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 074

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1917 Registrar A. W. Evans

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

316

5 April 1917

Cyril Clarence Pellew
Ruth Agnes Portland

Cyril Clarence Pellew
Ruth Agnes Portland
💍 1917/2587

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

24
20

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
life

House of father of Bride, Water St, Onehunga, Auckland

1733

Thomas George Augustus Portland, Father

5 April 1917

Rev. S. J. Campbell, Onehunga Peoples Mission

No	316
Date of Notice	5 April 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cyril Clarence Pellew	Ruth Agnes Portland
	💍 1917/2587
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	life
Marriage Place	House of father of Bride, Water St, Onehunga, Auckland
Folio	1733
Consent	Thomas George Augustus Portland, Father
Date of Certificate	5 April 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. J. Campbell, Onehunga Peoples Mission

317

5 April 1917

John Bagshaw Keyte
Mary Lilian Geard

John Bagshaw Keyte
Mary Lilian Geard
💍 1917/4030

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

24
21

Auckland
Auckland

years
7 years

House of Bride's Mother, 72 Albany Road, Ponsonby, Auckland

3278

5 April 1917

Rev. I. Jolly, Presbyterian

No	317
Date of Notice	5 April 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Bagshaw Keyte	Mary Lilian Geard
	💍 1917/4030
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	years	7 years
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Mother, 72 Albany Road, Ponsonby, Auckland
Folio	3278
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 April 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. I. Jolly, Presbyterian

318

5 April 1917

Alfred Brittian Ormrod
Eliza Anniss Mack

Alfred Brittain Ormrod
Eliza Annis Mack
💍 1917/2588

Bachelor
Spinster

Tobacconist

38
34

Auckland
Auckland

21 years
11 years

St Matthew's Church, Auckland

1734

5 April 1917

Rev. J. E. A. Calder, Anglican

No	318
Date of Notice	5 April 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Brittian Ormrod	Eliza Anniss Mack
BDM Match (93%)	Alfred Brittain Ormrod	Eliza Annis Mack
	💍 1917/2588
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tobacconist
Age	38	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	21 years	11 years
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	1734
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 April 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. E. A. Calder, Anglican

319

5 April 1917

Alexander Snodgrass Paterson
Susan Renwick McCallum

Alexander Snodgrass Paterson
Susan Renwick McCallum
💍 1917/2589

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

50
60

Auckland
Auckland

1 week
1 month

House of Miss Margaret McCallum, The Strand, Takapuna, Auckland

1735

5 April 1917

Rev. G. B. Macdonald, Presbyterian

No	319
Date of Notice	5 April 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Snodgrass Paterson	Susan Renwick McCallum
	💍 1917/2589
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	50	60
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 week	1 month
Marriage Place	House of Miss Margaret McCallum, The Strand, Takapuna, Auckland
Folio	1735
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 April 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. B. Macdonald, Presbyterian

320

5 April 1917

D'Arcy Leigh Reader
Teresa Rose Mary Herlihy

Darcy Leigh Reader
Teresa Rose Mary Herlihy
💍 1917/3686

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman

25
23

Auckland
Wanganui

4 years
23 years

Residence of Mr. E. Brownlie, Gonville, Wanganui

2930

5 April 1917

Rev. J. A. O'Connell, Roman Catholic

No	320
Date of Notice	5 April 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	D'Arcy Leigh Reader	Teresa Rose Mary Herlihy
BDM Match (95%)	Darcy Leigh Reader	Teresa Rose Mary Herlihy
	💍 1917/3686
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Wanganui
Length of Residence	4 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. E. Brownlie, Gonville, Wanganui
Folio	2930
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 April 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. O'Connell, Roman Catholic

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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).