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 107

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1919 Registrar A. Wilson

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

481

5 May 1919

Edmund Percival George
Janet Pearl McNeil

Edmond Percival George
Janet Pearl McNeil
💍 1919/2566

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

32
29

Auckland
Auckland

6 days
6 days

St David's Church, Auckland

2398

5 May 1919

Rev. Geo. McNeur, Presbyterian

No	481
Date of Notice	5 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edmund Percival George	Janet Pearl McNeil
BDM Match (98%)	Edmond Percival George	Janet Pearl McNeil
	💍 1919/2566
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	32	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 days	6 days
Marriage Place	St David's Church, Auckland
Folio	2398
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. Geo. McNeur, Presbyterian

482

5 May 1919

Robert Alfred Morris
Annie Ruby Elfrieda Wallis

Robert Alfred Morris
Amie Ruby Elfrieda Wallis
💍 1919/2567

Divorced decree absolute Nov. 28th 1913
Spinster

Engine Driver

46
35

Auckland
Auckland

21 years
1 year

St James's Manse, Auckland

2399

5 May 1919

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	482
Date of Notice	5 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Alfred Morris	Annie Ruby Elfrieda Wallis
BDM Match (96%)	Robert Alfred Morris	Amie Ruby Elfrieda Wallis
	💍 1919/2567
Condition	Divorced decree absolute Nov. 28th 1913	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver
Age	46	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	21 years	1 year
Marriage Place	St James's Manse, Auckland
Folio	2399
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

483

6 May 1919

Robley Newman
Mary Ann Forman

Robley Newman
Mary Ann Forman
💍 1919/2568

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

48
47

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
6 years

St Matthew's Church, Auckland

2400

6 May 1919

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Anglican

No	483
Date of Notice	6 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robley Newman	Mary Ann Forman
	💍 1919/2568
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	48	47
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	6 years
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	2400
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Anglican

484

6 May 1919

David Franklin Brown
Ellen Louisa Emery

David Franklin Brown
Ellen Louisa Emery
💍 1919/2503

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

24
21

Auckland
Auckland

17 years
8 years

Eden Hall, View Road, Mt. Eden, Auckland

2401

6 May 1919

Mr. H. L. Thatcher

No	484
Date of Notice	6 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Franklin Brown	Ellen Louisa Emery
	💍 1919/2503
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	17 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Eden Hall, View Road, Mt. Eden, Auckland
Folio	2401
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Mr. H. L. Thatcher

485

6 May 1919

Reginald Robert John Gregory
Linda Elizabeth Heeson

Reginald Robert John Gregory
Linda Elizabeth Neeson
💍 1919/2514

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

30
18

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
11 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

2402

John Heeson, father of Bride

6 May 1919

Registrar, Auckland

No	485
Date of Notice	6 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reginald Robert John Gregory	Linda Elizabeth Heeson
BDM Match (98%)	Reginald Robert John Gregory	Linda Elizabeth Neeson
	💍 1919/2514
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	30	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	11 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	2402
Consent	John Heeson, father of Bride
Date of Certificate	6 May 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).