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 045

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1919 Registrar A. W. Lyons

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

181

20 February 1919

Douglas Isaac Charles Bryan
Victoria May Danes

Douglas Isaac Charles Bryan
Victoria May Davies
💍 1919/633

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

26
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
4 days

St. Paul's Church, Auckland

474

20 February 1919

Rev. C. A. B. Watson, Anglican

No	181
Date of Notice	20 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Douglas Isaac Charles Bryan	Victoria May Danes
BDM Match (95%)	Douglas Isaac Charles Bryan	Victoria May Davies
	💍 1919/633
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	4 days
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church, Auckland
Folio	474
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. A. B. Watson, Anglican

182

20 February 1919

Alexander John Muirhead
Bessie Florence Salmon

Alexander John Muirhead
Bessie Florence Salmon
💍 1919/644

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

27
22

Mt. Eden, Auckland
Devonport, Auckland

5 years
5 years

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

475

20 February 1919

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Anglican

No	182
Date of Notice	20 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander John Muirhead	Bessie Florence Salmon
	💍 1919/644
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Mt. Eden, Auckland	Devonport, Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	475
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Anglican

183

20 February 1919

George Buckingham
May Catherine Broadwood

George Buckingham
May Catherina Broadwood
💍 1919/651

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

32
31

Auckland
Auckland

2 1/2 years
18 years

St. Albans Church, Mt. Eden, Auckland

476

20 February 1919

Rev. H. B. Wingfield, Anglican

No	183
Date of Notice	20 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Buckingham	May Catherine Broadwood
BDM Match (98%)	George Buckingham	May Catherina Broadwood
	💍 1919/651
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	32	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	18 years
Marriage Place	St. Albans Church, Mt. Eden, Auckland
Folio	476
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. B. Wingfield, Anglican

184

21 February 1919

William Campbell Sligo
Jane Ruair McKersie

William Campbell Sligo
Faulkner McLuckie
💍 1919/652

Bachelor
Spinster

Marine Fireman

33
32

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
5 years

St. James' Manse, Auckland

477

21 February 1919

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	184
Date of Notice	21 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Campbell Sligo	Jane Ruair McKersie
BDM Match (68%)	William Campbell Sligo	Faulkner McLuckie
	💍 1919/652
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Marine Fireman
Age	33	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St. James' Manse, Auckland
Folio	477
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

185

21 February 1919

Ronald Woodruffe
Alice Eunice Perdriau

Ronald Woodruff
Alice Eunice Verdrian
💍 1919/653

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman

27
27

Auckland
Auckland

1 week
2 years

St. Stephen's Church, Auckland

478

21 February 1919

Rev. J. Jolly, Presbyterian

No	185
Date of Notice	21 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ronald Woodruffe	Alice Eunice Perdriau
BDM Match (92%)	Ronald Woodruff	Alice Eunice Verdrian
	💍 1919/653
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 week	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Stephen's Church, Auckland
Folio	478
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Jolly, 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).