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 025

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

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

24 January 1919

James Maxwell Young
Charlotte Rema McNeil

James Maxwell Young
Charlotte Rewa McNeil
💍 1919/556

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

33
28

Auckland
Auckland

11 months
9 years

House of Nurse M. Dalton, 3 Surrey Street, Grey Lynn

381

24 January 1919

Rev. F. A. Thompson, Presbyterian

No	81
Date of Notice	24 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Maxwell Young	Charlotte Rema McNeil
BDM Match (98%)	James Maxwell Young	Charlotte Rewa McNeil
	💍 1919/556
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	33	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 months	9 years
Marriage Place	House of Nurse M. Dalton, 3 Surrey Street, Grey Lynn
Folio	381
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. A. Thompson, Presbyterian

24 January 1919

Alfred Skewis Cox
Katherine Mary Morrisby

Alfred Skewis Cox
Catherine Mary Morrisby
💍 1919/557

Widower Aug. 1912
Spinster

Clerk

40
35

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
from overseas

Trinity Church, Devonport

382

24 January 1919

Rev. F. W. Young, Anglican

No	82
Date of Notice	24 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Skewis Cox	Katherine Mary Morrisby
BDM Match (98%)	Alfred Skewis Cox	Catherine Mary Morrisby
	💍 1919/557
Condition	Widower Aug. 1912	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	40	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	from overseas
Marriage Place	Trinity Church, Devonport
Folio	382
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. W. Young, Anglican

25 January 1919

James Gilbert Saunders
Rubina Sarah Fenton

James Gilberd Saunders
Rubina Sarah Fenton
💍 1919/558

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

32
23

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
6 weeks

Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Khyber Pass Road, Auckland

383

25 January 1919

Rev. W. A. Keay, Anglican

No	83
Date of Notice	25 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Gilbert Saunders	Rubina Sarah Fenton
BDM Match (98%)	James Gilberd Saunders	Rubina Sarah Fenton
	💍 1919/558
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	32	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	6 weeks
Marriage Place	Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Khyber Pass Road, Auckland
Folio	383
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. A. Keay, Anglican

25 January 1919

James Alexander McCamish
Ida Constance May Armstrong

James Alexander McCamish
Ada Constance May Armstrong
💍 1919/559

Bachelor
Spinster

Steward

18
18

Auckland
Auckland

life
life

St. James Manse, Auckland

384

Alexander McCamish, Father

8 February 1919

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	84
Date of Notice	25 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Alexander McCamish	Ida Constance May Armstrong
BDM Match (98%)	James Alexander McCamish	Ada Constance May Armstrong
	💍 1919/559
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Steward
Age	18	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	life	life
Marriage Place	St. James Manse, Auckland
Folio	384
Consent	Alexander McCamish, Father
Date of Certificate	8 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

27 January 1919

Alexander Allan
Flora Brown

Alexander Allan
Flora Brown
💍 1919/536

Bachelor
Spinster

Tea Expert

40
33

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
4 days

St Aidan's Church, Remuera

385

27 January 1919

Rev. A. Fowler, Anglican

No	85
Date of Notice	27 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Allan	Flora Brown
	💍 1919/536
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tea Expert
Age	40	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	4 days
Marriage Place	St Aidan's Church, Remuera
Folio	385
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Fowler, 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).