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 051

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1919 Registrar J. W. Dixon

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

211

28 February 1919

James Thomas Scott
Coralie Geary Coe

James Thomas Scott
Coralie Geary Coe
💍 1919/679

Bachelor
Widow (since 17 June 1917)

Farmer

52
46

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

House of Capt. J. Jackson, The Drive, Epsom, Auckland

504

28 February 1919

Rev. E. Te Tuhi, Methodist

No	211
Date of Notice	28 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Thomas Scott	Coralie Geary Coe
	💍 1919/679
Condition	Bachelor	Widow (since 17 June 1917)
Profession	Farmer
Age	52	46
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	House of Capt. J. Jackson, The Drive, Epsom, Auckland
Folio	504
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Te Tuhi, Methodist

212

1 March 1919

Christopher Haswell Furness
Ruby Muriel Rhodes

Christopher Haswell Furness
Ruby Muriel Rhodes
💍 1919/680

Widower (since 31 March 1911)
Spinster

Merchant

48
33

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
23 years

St Luke's Church, Remuera, Auckland

505

1 March 1919

Rev. G. B. Monro, Presbyterian

No	212
Date of Notice	1 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Christopher Haswell Furness	Ruby Muriel Rhodes
	💍 1919/680
Condition	Widower (since 31 March 1911)	Spinster
Profession	Merchant
Age	48	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	23 years
Marriage Place	St Luke's Church, Remuera, Auckland
Folio	505
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. B. Monro, Presbyterian

213

1 March 1919

Clarence Llewellyn Dudley
Lillian Brittain Batchelor (known as Dowsing)

Clarence Llewellyn Dudley
Lillian Brittain Dowsing
💍 1919/681

Bachelor
Spinster

Machinist

21
18

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
4 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

506

Ellen Daisy Dowsing, Mother

1 March 1919

Registrar, Auckland

No	213
Date of Notice	1 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Clarence Llewellyn Dudley	Lillian Brittain Batchelor (known as Dowsing)
BDM Match (77%)	Clarence Llewellyn Dudley	Lillian Brittain Dowsing
	💍 1919/681
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Machinist
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	506
Consent	Ellen Daisy Dowsing, Mother
Date of Certificate	1 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar, Auckland

214

1 March 1919

Reinhardt Brummel
Gertrud Mondorf

Reinhardt Brummel
Gertrude Mondorf
💍 1919/682

Bachelor
Spinster

Sailor

34
33

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
5 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

507

1 March 1919

Registrar, Auckland

No	214
Date of Notice	1 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reinhardt Brummel	Gertrud Mondorf
BDM Match (97%)	Reinhardt Brummel	Gertrude Mondorf
	💍 1919/682
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sailor
Age	34	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	507
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar, Auckland

215

1 March 1919

Walter Joseph Barrett
Myrtle Cecilia Holt

Walter Joseph Barrott
Myrtle Cecilia Holt
💍 1919/659

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

25
17

Auckland
Auckland

15 years
Life

St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

508

Sarah Walsh formerly Holt, Mother

1 March 1919

Rev. W. J. Murphy, Roman Catholic

No	215
Date of Notice	1 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Joseph Barrett	Myrtle Cecilia Holt
BDM Match (98%)	Walter Joseph Barrott	Myrtle Cecilia Holt
	💍 1919/659
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	25	17
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 years	Life
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	508
Consent	Sarah Walsh formerly Holt, Mother
Date of Certificate	1 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Murphy, 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).