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 089

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1919 Registrar [illegible]

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

391

16 April 1919

Richard James Nickoll
Doris Hayward

Richard James Nicholl
Doris Hayward
💍 1919/4935

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman

19
18

Auckland
Auckland

8 years
3 years

House of Rev. J. A. Thompson, Crummer Rd, Grey Lynn, Auckland

4107

Josiah Hayward, Father of Bride; Bridegroom 14 days notice

30 April 1919

Rev. J. A. Thompson, Presbyterian

No	391
Date of Notice	16 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard James Nickoll	Doris Hayward
BDM Match (98%)	Richard James Nicholl	Doris Hayward
	💍 1919/4935
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman
Age	19	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 years	3 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. J. A. Thompson, Crummer Rd, Grey Lynn, Auckland
Folio	4107
Consent	Josiah Hayward, Father of Bride; Bridegroom 14 days notice
Date of Certificate	30 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Thompson, Presbyterian

392

17 April 1919

Patrick Joseph Ryder
Flossie Bennetts

Patrick Joseph Ryder
Flossie Bennetts
💍 1919/2532

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

23
27

Auckland
Auckland

4 months
4 months

St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

2313

17 April 1919

Rev. J. J. Byrne, Roman Catholic

No	392
Date of Notice	17 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Patrick Joseph Ryder	Flossie Bennetts
	💍 1919/2532
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	23	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 months	4 months
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	2313
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Byrne, Roman Catholic

393

17 April 1919

Donald Matthew Mackenzie
Elizabeth Wright

Donald Matthew Mackenzie
Elizabeth Wright
💍 1919/2533

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

32
25

Auckland
Auckland

15 months
12 months

St Matthew's Church, Auckland

2314

17 April 1919

Rev. J. C. A. Calder, Anglican

No	393
Date of Notice	17 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Donald Matthew Mackenzie	Elizabeth Wright
	💍 1919/2533
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	32	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 months	12 months
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	2314
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. C. A. Calder, Anglican

394

17 April 1919

Robert Almond
Lena Isabell Amelia Moore

Robert Almond
Lena Isabel Amelia Moore
💍 1919/2534

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinet maker

28
19

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
4 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

2315

Frederick Moore, Father of Bride

17 April 1919

Registrar, Auckland

No	394
Date of Notice	17 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Almond	Lena Isabell Amelia Moore
BDM Match (98%)	Robert Almond	Lena Isabel Amelia Moore
	💍 1919/2534
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinet maker
Age	28	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	2315
Consent	Frederick Moore, Father of Bride
Date of Certificate	17 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar, Auckland

395

17 April 1919

Henry Anthony John Barden
Alice Maud Tattersall

Henry Anthony John Barden
Alice Maud Tattersall
💍 1919/2535

Widower Nov. 6th 1918
Spinster

Carpenter

32
22

Auckland
Auckland

18 months
22 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

2316

17 April 1919

Registrar, Auckland

No	395
Date of Notice	17 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Anthony John Barden	Alice Maud Tattersall
	💍 1919/2535
Condition	Widower Nov. 6th 1918	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	32	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 months	22 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	2316
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar, Auckland

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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).