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 055

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1919 Registrar S. L. P. Free

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

231

5 March 1919

Francis Henry Reeves Currie
Isabel Emma Probert

Francis Henry Reeves Currie
Isabel Emma Probert
💍 1919/683

Bachelor
Spinster

Compositor

26
27

Auckland
Auckland

Life
16 years

St. David's Church, Khyber Pass Road, Auckland

524

5 March 1919

Rev. A. S. MacInnes, Presbyterian

No	231
Date of Notice	5 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Henry Reeves Currie	Isabel Emma Probert
	💍 1919/683
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Compositor
Age	26	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	16 years
Marriage Place	St. David's Church, Khyber Pass Road, Auckland
Folio	524
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. S. MacInnes, Presbyterian

232

5 March 1919

Jacob Henry Carter
Ethel Marsha Wills

Jacob Henry Carter
Ethel Martha Wills
💍 1919/694

Bachelor
Spinster

Mail Contractor

32
31

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
Life

Anglican Church, Otahuhu, Auckland

525

5 March 1919

Rev. H. Mason, Anglican

No	232
Date of Notice	5 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Jacob Henry Carter	Ethel Marsha Wills
BDM Match (97%)	Jacob Henry Carter	Ethel Martha Wills
	💍 1919/694
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mail Contractor
Age	32	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	Life
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Otahuhu, Auckland
Folio	525
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Mason, Anglican

233

5 March 1919

Vernon Edward Lough
Ethel Jane Hill

Vernon Edward Lough
Ethel Jane Ivil
💍 1919/701

Bachelor
Spinster

Draughtsman

25
23

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
23 years

St. Peter's Church, Takapuna, Auckland

526

5 March 1919

Rev. W. G. Monckton, Anglican

No	233
Date of Notice	5 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Vernon Edward Lough	Ethel Jane Hill
BDM Match (90%)	Vernon Edward Lough	Ethel Jane Ivil
	💍 1919/701
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draughtsman
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	23 years
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Takapuna, Auckland
Folio	526
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. G. Monckton, Anglican

234

6 March 1919

William John Henry Henderson
Florence Maude Cuddihy

William John Henry Henderson
Florence Maude Cuddihy
💍 1919/702

Bachelor
Widow 9 November 1918

Labourer

39
41

Auckland
Auckland

1 month
10 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

527

6 March 1919

Registrar, Auckland

No	234
Date of Notice	6 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Henry Henderson	Florence Maude Cuddihy
	💍 1919/702
Condition	Bachelor	Widow 9 November 1918
Profession	Labourer
Age	39	41
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 month	10 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	527
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar, Auckland

235

6 March 1919

William James Clarry
Ruby Mary Maberly

William John Clarry
Ruby Mary Maberly
💍 1919/1943

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

23
21

Auckland
Auckland

Life
16 years

St. Mary's Church, New Plymouth, Auckland

1098

6 March 1919

Rev. F. G. Harvie, Anglican

No	235
Date of Notice	6 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William James Clarry	Ruby Mary Maberly
BDM Match (90%)	William John Clarry	Ruby Mary Maberly
	💍 1919/1943
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	16 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Church, New Plymouth, Auckland
Folio	1098
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. G. Harvie, Anglican

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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).