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 043

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

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

171

18 January 1919

Henry Osborne Stone
Mabel Florence Harris

Henry Osburne Stone
Mabel Florence Harris
💍 1919/615

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman R.N.

24
20

Auckland
Auckland

14 days
9 years

St. Stephens Church, Ponsonby, Auckland

464

18 January 1919

Rev. J. R. Jeffreys, Presbyterian

No	171
Date of Notice	18 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Osborne Stone	Mabel Florence Harris
BDM Match (97%)	Henry Osburne Stone	Mabel Florence Harris
	💍 1919/615
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman R.N.
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	14 days	9 years
Marriage Place	St. Stephens Church, Ponsonby, Auckland
Folio	464
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. R. Jeffreys, Presbyterian

172

18 January 1919

Alexander Barrowman
Beatrice Maude Ann Chandler

Alexander Barrowman
Beatrice Maude Ann Chandler
💍 1919/616

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

35
23

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
4 years

Baptist Tabernacle, Auckland

465

18 January 1919

Rev. H. K. Kempton, Baptist

No	172
Date of Notice	18 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Barrowman	Beatrice Maude Ann Chandler
	💍 1919/616
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	35	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	4 years
Marriage Place	Baptist Tabernacle, Auckland
Folio	465
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. K. Kempton, Baptist

173

19 January 1919

William McCabe
Laurel Elaine May Wallace

William McCabe
Laurael Elaine May Wallace
💍 1919/617

Divorced decree absolute 9/9/14
Divorced decree absolute 5/9/14

Marine Stoker

27
28

Auckland
Auckland

14 years
18 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

466

19 January 1919

Deputy Registrar, Auckland

No	173
Date of Notice	19 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William McCabe	Laurel Elaine May Wallace
BDM Match (98%)	William McCabe	Laurael Elaine May Wallace
	💍 1919/617
Condition	Divorced decree absolute 9/9/14	Divorced decree absolute 5/9/14
Profession	Marine Stoker
Age	27	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	14 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	466
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar, Auckland

174

19 January 1919

Charles Mundy
Eliza Anne Marson

Charles Mundy
Eliza Anne Marson
💍 1919/618

Divorced decree absolute 28/1/18
Spinster

Labourer

43
26

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
3 days

Registrar's Office, Auckland

467

19 January 1919

Deputy Registrar, Auckland

No	174
Date of Notice	19 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Mundy	Eliza Anne Marson
	💍 1919/618
Condition	Divorced decree absolute 28/1/18	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	43	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	467
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar, Auckland

175

19 January 1919

William Arthur Sawyer
Gertrude Lillian Aitken

William Arthur Sawyer
Gertrude Lillian Aitken
💍 1919/620

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

32
30

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
4 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

468

19 January 1919

Deputy Registrar, Auckland

No	175
Date of Notice	19 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Arthur Sawyer	Gertrude Lillian Aitken
	💍 1919/620
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	32	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	468
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar, Auckland

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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).