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 041

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1919 Registrar A. G. Stephens

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

161

15 February 1919

Edward James Paddison
Matilda Margaret Bronlund

Edward James Paddison
Matilda Margaret Bronlund
💍 1919/631

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Labourer

28
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

Registrar's Office, Auckland

456

15 February 1919

Registrar

No	161
Date of Notice	15 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward James Paddison	Matilda Margaret Bronlund
	💍 1919/631
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Labourer
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	456
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar

162

15 February 1919

John Benjamin Davies
Alice Spooner

John Benjamin Davis
Grace Spooner
💍 1919/775

Donald McKenzie
Alice Spooner
💍 1919/3627

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Fireman

27
27

Auckland
Auckland

2 months
5 weeks

Church of St Michael & St George, Remuera

600

15 February 1919

Rev O. Doyle, Roman Catholic

No	162
Date of Notice	15 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Benjamin Davies	Alice Spooner
BDM Match (86%)	John Benjamin Davis	Grace Spooner
	💍 1919/775
BDM Match (63%)	Donald McKenzie	Alice Spooner
	💍 1919/3627
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Fireman
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 months	5 weeks
Marriage Place	Church of St Michael & St George, Remuera
Folio	600
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev O. Doyle, Roman Catholic

163

15 February 1919

John Michael Fitzpatrick
Catherine Rosina Castle

John Michael Fitzpatrick
Catherine Georgina Castle
💍 1919/733

Bachelor
Spinster

Mercer's assistant

21
20

Auckland
Auckland

life
life

St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

601

Ann Jane Castle, mother

15 February 1919

Rev J Brennan, Roman Catholic

No	163
Date of Notice	15 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Michael Fitzpatrick	Catherine Rosina Castle
BDM Match (92%)	John Michael Fitzpatrick	Catherine Georgina Castle
	💍 1919/733
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mercer's assistant
Age	21	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	life	life
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	601
Consent	Ann Jane Castle, mother
Date of Certificate	15 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev J Brennan, Roman Catholic

164

15 February 1919

Frederick Archer Noble
Mary Agnes Sampson

Frederick Archer Noble
Mary Agnes Sampson
💍 1919/632

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

23
23

Auckland
Auckland

1 week
1 week

St Benedict's Church, Auckland

457

15 February 1919

Rt Rev P H Gillan, Roman Catholic

No	164
Date of Notice	15 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Archer Noble	Mary Agnes Sampson
	💍 1919/632
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 week	1 week
Marriage Place	St Benedict's Church, Auckland
Folio	457
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rt Rev P H Gillan, Roman Catholic

165

17 February 1919

Patrick O'Sullivan
Margaret Owens

Patrick O'Sullivan
Maggie Owens
💍 1919/609

Bachelor
Spinster

Police Constable

29
28

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
life

Church of the Sacred Heart, Ponsonby

458

17 February 1919

Rev M Hunt, Roman Catholic

No	165
Date of Notice	17 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Patrick O'Sullivan	Margaret Owens
BDM Match (86%)	Patrick O'Sullivan	Maggie Owens
	💍 1919/609
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Police Constable
Age	29	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	life
Marriage Place	Church of the Sacred Heart, Ponsonby
Folio	458
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev M Hunt, 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).