Charles Ernest Hall
Mary Josephine Martin

Charles Ernest Hall
Mary Josephine Martin
💍 1917/1011

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
School Teacher

24
24

Gisborne
Auckland

24 years
2 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral Auckland

161

19 January 1917

Rev Thomas Grave, Roman Catholic Minister Auckland.

No	6
Date of Notice	19 January 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Ernest Hall	Mary Josephine Martin
	💍 1917/1011
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	School Teacher
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral Auckland
Folio	161
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev Thomas Grave, Roman Catholic Minister Auckland.

22 January 1917

Cyril St George Ruston Maunder
Gladys Margaret Johnson

Cyril St George Ruxton Mander
Gwladys Margaret Johnson
💍 1917/1598

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Teller
Civil Servant

29
31

Gisborne
Gisborne

11 months
11 months

Church of England Te Karaka Poverty Bay

730

22 January 1917

Rev George Norman William Watson (Church of England)

No	7
Date of Notice	22 January 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cyril St George Ruston Maunder	Gladys Margaret Johnson
BDM Match (95%)	Cyril St George Ruxton Mander	Gwladys Margaret Johnson
	💍 1917/1598
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Teller	Civil Servant
Age	29	31
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	11 months	11 months
Marriage Place	Church of England Te Karaka Poverty Bay
Folio	730
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 January 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev George Norman William Watson (Church of England)

29 January 1917

Thomas William Lewis
Esther Green

Thomas William Lewis
Esther Green
💍 1917/2417

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic Duties

34
19

Mangapapa Poverty Bay
Mangapapa

Life
6 years

Holy Trinity Church Gisborne.

1558

William Thomas Green, Father

29 January 1917

Rev Horace Packe, Church of England.

No	8
Date of Notice	29 January 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas William Lewis	Esther Green
	💍 1917/2417
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic Duties
Age	34	19
Dwelling Place	Mangapapa Poverty Bay	Mangapapa
Length of Residence	Life	6 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church Gisborne.
Folio	1558
Consent	William Thomas Green, Father
Date of Certificate	29 January 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev Horace Packe, Church of England.

31 January 1917

Edward Bain
Amy Stewart

Edward Bano
Amy Stewart
💍 1917/1557

Bachelor
Widow

Hairdresser
Home Duties

37
26

Matawai Poverty Bay
Matawai

8 years
10 years

Private residence of the bridegroom Matawai

713

31 January 1917

Rev James Mackie (Presbyterian Minister) Matawai.

No	9
Date of Notice	31 January 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Bain	Amy Stewart
BDM Match (91%)	Edward Bano	Amy Stewart
	💍 1917/1557
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Hairdresser	Home Duties
Age	37	26
Dwelling Place	Matawai Poverty Bay	Matawai
Length of Residence	8 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Private residence of the bridegroom Matawai
Folio	713
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev James Mackie (Presbyterian Minister) Matawai.

3 February 1917

Whetu Tauri (n.c.)
Susie Tiukana Mitchell (n.c.)

Whetu Tauri
Susie Tuihana Mitchell
💍 1917/1562

Bachelor
Spinster

Sergeant Major Instructor
Nurse

21
23

Gisborne
Gisborne

3 months
5 years

The office of The Registrar of Marriages Gisborne.

718

3 February 1917

Registrar of Marriages Gisborne.

No	10
Date of Notice	3 February 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Whetu Tauri (n.c.)	Susie Tiukana Mitchell (n.c.)
BDM Match (63%)	Whetu Tauri	Susie Tuihana Mitchell
	💍 1917/1562
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sergeant Major Instructor	Nurse
Age	21	23
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	3 months	5 years
Marriage Place	The office of The Registrar of Marriages Gisborne.
Folio	718
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1917
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages Gisborne.

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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).