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 027

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1919 Registrar J. W. Dixon

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

27 January 1919

James Madden
Mary Heron

James Madder
Mary Heron
💍 1919/542

Widower (16 Oct 1915)
Widow

Labourer

52
41

Auckland
Auckland

21 days
Life

Registrar's office, Auckland

391

27 January 1919

Registrar

No	91
Date of Notice	27 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Madden	Mary Heron
BDM Match (96%)	James Madder	Mary Heron
	💍 1919/542
Condition	Widower (16 Oct 1915)	Widow
Profession	Labourer
Age	52	41
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	21 days	Life
Marriage Place	Registrar's office, Auckland
Folio	391
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar

27 January 1919

Charles Ingersoll Delves
Olive Mabel Harvey

Charles Ingersoll Dennes
Olive Mabel Harvey
💍 1919/543

Bachelor
Spinster

Jeweller

29
17

Auckland
Auckland

Life
5 months

Registrar's office, Auckland

392

Ethel Hardgrave, Mother

27 January 1919

Registrar

No	92
Date of Notice	27 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Ingersoll Delves	Olive Mabel Harvey
BDM Match (96%)	Charles Ingersoll Dennes	Olive Mabel Harvey
	💍 1919/543
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Jeweller
Age	29	17
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	5 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's office, Auckland
Folio	392
Consent	Ethel Hardgrave, Mother
Date of Certificate	27 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar

27 January 1919

John Morrison Hall
Dorothy Vaughan Wheeler

John Morrison Hall
Dorothy Vaughan Wheeler
💍 1919/544

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

25
25

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
6 years

Holy Trinity Church, Devonport

393

27 January 1919

Rev. F. W. Young, Anglican

No	93
Date of Notice	27 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Morrison Hall	Dorothy Vaughan Wheeler
	💍 1919/544
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Devonport
Folio	393
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. W. Young, Anglican

27 January 1919

Robert Gascoyne Chenery Hart
Ada Evelyn Ferguson

Robert Gascoyne Cheney Hart
Ada Evelyn Ferguson
💍 1919/545

Widower (14 Aug 1918)
Widow (14 Jan 1918)

Linotype Operator

35
43

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
1 1/2 years

Methodist Church, Mt. Albert

394

27 January 1919

Rev. W. A. Burley, Methodist

No	94
Date of Notice	27 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Gascoyne Chenery Hart	Ada Evelyn Ferguson
BDM Match (98%)	Robert Gascoyne Cheney Hart	Ada Evelyn Ferguson
	💍 1919/545
Condition	Widower (14 Aug 1918)	Widow (14 Jan 1918)
Profession	Linotype Operator
Age	35	43
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	1 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Mt. Albert
Folio	394
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. A. Burley, Methodist

28 January 1919

Edward Puttick
Irene Lillian Dignan

Edward Puttick
Irene Lillian Dignan
💍 1919/547

Bachelor
Spinster

Lieut. Col. N.Z.E.F.

28
29

Auckland
Auckland

7 days
Life

St. Andrew's Church, Epsom

395

28 January 1919

Rev. J. Wilkinson, Anglican

No	95
Date of Notice	28 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Puttick	Irene Lillian Dignan
	💍 1919/547
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Lieut. Col. N.Z.E.F.
Age	28	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 days	Life
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church, Epsom
Folio	395
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilkinson, 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).