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 081

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1919 Registrar C. W. E. Moore

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

351

11 April 1919

Norman Hector Knox
Ruth Dudley

Norman Hector Knox
Ruth Dudley
💍 1919/4969

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

22
19

New Plymouth
Auckland

6 months
Life

St. Matthews Church Auckland

4230

Ellen Rees nee Dudley, mother

11 April 1919

Rev. J. C. A. Calder, Anglican

No	351
Date of Notice	11 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Norman Hector Knox	Ruth Dudley
	💍 1919/4969
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	22	19
Dwelling Place	New Plymouth	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	Life
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church Auckland
Folio	4230
Consent	Ellen Rees nee Dudley, mother
Date of Certificate	11 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. C. A. Calder, Anglican

352

11 April 1919

John Charles Cooper
Ellen Betteridge

John Charles Cooper
Ellen Betteridge
💍 1919/2414

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Driver

23
24

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
3 weeks

St. Stephens Church Ponsonby Auckland

2277

11 April 1919

Rev. I. Jolly, Anglican

No	352
Date of Notice	11 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Charles Cooper	Ellen Betteridge
	💍 1919/2414
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	3 weeks
Marriage Place	St. Stephens Church Ponsonby Auckland
Folio	2277
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. I. Jolly, Anglican

353

12 April 1919

William Thomas Reed
Hilda Sindlen-Courtenay

William Thomas Reed
Hilda Sindlen Courtenay
💍 1919/2421

Bachelor
Spinster

Linesman

29
23

Auckland
Auckland

27 years
Life

House of Mr A. Sindlen, 77 Norfolk Street, Ponsonby, Auckland

2278

12 April 1919

Rev. W. H. Speer, Methodist

No	353
Date of Notice	12 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Thomas Reed	Hilda Sindlen-Courtenay
BDM Match (98%)	William Thomas Reed	Hilda Sindlen Courtenay
	💍 1919/2421
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Linesman
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	27 years	Life
Marriage Place	House of Mr A. Sindlen, 77 Norfolk Street, Ponsonby, Auckland
Folio	2278
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. Speer, Methodist

354

14 April 1919

John Bryan
Isabella Rixon

John Bryan
Isabella Rixon
💍 1919/2422

Bachelor
Widow

Bushman

32
39

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
2 years

Registrar's Office Auckland

2279

14 April 1919

Registrar

No	354
Date of Notice	14 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Bryan	Isabella Rixon
	💍 1919/2422
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Bushman
Age	32	39
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	2279
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar

355

14 April 1919

Albert Edward Williams
Margaret Reta McCarthy

Albert Edward Williams
Margaret Retia McCarthy
💍 1919/2423

Widower
Spinster

Motor Driver

30
31

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
2 years

Salvation Army Hall, Ponsonby Road, Auckland

2280

14 April 1919

Major E. G. Newby, Salvation Army

No	355
Date of Notice	14 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Edward Williams	Margaret Reta McCarthy
BDM Match (98%)	Albert Edward Williams	Margaret Retia McCarthy
	💍 1919/2423
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Motor Driver
Age	30	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Salvation Army Hall, Ponsonby Road, Auckland
Folio	2280
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Major E. G. Newby, Salvation Army

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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).