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 021

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1919 Registrar J. G. 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

20 January 1919

Oswald Archibald Prior
Lillian Dorothy Jane Ferguson

Oswald Archibald Prior
Lillian Dorothy Jane Ferguson
💍 1919/4074

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

26
20

Auckland
Auckland

18 months
19 years

Presbyterian Church Ellerslie

362

James Ferguson, Father

20 January 1919

Rev. H. W. Johnston, Presbyterian

No	61
Date of Notice	20 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Oswald Archibald Prior	Lillian Dorothy Jane Ferguson
	💍 1919/4074
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	26	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 months	19 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Ellerslie
Folio	362
Consent	James Ferguson, Father
Date of Certificate	20 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. W. Johnston, Presbyterian

20 January 1919

James Leslie Buchanan
Ada Charlotte Kemp

James Leslie Buchanan
Ada Charlotte Kemp
💍 1919/4075

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

26
23

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
Life

St. George's Presbyterian Church Takapuna Auckland

363

20 January 1919

Rev. D. J. Albert, Presbyterian

No	62
Date of Notice	20 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Leslie Buchanan	Ada Charlotte Kemp
	💍 1919/4075
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. George's Presbyterian Church Takapuna Auckland
Folio	363
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. J. Albert, Presbyterian

20 January 1919

Richard Martin
Daisy Field

Richard Martin
Daisy Field
💍 1919/4076

Bachelor
Spinster

Mariner

29
22

Auckland
Auckland

15 days
9 years

Bride's late parents residence Campbell Road Onehunga

364

20 January 1919

Rev. W. McDonald, Presbyterian

No	63
Date of Notice	20 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Martin	Daisy Field
	💍 1919/4076
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mariner
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 days	9 years
Marriage Place	Bride's late parents residence Campbell Road Onehunga
Folio	364
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. McDonald, Presbyterian

20 January 1919

Henry Morton Fogarty
Sarah Rita Brigham

Henry Morton Fogarty
Sarah Rita Brigham
💍 1919/4077

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

29
32

Auckland
Auckland

5 weeks
6 months

St. Luke's Church Mt. Albert

365

20 January 1919

Rev. A. J. Greenwood, Anglican

No	64
Date of Notice	20 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Morton Fogarty	Sarah Rita Brigham
	💍 1919/4077
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	29	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 weeks	6 months
Marriage Place	St. Luke's Church Mt. Albert
Folio	365
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. J. Greenwood, Anglican

20 January 1919

William John Dowrick
Adalene Victoria Hughes

William John Dowrick
Adalene Victoria Hughes
💍 1919/4078

Bachelor
Spinster

Timber worker

25
21

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
12 years

St. David's Church Khyber Pass Road Auckland

366

20 January 1919

Rev. Aus. Kimmont, Presbyterian

No	65
Date of Notice	20 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Dowrick	Adalene Victoria Hughes
	💍 1919/4078
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Timber worker
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	12 years
Marriage Place	St. David's Church Khyber Pass Road Auckland
Folio	366
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. Aus. Kimmont, 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).