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 039

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1919 Registrar D. W. Pons

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

151

13 February 1919

Arthur Norman Kelless
Christina Pierini

Arthur Norman Shalless
Christina Guerin
💍 1919/599

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

40
44

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
6 years

St Joseph's Church, Grey Lynn

447

13 February 1919

Rev H F Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	151
Date of Notice	13 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Norman Kelless	Christina Pierini
BDM Match (84%)	Arthur Norman Shalless	Christina Guerin
	💍 1919/599
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	40	44
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	6 years
Marriage Place	St Joseph's Church, Grey Lynn
Folio	447
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev H F Holbrook, Roman Catholic

152

13 February 1919

George Alexander Oal
Daisy Louise McNeil

George Alexander Oag
Daisy Lousia McNeil
💍 1919/600

Widower 17 January 1910
Widow 13 November 1913

Fish Curer

45
34

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
4 years

House of Mr J Benton, 3 Wells St, Ponsonby

448

13 February 1919

Rev E P Blamires, Methodist

No	152
Date of Notice	13 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Alexander Oal	Daisy Louise McNeil
BDM Match (90%)	George Alexander Oag	Daisy Lousia McNeil
	💍 1919/600
Condition	Widower 17 January 1910	Widow 13 November 1913
Profession	Fish Curer
Age	45	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	4 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr J Benton, 3 Wells St, Ponsonby
Folio	448
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev E P Blamires, Methodist

153

13 February 1919

Charles Henry Eckersley
Eleanor Louise Chubb

Charles Henry Eckersley
Eleanor Louise Chubb
💍 1919/608

Bachelor
Spinster

Insurance Agent

32
22

Auckland
Auckland

5 months
5 months

St Peter's Church, Takapuna

449

13 February 1919

Rev W Monckton, Anglican

No	153
Date of Notice	13 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Henry Eckersley	Eleanor Louise Chubb
	💍 1919/608
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Insurance Agent
Age	32	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 months	5 months
Marriage Place	St Peter's Church, Takapuna
Folio	449
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev W Monckton, Anglican

154

13 February 1919

Albert Forrest Millar
Stella Corbey

Albert Forrest Millar
Stella Carley
💍 1919/619

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

29
30

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
9 years

St Alban's Church, Mt Eden

450

13 February 1919

Rev H B Wingfield, Anglican

No	154
Date of Notice	13 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Forrest Millar	Stella Corbey
BDM Match (92%)	Albert Forrest Millar	Stella Carley
	💍 1919/619
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	29	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	9 years
Marriage Place	St Alban's Church, Mt Eden
Folio	450
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev H B Wingfield, Anglican

155

13 February 1919

Ronald Alfred McKendrick
Winifred Brier

George Alfred McKendrick
Winifred Briers
💍 1919/774

Bachelor
Spinster

Merchant

25
23

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
6 months

St Matthew's Church, Auckland

599

13 February 1919

Rev J G A Calder, Anglican

No	155
Date of Notice	13 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ronald Alfred McKendrick	Winifred Brier
BDM Match (84%)	George Alfred McKendrick	Winifred Briers
	💍 1919/774
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Merchant
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	6 months
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	599
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev J G A 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).