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 047

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1919 Registrar G. W. Jordan

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

191

22 January 1919

Harry Jenkins
Florence May Evans

Harry Jenkin
Florence May Emms
💍 1919/635

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

25
23

Auckland
Auckland

Life
2 years

Church of Christ West Street Newton Auckland

484

22 January 1919

Mr G. Aldridge, Church of Christ

No	191
Date of Notice	22 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Jenkins	Florence May Evans
BDM Match (88%)	Harry Jenkin	Florence May Emms
	💍 1919/635
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	2 years
Marriage Place	Church of Christ West Street Newton Auckland
Folio	484
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Mr G. Aldridge, Church of Christ

192

24 January 1919

Percy Somerville Robertson
Catherine Jane Cave

Percy Somerville Robertson
Catherene Care
💍 1919/636

Bachelor
Spinster

Foreman

34
33

Auckland
Auckland

8 years
9 years

St. James' Church Auckland

485

24 January 1919

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	192
Date of Notice	24 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Somerville Robertson	Catherine Jane Cave
BDM Match (84%)	Percy Somerville Robertson	Catherene Care
	💍 1919/636
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Foreman
Age	34	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 years	9 years
Marriage Place	St. James' Church Auckland
Folio	485
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

193

24 January 1919

Edward James Cornish
Mabel Emily Loughurst

Edward James Cornish
Mabel Emily Longhurst
💍 1919/637

Bachelor
Spinster

Sub Station Attendant Tramways

29
22

Auckland
Auckland

Life
8 years

House of Bride's Parents 88 Lincoln St Ponsonby Auckland

486

24 January 1919

Rev Geo. Jackson, Methodist

No	193
Date of Notice	24 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward James Cornish	Mabel Emily Loughurst
BDM Match (98%)	Edward James Cornish	Mabel Emily Longhurst
	💍 1919/637
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sub Station Attendant Tramways
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	8 years
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Parents 88 Lincoln St Ponsonby Auckland
Folio	486
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev Geo. Jackson, Methodist

194

24 January 1919

Sydney Hubert Crowe
Eva Gwendoline Hall

Sydney Hubert Crowe
Eva Gwendoline Hall
💍 1919/638

Bachelor
Spinster

Furniture Manager

30
28

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
5 years

Residence of Mrs J. Hall Prospect Terrace Milford Auckland

487

24 January 1919

Rev G. T. Roby, Presbyterian

No	194
Date of Notice	24 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney Hubert Crowe	Eva Gwendoline Hall
	💍 1919/638
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Furniture Manager
Age	30	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	5 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs J. Hall Prospect Terrace Milford Auckland
Folio	487
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev G. T. Roby, Presbyterian

195

24 January 1919

Francis Trevor Brandon
Mary Anne Sullivan

Francis Trevor Brandon
Mary Anne Sullivan
💍 1919/639

Bachelor
Spinster

Sugar refiner

39
37

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
1 year

St. Patrick's Cathedral Auckland

488

24 January 1919

Rev. J. Brennan, Roman Catholic

No	195
Date of Notice	24 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Trevor Brandon	Mary Anne Sullivan
	💍 1919/639
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sugar refiner
Age	39	37
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	1 year
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral Auckland
Folio	488
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Brennan, 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).