Intentions to Marry, 1919 Albertland to Helensville

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840481, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1919 is bound in seven volumes (a to g) with continuous page numbers. Each volume contains a different set of districts, going from north to south.

1919a contains pages 1-500, covering districts from Albertland to Helensville

Page 009

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1919 Registrar E. du Ponts

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

3 January 1919

Harry Pearson
Catherine McKinken

Harry Pearson
Catherine McKinven
💍 1919/507

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

37
41

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
4 1/2 years

St Thomas Church

307

3 January 1919

Rev H. H. Bedford, Anglican

No	1
Date of Notice	3 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Pearson	Catherine McKinken
BDM Match (97%)	Harry Pearson	Catherine McKinven
	💍 1919/507
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	37	41
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	4 1/2 years
Marriage Place	St Thomas Church
Folio	307
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev H. H. Bedford, Anglican

3 January 1919

Thomas Robert Arthur Peer
Margaret Anne Evans

Thomas Robert Arthur Speer
Margaret Ann Evans
💍 1919/508

Bachelor
Spinster

Coachsmith

30
29

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
20 years

St Andrews Church

308

3 January 1919

Rev A. A. Murray, Presbyterian

No	2
Date of Notice	3 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Robert Arthur Peer	Margaret Anne Evans
BDM Match (94%)	Thomas Robert Arthur Speer	Margaret Ann Evans
	💍 1919/508
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coachsmith
Age	30	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St Andrews Church
Folio	308
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev A. A. Murray, Presbyterian

3 January 1919

Elias Lemuel Baggstrom
Ethel Maud Clinker

Elias Lemuel Baggstrom
Ethel Maude Chicker
💍 1919/767

Widower, 14 Sept 1917
Spinster

Marine Engineer

54
32

Auckland
Auckland

26 years
32 years

St Stephens Church, Ponsonby

593

3 January 1919

Rev J. Jolly, Presbyterian

No	3
Date of Notice	3 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Elias Lemuel Baggstrom	Ethel Maud Clinker
BDM Match (92%)	Elias Lemuel Baggstrom	Ethel Maude Chicker
	💍 1919/767
Condition	Widower, 14 Sept 1917	Spinster
Profession	Marine Engineer
Age	54	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	26 years	32 years
Marriage Place	St Stephens Church, Ponsonby
Folio	593
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev J. Jolly, Presbyterian

3 January 1919

Henry Kibblewhite
Mary Jane Fisher

Henry Kibblewhite
Mary Jane Fisher
💍 1919/509

Widower, 2 Nov 1917
Spinster

Retired Builder

58
39

Auckland
Auckland

40 years
6 1/2 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

309

3 January 1919

Registrar

No	4
Date of Notice	3 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Kibblewhite	Mary Jane Fisher
	💍 1919/509
Condition	Widower, 2 Nov 1917	Spinster
Profession	Retired Builder
Age	58	39
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	40 years	6 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	309
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar

3 January 1919

Fred Sands
Mary Elizabeth Evelyn Russell

Fred Sands
Mary Elizabeth Evelyn Russell
💍 1919/486

Bachelor
Widow, 18 Feb 1913

Engineer

34
36

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
24 years

St Matthews Church

310

3 January 1919

Rev W. E. Gillam, Anglican

No	5
Date of Notice	3 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Fred Sands	Mary Elizabeth Evelyn Russell
	💍 1919/486
Condition	Bachelor	Widow, 18 Feb 1913
Profession	Engineer
Age	34	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	24 years
Marriage Place	St Matthews Church
Folio	310
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev W. E. Gillam, Anglican

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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).