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 164

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 1917 Registrar H. W. Spear

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

761

28 August 1917

Charles Edward Soulstone Rowe
Vera Mary Dagan

Charles Edward Goulstone Rowe
Vera May Fagan
💍 1917/5066

Bachelor
Spinster

Ironmonger

25
20

Auckland
Auckland

18 months
20 years

Methodist Mission Hall, East St, Newton

4043

Richard Dagan, Father

28 August 1917

Rev. E. D. Patchett, Methodist

No	761
Date of Notice	28 August 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Edward Soulstone Rowe	Vera Mary Dagan
BDM Match (92%)	Charles Edward Goulstone Rowe	Vera May Fagan
	💍 1917/5066
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ironmonger
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 months	20 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Mission Hall, East St, Newton
Folio	4043
Consent	Richard Dagan, Father
Date of Certificate	28 August 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. D. Patchett, Methodist

762

28 August 1917

Philip Daniel Moore
Sarah Eva Carlton

Philip Daniel Moore
Sara Eva Carlyon
💍 1917/5067

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

30
25

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
3 years

St Matthew's Church, Auckland

4044

28 August 1917

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Anglican

No	762
Date of Notice	28 August 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Philip Daniel Moore	Sarah Eva Carlton
BDM Match (94%)	Philip Daniel Moore	Sara Eva Carlyon
	💍 1917/5067
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	3 years
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	4044
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 August 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Anglican

763

28 August 1917

George Edward Waller
Freda Alma Gladys Bassett

George Edward Waller
Freda Alma Gladys Bassett
💍 1917/6693

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

23
23

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 years

Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Auckland

4820

28 August 1917

Rev. A. M. Niblock, Anglican

No	763
Date of Notice	28 August 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Edward Waller	Freda Alma Gladys Bassett
	💍 1917/6693
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Auckland
Folio	4820
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 August 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. M. Niblock, Anglican

764

29 August 1917

Thomas Edwin Garrick
Florence Mary Costley

Thomas Edwin Carrick
Florence May Costley
💍 1917/5069

Bachelor
Widow 29 Dec 1906

Head Attendant

40
37

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
6 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

4045

29 August 1917

Registrar

No	764
Date of Notice	29 August 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Edwin Garrick	Florence Mary Costley
BDM Match (95%)	Thomas Edwin Carrick	Florence May Costley
	💍 1917/5069
Condition	Bachelor	Widow 29 Dec 1906
Profession	Head Attendant
Age	40	37
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	4045
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 August 1917
Officiating Minister	Registrar

765

29 August 1917

John William Sutton
Annie Eliza Sheen

John William Sutton
Annie Eliza Steen
💍 1917/5070

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

33
22

Drury
Auckland

Life
1 1/2 years

Office of Rev. J. D. Jeffreys, H. M. Arcade (Papakura) Auckland

4046

29 August 1917

Rev. J. D. Jeffreys, Presbyterian

No	765
Date of Notice	29 August 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John William Sutton	Annie Eliza Sheen
BDM Match (97%)	John William Sutton	Annie Eliza Steen
	💍 1917/5070
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	33	22
Dwelling Place	Drury	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	1 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Office of Rev. J. D. Jeffreys, H. M. Arcade (Papakura) Auckland
Folio	4046
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 August 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. D. Jeffreys, Presbyterian

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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).