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 168

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 1919 Registrar D. W. P. [illegible]

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

781

4 September 1919

Robert Archie Barkley
Lillian Lesley Hunt

Robert Archie Bartley
Lillian Lesley Hunt
💍 1917/4710

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

40
26

Auckland
Auckland

9 months
13 years, Ponsonby

St John's Church, Auckland

4060

4 September 1919

Rev. H. E. Bellhouse, Methodist

No	781
Date of Notice	4 September 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Archie Barkley	Lillian Lesley Hunt
BDM Match (98%)	Robert Archie Bartley	Lillian Lesley Hunt
	💍 1917/4710
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	40	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 months	13 years, Ponsonby
Marriage Place	St John's Church, Auckland
Folio	4060
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 September 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. E. Bellhouse, Methodist

782

4 September 1919

Frederick Isaac Jeans
Agnes Murray

Frederick Isaac Jeans
Agnes Murray
💍 1917/4711

Bachelor
Spinster

Mental Hospital attendant

32
33

Auckland
Auckland

10 days
2 1/2 years

St Andrew's Church, Auckland

4061

4 September 1919

Rev. A. A. Murray, Presbyterian

No	782
Date of Notice	4 September 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Isaac Jeans	Agnes Murray
	💍 1917/4711
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mental Hospital attendant
Age	32	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 days	2 1/2 years
Marriage Place	St Andrew's Church, Auckland
Folio	4061
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 September 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. A. Murray, Presbyterian

783

4 September 1919

John James Delaney
Maude Margaret Taylor

John James Delargey
Maud Margaret Taylor
💍 1917/4712

Bachelor
Spinster

Hotelkeeper

32
33

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
16 years

St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

4062

4 September 1919

Rev. M. J. Furlong, Roman Catholic

No	783
Date of Notice	4 September 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John James Delaney	Maude Margaret Taylor
BDM Match (92%)	John James Delargey	Maud Margaret Taylor
	💍 1917/4712
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hotelkeeper
Age	32	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	16 years
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	4062
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 September 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. J. Furlong, Roman Catholic

784

4 September 1919

Charles Frederick Cliffe
Sophia Pruszning

Charles Frederick Cliffe
Sophia Gruszning
💍 1917/4713

Widower 21 June 1910
Widow 18 December 1915

Gardener

50
49

Auckland
Auckland

18 months
1 month

Messrs J. Buchanan & Son's Cafe, Symonds St., Auckland

4063

4 September 1919

Mr. H. L. Thatcher, Open Brethren

No	784
Date of Notice	4 September 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Frederick Cliffe	Sophia Pruszning
BDM Match (97%)	Charles Frederick Cliffe	Sophia Gruszning
	💍 1917/4713
Condition	Widower 21 June 1910	Widow 18 December 1915
Profession	Gardener
Age	50	49
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 months	1 month
Marriage Place	Messrs J. Buchanan & Son's Cafe, Symonds St., Auckland
Folio	4063
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 September 1919
Officiating Minister	Mr. H. L. Thatcher, Open Brethren

785

5 September 1919

James Francis Murphy
Ivy Robina Lee

James Francis Murphy
Ivy Robina Lee
💍 1917/4714

Bachelor
Spinster

Police Constable

42
22

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
4 days

St Matthew's Church, Auckland

4064

5 September 1919

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Anglican

No	785
Date of Notice	5 September 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Francis Murphy	Ivy Robina Lee
	💍 1917/4714
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Police Constable
Age	42	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	4064
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 September 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, 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).