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 032

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1917 Registrar T. Culpan

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

116

12 February 1917

John Darrell
Hannah Jane Austin

John Farrell
Hannah Jane Austin
💍 1917/1079

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

35
35

Taumarunui
Auckland

6 months
3 or 4 years

Registrar's Office, Taumarunui

207

12 February 1917

Registrar

No	116
Date of Notice	12 February 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Darrell	Hannah Jane Austin
BDM Match (96%)	John Farrell	Hannah Jane Austin
	💍 1917/1079
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	35	35
Dwelling Place	Taumarunui	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	3 or 4 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Taumarunui
Folio	207
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1917
Officiating Minister	Registrar

117

12 February 1917

William Henry Morgan
Maggie Margaret Moreland

William Henry Morgan
Maggie Margaret Moreland
💍 1917/1080

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

40
35

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

Registrar's Office, Auckland

208

12 February 1917

Registrar

No	117
Date of Notice	12 February 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Morgan	Maggie Margaret Moreland
	💍 1917/1080
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	40	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	208
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1917
Officiating Minister	Registrar

118

12 February 1917

John Roland Henderson
Vivian Leila Irene Henderson

John Poland
Vivian Letitia Irene Henderson
💍 1917/1081

Bachelor
Spinster

Letter Carrier

32
18

Auckland
Auckland

4 months
10 months

St. Benedict's Church, Auckland

209

Joseph Henderson, father

12 February 1917

Rt. Rev. P. J. Hillan, Roman Catholic

No	118
Date of Notice	12 February 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Roland Henderson	Vivian Leila Irene Henderson
BDM Match (69%)	John Poland	Vivian Letitia Irene Henderson
	💍 1917/1081
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Letter Carrier
Age	32	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 months	10 months
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church, Auckland
Folio	209
Consent	Joseph Henderson, father
Date of Certificate	12 February 1917
Officiating Minister	Rt. Rev. P. J. Hillan, Roman Catholic

119

13 February 1917

William Hunt
Adelaide Rose Piercy

William Hunt
Adelaide Rose Piercy
💍 1917/1059

Bachelor
Widow (14 December 1908)

Labourer

36
42

Auckland
Auckland

2 Months
21 years

House of J. Redman, 89 Wellesley St. West, Auckland

210

13 February 1917

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	119
Date of Notice	13 February 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Hunt	Adelaide Rose Piercy
	💍 1917/1059
Condition	Bachelor	Widow (14 December 1908)
Profession	Labourer
Age	36	42
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 Months	21 years
Marriage Place	House of J. Redman, 89 Wellesley St. West, Auckland
Folio	210
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

120

13 February 1917

Thomas Edward Barnett
Mary Ann Gussy

Thomas Edward Barnett
Mary Ann Gussy
💍 1917/1060

Bachelor
Widow (19 January 1917)

Driver

32
42

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
30 years

House of G. J. Dawes, 129 Nelson St., Auckland

211

13 February 1917

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	120
Date of Notice	13 February 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Edward Barnett	Mary Ann Gussy
	💍 1917/1060
Condition	Bachelor	Widow (19 January 1917)
Profession	Driver
Age	32	42
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	30 years
Marriage Place	House of G. J. Dawes, 129 Nelson St., Auckland
Folio	211
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 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).