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

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District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1919 Registrar H. 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

511

13 May 1919

Rough Raymond Hulbert
Ida Muriel Brook

George Raymond Hulbert
Ida Muriel Brook
💍 1919/2613

Bachelor
Spinster

Wireless Operator

21
20

Auckland
Auckland

10 days
Life

Registrar's Office Auckland

2427

Muriel Brook Mother

13 May 1919

Registrar

No	511
Date of Notice	13 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Rough Raymond Hulbert	Ida Muriel Brook
BDM Match (91%)	George Raymond Hulbert	Ida Muriel Brook
	💍 1919/2613
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Wireless Operator
Age	21	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 days	Life
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	2427
Consent	Muriel Brook Mother
Date of Certificate	13 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar

512

13 May 1919

Roy Penrose Knight
Mary Elizabeth Carstens

Roy Penrose Knight
May Elizabeth Carstens
💍 1919/2620

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

26
25

Auckland
Auckland

4 months
12 months

Dwelling of Mrs Carstens Karangahape Road Edendale

2428

13 May 1919

Rev. W. J. Youngson Presbyterian

No	512
Date of Notice	13 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Roy Penrose Knight	Mary Elizabeth Carstens
BDM Match (98%)	Roy Penrose Knight	May Elizabeth Carstens
	💍 1919/2620
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 months	12 months
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Mrs Carstens Karangahape Road Edendale
Folio	2428
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Youngson Presbyterian

513

13 May 1919

Richard Cecil Crowley
Margaret McKillop

Richard Cecil Crowley
Margaret McKillop
💍 1919/2621

Bachelor
Spinster

Fitter

32
32

Auckland
Auckland

2 days
6 years

St Patrick's Cathedral Auckland

2429

13 May 1919

Rev. J. O'Malley Roman Catholic

No	513
Date of Notice	13 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Cecil Crowley	Margaret McKillop
	💍 1919/2621
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fitter
Age	32	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 days	6 years
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Cathedral Auckland
Folio	2429
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. O'Malley Roman Catholic

514

13 May 1919

Robert Edward
Evelyn Ellen Deery

Robert Edwards
Evelyn Ellen Deery
💍 1919/2622

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

29
29

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
27 years

Church of St John the Baptist Parnell AUCKLAND

2430

13 May 1919

Rev. J Cahill Roman Catholic

No	514
Date of Notice	13 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Edward	Evelyn Ellen Deery
BDM Match (96%)	Robert Edwards	Evelyn Ellen Deery
	💍 1919/2622
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	29	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	27 years
Marriage Place	Church of St John the Baptist Parnell AUCKLAND
Folio	2430
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J Cahill Roman Catholic

515

13 May 1919

Robert McKeown
Adeline Jones

Robert McKeown
Adeline Jones
💍 1919/4940

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

40
34

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
7 months

St Mary's Cathedral Parnell

4171

13 May 1919

Rev. J. R. Burgin Anglican

No	515
Date of Notice	13 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert McKeown	Adeline Jones
	💍 1919/4940
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	40	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	7 months
Marriage Place	St Mary's Cathedral Parnell
Folio	4171
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. R. Burgin 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).