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 017

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1919 Registrar [illegible]

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

13 January 1919

Arthur Joseph Hatton
Elsie May Brett

Arthur Joseph Hatton
Elsie May Brett
💍 1919/4055

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

21
19

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
19 years

St Benedict's Church Auckland

343

Alfred Owen Brett, Father

13 January 1919

Rt. Rev. J. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

No	41
Date of Notice	13 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Joseph Hatton	Elsie May Brett
	💍 1919/4055
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	19 years
Marriage Place	St Benedict's Church Auckland
Folio	343
Consent	Alfred Owen Brett, Father
Date of Certificate	13 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rt. Rev. J. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

13 January 1919

Stanley Hovey White
Elizabeth Martha Grist

Stanley Hovey White
Elizabeth Martha Grist
💍 1919/4056

Divorced 12 September 1918
Spinster

Contractor

52
32

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
19 years

Registrar's Office Auckland

344

13 January 1919

Registrar

No	42
Date of Notice	13 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stanley Hovey White	Elizabeth Martha Grist
	💍 1919/4056
Condition	Divorced 12 September 1918	Spinster
Profession	Contractor
Age	52	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	344
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar

13 January 1919

Maurice Webster Briggs
Annie Place

Maurice Webster Briggs
Annie Place
💍 1919/4058

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser

20
23

Auckland
Auckland

1 month
12 months

House of Rev. H. Elliott, Walton Rd. Mt Eden, Auckland

345

Frederick Hammond Briggs, Father

13 January 1919

Rev. Howard Elliott, Baptist

No	43
Date of Notice	13 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Maurice Webster Briggs	Annie Place
	💍 1919/4058
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser
Age	20	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 month	12 months
Marriage Place	House of Rev. H. Elliott, Walton Rd. Mt Eden, Auckland
Folio	345
Consent	Frederick Hammond Briggs, Father
Date of Certificate	13 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. Howard Elliott, Baptist

14 January 1919

William Symes
Sarah Ann Hall

William Symes
Sarah Ann Hall
💍 1919/4059

Bachelor
Divorced July 21st 1912

Fireman

53
56

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
5 years

Registrar's Office Auckland

346

14 January 1919

Registrar

No	44
Date of Notice	14 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Symes	Sarah Ann Hall
	💍 1919/4059
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced July 21st 1912
Profession	Fireman
Age	53	56
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	346
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar

14 January 1919

William Alexander Hazzard
Ada Emily Roberts

William Alexander Haszard
Olive Emily Roberts
💍 1919/4060

Bachelor
Spinster

Tram Conductor

38
24

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
3 years

St Matthew's Church Auckland

347

14 January 1919

Rev. J. Calder, Anglican

No	45
Date of Notice	14 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Alexander Hazzard	Ada Emily Roberts
BDM Match (85%)	William Alexander Haszard	Olive Emily Roberts
	💍 1919/4060
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tram Conductor
Age	38	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	3 years
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church Auckland
Folio	347
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Calder, 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).