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 026

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1917 Registrar C. E. Edger

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

2 February 1917

Henry Leslie
Frances Alice Sankey

Henry Leslie
Frances Alice Sankey
💍 1917/1052

Widower 1 April 1897
Widow

Farm Manager

50
51

Auckland
Auckland

9 days
2 days

Registrar's Office, Auckland

179

2 February 1917

Registrar

No	86
Date of Notice	2 February 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Leslie	Frances Alice Sankey
	💍 1917/1052
Condition	Widower 1 April 1897	Widow
Profession	Farm Manager
Age	50	51
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 days	2 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	179
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1917
Officiating Minister	Registrar

2 February 1917

Daniel Sylvester Moloney
Madeline Alice Parkinson

Daniel Sylvester Moloney
Madeline Alice Parkinson
💍 1917/1053

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

22
25

Puni
Auckland

Life
1 week

Roman Catholic Church, Devonport

180

2 February 1917

Rev J. Furlong, Roman Catholic

No	87
Date of Notice	2 February 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel Sylvester Moloney	Madeline Alice Parkinson
	💍 1917/1053
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	22	25
Dwelling Place	Puni	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	1 week
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Devonport
Folio	180
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev J. Furlong, Roman Catholic

2 February 1917

Stanley Cyril Pitfillan
Rosina Jane Shirley

Stanley Cyril Gilfillan
Rosena Jane Shirley
💍 1917/1671

Bachelor
Spinster

Company Secretary

29
21

Auckland
Hamilton

Life
5 days

Anglican Church, Tamahere near Hamilton

829

2 February 1917

Rev G Mortimer-Jones, Anglican

No	88
Date of Notice	2 February 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stanley Cyril Pitfillan	Rosina Jane Shirley
BDM Match (93%)	Stanley Cyril Gilfillan	Rosena Jane Shirley
	💍 1917/1671
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Company Secretary
Age	29	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Hamilton
Length of Residence	Life	5 days
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Tamahere near Hamilton
Folio	829
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev G Mortimer-Jones, Anglican

2 February 1917

Wesley Polley
Jane Elizabeth Haydon

Wesley Colley
Jane Elizabeth Haydon
💍 1917/1054

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

27
18

Auckland
Auckland

10 days
Life

Dwelling of Bride's Mother, 31 Ann St, Devonport

181

Maud Haydon, mother

2 February 1917

Rev A M Donald, Presbyterian

No	89
Date of Notice	2 February 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wesley Polley	Jane Elizabeth Haydon
BDM Match (96%)	Wesley Colley	Jane Elizabeth Haydon
	💍 1917/1054
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	27	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 days	Life
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Bride's Mother, 31 Ann St, Devonport
Folio	181
Consent	Maud Haydon, mother
Date of Certificate	2 February 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev A M Donald, Presbyterian

3 February 1917

Ernest Melville Park
Christina Elizabeth Patterson

Ernest Melville Park
Christina Elizabeth Patterson
💍 1917/1055

Bachelor
Spinster

Law Clerk

35
24

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
Life

St. Andrew's Manse, Auckland

182

3 February 1917

Rev R E Evans, Presbyterian

No	90
Date of Notice	3 February 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Melville Park	Christina Elizabeth Patterson
	💍 1917/1055
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Law Clerk
Age	35	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	Life
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Manse, Auckland
Folio	182
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev R E Evans, 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).