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 013

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1919 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

8 January 1919

David Morris Morgan
Mary Elizabeth Davies

David Morris Morgan
Mary Elizabeth Davies
💍 1919/501

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

26
26

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
15 years

St James's Church Auckland

324

8 January 1919

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	21
Date of Notice	8 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Morris Morgan	Mary Elizabeth Davies
	💍 1919/501
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	15 years
Marriage Place	St James's Church Auckland
Folio	324
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

8 January 1919

William Frederick Ker
Beatrice Elvylia Bishop

William Frederick Ker
Beatrice Elvoylia Bishop
💍 1919/502

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

21
21

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
4 months

Newchurch Newton Rd Auckland

325

8 January 1919

Rev. R. J. Strong, New Jerusalem Church

No	22
Date of Notice	8 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Frederick Ker	Beatrice Elvylia Bishop
BDM Match (98%)	William Frederick Ker	Beatrice Elvoylia Bishop
	💍 1919/502
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	4 months
Marriage Place	Newchurch Newton Rd Auckland
Folio	325
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. J. Strong, New Jerusalem Church

8 January 1919

Horatio Henry Dare
Violet Maud Henriksen

Horatio Henry Dare
Violet Maud Henriksen
💍 1919/4046

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

20
17

Auckland
Auckland

7 years
8 years

House of Brother of bridegroom, 28 Nelson St, Kingsland, Auckland

326

Thomas Dare, Father; Andrew Henriksen, Father

8 January 1919

Rev. H. R. Kempton, Baptist

No	23
Date of Notice	8 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Horatio Henry Dare	Violet Maud Henriksen
	💍 1919/4046
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	20	17
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 years	8 years
Marriage Place	House of Brother of bridegroom, 28 Nelson St, Kingsland, Auckland
Folio	326
Consent	Thomas Dare, Father; Andrew Henriksen, Father
Date of Certificate	8 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. R. Kempton, Baptist

8 January 1919

John William Wilson
Susan Caudle

John William Wilson
Susan Candle
💍 1919/4057

Divorced Decree Absolute 9 Oct 1903
Spinster

Blacksmith

46
45

Auckland
Auckland

1 month
1 year

Registrar's Office Auckland

327

8 January 1919

Registrar

No	24
Date of Notice	8 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John William Wilson	Susan Caudle
BDM Match (96%)	John William Wilson	Susan Candle
	💍 1919/4057
Condition	Divorced Decree Absolute 9 Oct 1903	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	46	45
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 month	1 year
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	327
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar

8 January 1919

Alfred Williams
Frances Alice Caddy

Alf Williams
Frances Alice Caddy
💍 1919/4064

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman

28
28

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
16 years

East St Mission Hall Auckland

328

8 January 1919

Rev. E. T. Cox, Methodist

No	25
Date of Notice	8 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Williams	Frances Alice Caddy
BDM Match (90%)	Alf Williams	Frances Alice Caddy
	💍 1919/4064
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman
Age	28	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	16 years
Marriage Place	East St Mission Hall Auckland
Folio	328
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. T. Cox, Methodist

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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).