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 057

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1919 Registrar A. 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

241

10 March 1919

John Drew
Amelia Jane Barbour

John Drew
Amelia Jane Barbour
💍 1919/684

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

40
40

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
18 months

St James' Manse, Auckland

533

10 March 1919

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	241
Date of Notice	10 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Drew	Amelia Jane Barbour
	💍 1919/684
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	40	40
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	18 months
Marriage Place	St James' Manse, Auckland
Folio	533
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

242

10 March 1919

Thomas Atkinson Heaps
Agnes Blackford Johnstone

Thomas Atkinson Heaps
Agnes Bletchford Johnstone
💍 1919/685

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer

71
68

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
47 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

534

10 March 1919

Registrar, Auckland

No	242
Date of Notice	10 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Atkinson Heaps	Agnes Blackford Johnstone
BDM Match (94%)	Thomas Atkinson Heaps	Agnes Bletchford Johnstone
	💍 1919/685
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer
Age	71	68
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	47 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	534
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar, Auckland

243

10 March 1919

James Morala Barlow
Alice Lewis

James Moralee Barlow
Alice Lewis
💍 1919/686

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman

26
29

Auckland
Auckland

6 weeks
18 months

St Matthew's Church, Auckland

535

10 March 1919

Rev. J. Calder, Anglican

No	243
Date of Notice	10 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Morala Barlow	Alice Lewis
BDM Match (95%)	James Moralee Barlow	Alice Lewis
	💍 1919/686
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman
Age	26	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 weeks	18 months
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	535
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Calder, Anglican

244

10 March 1919

Richard William Kibblewhite
Celia Violet Evelyn Moxley

Richard William Kibblewhite
Celia Violet Evelyn Moxley
💍 1919/687

Bachelor
Spinster

Architect

29
21

Hamilton
Auckland

8 years
3 months

Methodist Church, Mt Eden, Auckland

536

10 March 1919

Rev. P. R. Paris, Methodist

No	244
Date of Notice	10 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard William Kibblewhite	Celia Violet Evelyn Moxley
	💍 1919/687
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Architect
Age	29	21
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 years	3 months
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Mt Eden, Auckland
Folio	536
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. R. Paris, Methodist

245

11 March 1919

Thomas Macky Alexander
Dorothy Butler Colbeck

Thomas Macky Alexander
Dorothy Butler Colbeck
💍 1919/1844

Bachelor
Spinster

Solicitor

43
26

Auckland
Auckland

Life
4 years

St George's Church, Ranfurly Rd, Remuera, Auckland

1849

11 March 1919

Rev. W. E. Connolly, Anglican

No	245
Date of Notice	11 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Macky Alexander	Dorothy Butler Colbeck
	💍 1919/1844
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Solicitor
Age	43	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	4 years
Marriage Place	St George's Church, Ranfurly Rd, Remuera, Auckland
Folio	1849
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Connolly, 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).