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 012

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1917 Registrar G. Watson

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

5 January 1917

Edward George Pudney
Annie Doris Austin

Edward George Pudney
Annie Doris Austin
💍 1917/1656

Bachelor
Spinster

Dairy Farmer

25
22

Helensville
Auckland

9 months
12 days

Roman Catholic Church Helensville

838

5 January 1917

Rev. P. Keller, Roman Catholic

No	16
Date of Notice	5 January 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward George Pudney	Annie Doris Austin
	💍 1917/1656
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dairy Farmer
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Helensville	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 months	12 days
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church Helensville
Folio	838
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 January 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Keller, Roman Catholic

6 January 1917

Arthur George McLean
Rose Annie Schiavi

Arthur George McLean
Rose Anna Schiari
💍 1917/1084

Bachelor
Widow 17 August 1912

Bootblack

42
40

Auckland
Auckland

Life
2 months

Home of Bride Baker St Auckland

6 January 1917

Rev. E. P. Rose, Methodist

No	17
Date of Notice	6 January 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur George McLean	Rose Annie Schiavi
BDM Match (92%)	Arthur George McLean	Rose Anna Schiari
	💍 1917/1084
Condition	Bachelor	Widow 17 August 1912
Profession	Bootblack
Age	42	40
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	2 months
Marriage Place	Home of Bride Baker St Auckland
Folio	36
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 January 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. P. Rose, Methodist

8 January 1917

Romey William Henry John Rome
Dorothy Bowles

Thomas William Henry John Rowe
Dorothy Bowles
💍 1917/1085

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

18
21

Auckland
Auckland

Life
9 days

House of Bride's Father Lower Vincent St Auckland

Sarah Bowles, Mother

8 January 1917

Rev. C. H. Laws, Methodist

No	18
Date of Notice	8 January 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Romey William Henry John Rome	Dorothy Bowles
BDM Match (92%)	Thomas William Henry John Rowe	Dorothy Bowles
	💍 1917/1085
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	18	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	9 days
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Father Lower Vincent St Auckland
Folio	37
Consent	Sarah Bowles, Mother
Date of Certificate	8 January 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. H. Laws, Methodist

8 January 1917

Nicholas Pavich
Irene Jessie Kathleen King

Nicholas Parich
Irene Jessie Kathleen King
💍 1917/1086

Bachelor
Spinster

Linesman

28
33

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
1 month

St Matthews Church Auckland

8 January 1917

Rev. J. W. A. Calder, Anglican

No	19
Date of Notice	8 January 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Nicholas Pavich	Irene Jessie Kathleen King
BDM Match (97%)	Nicholas Parich	Irene Jessie Kathleen King
	💍 1917/1086
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Linesman
Age	28	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	1 month
Marriage Place	St Matthews Church Auckland
Folio	38
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 January 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. W. A. Calder, Anglican

8 January 1917

William James Dunlop
Robina Whiteford

William James Dunlop
Robina Whiteford
💍 1917/1087

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

33
40

Auckland
Auckland

9 days
5 days

St Andrews Church Auckland

8 January 1917

Rev. R. E. Evans, Presbyterian

No	20
Date of Notice	8 January 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William James Dunlop	Robina Whiteford
	💍 1917/1087
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	33	40
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 days	5 days
Marriage Place	St Andrews Church Auckland
Folio	39
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 January 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).