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 029

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

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

101

31 January 1919

Charles Henry William Hermann Walker
Mary Magdalene Donnelly

Charles Henry William Hermann Wolter
Mary Magdalene Donnelly
💍 1919/560

Widower 5 June 1918
Spinster

Fireman

59
47

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
30 years

Registrar's office Auckland

401

31 January 1919

Registrar

No	101
Date of Notice	31 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Henry William Hermann Walker	Mary Magdalene Donnelly
BDM Match (97%)	Charles Henry William Hermann Wolter	Mary Magdalene Donnelly
	💍 1919/560
Condition	Widower 5 June 1918	Spinster
Profession	Fireman
Age	59	47
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	30 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's office Auckland
Folio	401
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar

102

31 January 1919

Ernest Albert Hodder
Celia Elizabeth Mason

Ernest Albert Hodder
Helia Elizabeth Mason
💍 1919/571

Widower 8 October 1908
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

51
30

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
4 years

Registrar's Office Auckland

402

31 January 1919

Registrar

No	102
Date of Notice	31 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Albert Hodder	Celia Elizabeth Mason
BDM Match (98%)	Ernest Albert Hodder	Helia Elizabeth Mason
	💍 1919/571
Condition	Widower 8 October 1908	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	51	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	402
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar

103

31 January 1919

Charles Howard Dyer
Christina Lamb

Charles Henry Tyer
Christina Lamb
💍 1919/578

Bachelor
Spinster

Foreman

38
31

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
31 years

St. Andrews Church Auckland

403

31 January 1919

Rev. A. A. Murray, Presbyterian

No	103
Date of Notice	31 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Howard Dyer	Christina Lamb
BDM Match (87%)	Charles Henry Tyer	Christina Lamb
	💍 1919/578
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Foreman
Age	38	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	31 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrews Church Auckland
Folio	403
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. A. Murray, Presbyterian

104

31 January 1919

James Alexander Eaton
Beatrice Huell

James Alexander Eaton
Beatrice Shuell
💍 1919/579

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

27
27

Auckland
Auckland

2 weeks
6 months Ponsonby

St Stephen's Church

404

31 January 1919

Rev. J. R. Jeffreys, Presbyterian

No	104
Date of Notice	31 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Alexander Eaton	Beatrice Huell
BDM Match (93%)	James Alexander Eaton	Beatrice Shuell
	💍 1919/579
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 weeks	6 months Ponsonby
Marriage Place	St Stephen's Church
Folio	404
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. R. Jeffreys, Presbyterian

105

31 January 1919

James Morley Bell
Mabel Evelyn Macindoe

James Morley Bell
Mabel Evelyn Macindoe
💍 1919/580

Bachelor
Spinster

Factory Manager

49
44

Auckland
Auckland

45 years
12 months Epsom

Residence of Mrs Griffiths, Torrance St, Epsom

405

31 January 1919

Rev. C. E. Porter, Presbyterian

No	105
Date of Notice	31 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Morley Bell	Mabel Evelyn Macindoe
	💍 1919/580
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Factory Manager
Age	49	44
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	45 years	12 months Epsom
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs Griffiths, Torrance St, Epsom
Folio	405
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. E. Porter, 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).