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 079

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1919 Registrar J. W. Dyson

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

341

9 April 1919

William James Forsyth
Alvini Rowland Stubbs

William James Forsyth
Airini Rowland Stubbs
💍 1919/2363

Bachelor
Spinster

Civil Servant

24
23

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 weeks

St Marks Church, Remuera

2269

9 April 1919

Rev. G. H. Bedford, Anglican

No	341
Date of Notice	9 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William James Forsyth	Alvini Rowland Stubbs
BDM Match (95%)	William James Forsyth	Airini Rowland Stubbs
	💍 1919/2363
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Civil Servant
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 weeks
Marriage Place	St Marks Church, Remuera
Folio	2269
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Bedford, Anglican

342

11 April 1919

Harry Vincent Denize
Dorothy Margaret Willstead

Harry Vincent Denize
Dorothy Margaret Willsteed
💍 1919/3386

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

21
22

Auckland
Auckland

Life
Life

House of Mrs R. Morris, Arthur St, Onehunga, Auckland

3323

11 April 1919

Rev. W. J. Murphy, Roman Catholic

No	342
Date of Notice	11 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Vincent Denize	Dorothy Margaret Willstead
BDM Match (98%)	Harry Vincent Denize	Dorothy Margaret Willsteed
	💍 1919/3386
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	House of Mrs R. Morris, Arthur St, Onehunga, Auckland
Folio	3323
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Murphy, Roman Catholic

343

11 April 1919

Elias Francis Harding
Anna Maria Ashton

Elias Francis Harding
Anna Maria Aston
💍 1919/2365

Widower 3.3.1911
Widow 11.5.1917

Watchmaker

58
62

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
5 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

2270

11 April 1919

Registrar

No	343
Date of Notice	11 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Elias Francis Harding	Anna Maria Ashton
BDM Match (97%)	Elias Francis Harding	Anna Maria Aston
	💍 1919/2365
Condition	Widower 3.3.1911	Widow 11.5.1917
Profession	Watchmaker
Age	58	62
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	2270
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar

344

11 April 1919

Joseph George Tabb
Marjorie Juanita Olga Richards

Joseph George Tabb
Marjorie Juanita Olga Richards
💍 1919/2366

Widower 22.5.1908
Widow 1914

Miner

41
32

Auckland
Auckland

4 weeks
12 months

St Matthews Church, Auckland

2271

11 April 1919

Rev. W. S. Gillam, Anglican

No	344
Date of Notice	11 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph George Tabb	Marjorie Juanita Olga Richards
	💍 1919/2366
Condition	Widower 22.5.1908	Widow 1914
Profession	Miner
Age	41	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 weeks	12 months
Marriage Place	St Matthews Church, Auckland
Folio	2271
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. S. Gillam, Anglican

345

11 April 1919

George Robert Ridley
Hannah Julia Matilda Blandford

George Robert Ridley
Hannah Julia Matilda Blandford
💍 1919/2367

Married but not heard of wife for eight years
Spinster

Ship Joiner

29
39

Auckland
Auckland

8 years
32 years

House of Mr C. Brinsden, Browning Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland

2272

11 April 1919

Rev. J. Ings, Presbyterian

No	345
Date of Notice	11 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Robert Ridley	Hannah Julia Matilda Blandford
	💍 1919/2367
Condition	Married but not heard of wife for eight years	Spinster
Profession	Ship Joiner
Age	29	39
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 years	32 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr C. Brinsden, Browning Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland
Folio	2272
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Ings, 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).