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 038

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1917 Registrar D. W. Pascoe

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

146

22 February 1917

John Wild
Kate Ridley

John Wild
Kate Ridley
💍 1917/954

Bachelor
Married not heard of husband for more than eight years

Soldier

39
39

Auckland
Auckland

2 days
8 years

St James Manse Auckland

233

22 February 1917

Rev R. L. Walker Presbyterian

No	146
Date of Notice	22 February 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Wild	Kate Ridley
	💍 1917/954
Condition	Bachelor	Married not heard of husband for more than eight years
Profession	Soldier
Age	39	39
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 days	8 years
Marriage Place	St James Manse Auckland
Folio	233
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 February 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev R. L. Walker Presbyterian

147

22 February 1917

Leslie Bertram Phil Hitching
Catherine Dewey

Leslie Bertram Guy Hitching
Catherine Henry
💍 1917/955

Bachelor
Spinster

Vaudeville Artist

25
19

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
18 days

St Matthew's Church Auckland

234

Alice May Henry Mother

22 February 1917

Rev J S A Calder Anglican

No	147
Date of Notice	22 February 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie Bertram Phil Hitching	Catherine Dewey
BDM Match (83%)	Leslie Bertram Guy Hitching	Catherine Henry
	💍 1917/955
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Vaudeville Artist
Age	25	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	18 days
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church Auckland
Folio	234
Consent	Alice May Henry Mother
Date of Certificate	22 February 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev J S A Calder Anglican

148

22 February 1917

William Douglas Tremlett
Viola Vera Patterson

William Douglas Tremlett
Viola Vera Petterson
💍 1917/932

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

29
29

Auckland
Auckland

20 days
life

St Paul's Church Auckland

235

22 February 1917

Rev C. A. Watson Anglican

No	148
Date of Notice	22 February 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Douglas Tremlett	Viola Vera Patterson
BDM Match (98%)	William Douglas Tremlett	Viola Vera Petterson
	💍 1917/932
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	29	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 days	life
Marriage Place	St Paul's Church Auckland
Folio	235
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 February 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev C. A. Watson Anglican

149

23 February 1917

Richard Lidstone Paige
Margaret Henrietta Green

Richard Lidstone Paige
Margaret Henrietta Green
💍 1917/933

Widower 30 Nov. 1905
Spinster

Farmer

61
51

Auckland
Auckland

8 days
life

St Barnabas Church Mt Eden Auckland

236

23 February 1917

Rev E J McFarland Anglican

No	149
Date of Notice	23 February 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Lidstone Paige	Margaret Henrietta Green
	💍 1917/933
Condition	Widower 30 Nov. 1905	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	61	51
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 days	life
Marriage Place	St Barnabas Church Mt Eden Auckland
Folio	236
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 February 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev E J McFarland Anglican

150

23 February 1917

Alfred Henry Leonard Sanhow
Winifred Olive Brook

Alfred Henry Leonard Barthow
Winifred Olive Brook
💍 1917/934

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

33
25

Auckland
Awhitu

life
life

Residence of Bride's Parents Awhitu

237

23 February 1917

Rev R. L. Walker Presbyterian

No	150
Date of Notice	23 February 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Henry Leonard Sanhow	Winifred Olive Brook
BDM Match (95%)	Alfred Henry Leonard Barthow	Winifred Olive Brook
	💍 1917/934
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	33	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Awhitu
Length of Residence	life	life
Marriage Place	Residence of Bride's Parents Awhitu
Folio	237
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 February 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev R. L. Walker 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).