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 124

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1917 Registrar H. E. Dudson

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

566

22 June 1917

Robert Henry Whitmall Armiger
Lucrezia Melina Knight-Voice

Robert Henry Whitnall Armiger
Lucrezia Thelma Knight Voice
💍 1917/2822

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

22
19

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
10 days

St Matthews Church, Auckland

2002

Isabella Voice, mother

22 June 1917

Rev. J. G. S. Calder, Anglican

No	566
Date of Notice	22 June 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Henry Whitmall Armiger	Lucrezia Melina Knight-Voice
BDM Match (89%)	Robert Henry Whitnall Armiger	Lucrezia Thelma Knight Voice
	💍 1917/2822
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	22	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	10 days
Marriage Place	St Matthews Church, Auckland
Folio	2002
Consent	Isabella Voice, mother
Date of Certificate	22 June 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. G. S. Calder, Anglican

567

23 June 1917

Albert Stewart Darker
Emily Annie Sanderson

Albert Henry Parker
Emily Annie Sanderson
💍 1917/2827

Bachelor
Widow (since 17 August 1914)

Labourer

27
26

Auckland
Auckland

3 weeks
3 weeks

Church of St Columba, Grey Lynn

2003

23 June 1917

Rev. J. H. Cable, Anglican

No	567
Date of Notice	23 June 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Stewart Darker	Emily Annie Sanderson
BDM Match (86%)	Albert Henry Parker	Emily Annie Sanderson
	💍 1917/2827
Condition	Bachelor	Widow (since 17 August 1914)
Profession	Labourer
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 weeks	3 weeks
Marriage Place	Church of St Columba, Grey Lynn
Folio	2003
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 June 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Cable, Anglican

568

23 June 1917

Peter Dowling
Mary Emma Marsden

Peter Dowling
Mary Emma Marsden
💍 1917/2823

Widower (since 29 August 1914)
Spinster

Waterside Worker

45
39

Auckland
Auckland

15 months
18 months

Central Mission Hall, Albert Street, Auckland

2020

23 June 1917

Rev. Ora Hurley, Methodist

No	568
Date of Notice	23 June 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Dowling	Mary Emma Marsden
	💍 1917/2823
Condition	Widower (since 29 August 1914)	Spinster
Profession	Waterside Worker
Age	45	39
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 months	18 months
Marriage Place	Central Mission Hall, Albert Street, Auckland
Folio	2020
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 June 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. Ora Hurley, Methodist

569

25 June 1917

James Collings
Mabel Burfoyle

James Collings
Mabel Burgoyne
💍 1917/2828

Bachelor
Spinster

Photographer

51
39

Auckland
Auckland

34 years
10 days

Registrar's Office, Auckland

2004

25 June 1917

Registrar

No	569
Date of Notice	25 June 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Collings	Mabel Burfoyle
BDM Match (93%)	James Collings	Mabel Burgoyne
	💍 1917/2828
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Photographer
Age	51	39
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	34 years	10 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	2004
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 June 1917
Officiating Minister	Registrar

570

25 June 1917

Arthur Samuel Smith
Kate Fuller

Arthur Samuel Smith
Kate Fuller
💍 1917/2829

Bachelor
Spinster

Native Interpreter

26
21

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
3 years Ponsonby

All Saints Church, Ponsonby

2005

25 June 1917

Archdeacon Calder, Anglican

No	570
Date of Notice	25 June 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Samuel Smith	Kate Fuller
	💍 1917/2829
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Native Interpreter
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	3 years Ponsonby
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Ponsonby
Folio	2005
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 June 1917
Officiating Minister	Archdeacon Calder, Anglican

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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).