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 037

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1919 Registrar L. W. Dutton

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

141

11 February 1919

Harry Cyril Bull
Jamina Sarah Morgan

Harry Cryll Bull
Jemima Sarah Morgan
💍 1919/590

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

30
26

Auckland
Auckland

1 1/2 years
10 years

All Saints Church, Ponsonby

439

11 February 1919

Rev. J. O'Callaghan, Anglican

No	141
Date of Notice	11 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Cyril Bull	Jamina Sarah Morgan
BDM Match (85%)	Harry Cryll Bull	Jemima Sarah Morgan
	💍 1919/590
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	30	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 1/2 years	10 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Ponsonby
Folio	439
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. O'Callaghan, Anglican

142

11 February 1919

Hawea Lincoln Rees
Nora Rochfort Dillon McGarvey

Hawea Lincoln Rees
Nora Rochefort Dillon McGarry
💍 1919/773

Bachelor
Spinster

Solicitor

25
23

Auckland
Auckland

1 1/2 years
5 years

Residence of Mr. J. Rochfort Dillon, Owens Rd, Epsom

598

11 February 1919

Rev. O. M. Doyle, Roman Catholic

No	142
Date of Notice	11 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hawea Lincoln Rees	Nora Rochfort Dillon McGarvey
BDM Match (95%)	Hawea Lincoln Rees	Nora Rochefort Dillon McGarry
	💍 1919/773
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Solicitor
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 1/2 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. J. Rochfort Dillon, Owens Rd, Epsom
Folio	598
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. O. M. Doyle, Roman Catholic

143

12 February 1919

Albert John Court
Myrtle Jane Margaret Daisley

Albert John Crust
Myrtle June Marycut Daisley
💍 1919/591

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

25
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
2 years

Residence of Mr. J. Court, Momona Rd, Greenlane

440

12 February 1919

Rev. W. Beatty, Anglican

No	143
Date of Notice	12 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert John Court	Myrtle Jane Margaret Daisley
BDM Match (85%)	Albert John Crust	Myrtle June Marycut Daisley
	💍 1919/591
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. J. Court, Momona Rd, Greenlane
Folio	440
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beatty, Anglican

144

12 February 1919

John Keane
Winifred Mary Denifer

John Keane
Winifred May Denyer
💍 1919/592

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

36
25

Auckland
Auckland

life
4 months

Registrar's Office, Auckland

441

12 February 1919

Registrar

No	144
Date of Notice	12 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Keane	Winifred Mary Denifer
BDM Match (93%)	John Keane	Winifred May Denyer
	💍 1919/592
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	36	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	life	4 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	441
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar

145

12 February 1919

Herbert Stephen Liddell
Lilian Brooking

Herbert Stephen Liddell
Lilian Brooking
💍 1919/1005

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Department Manager

25
28

Auckland
Makaraka, Near Gisborne

2 1/2 years
28 years

St Mary's Church, Gisborne

910

12 February 1919

Rev. J. Lane, Roman Catholic

No	145
Date of Notice	12 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Stephen Liddell	Lilian Brooking
	💍 1919/1005
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Department Manager
Age	25	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Makaraka, Near Gisborne
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	28 years
Marriage Place	St Mary's Church, Gisborne
Folio	910
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Lane, Roman Catholic

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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).