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 115

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1919 Registrar S. J. Duncan

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

521

15 May 1919

Stanley Edward Gordon Butland
Olive Mary Anderson

Stanley Edward Gordon Butland
Olive May Anderson
💍 1919/2604

Bachelor
Spinster

Furniture Maker

24
22

Auckland
Auckland

14 months
Life

Holy Trinity Church, Devonport

2436

15 May 1919

Rev. H. A. Hawkins, Anglican

No	521
Date of Notice	15 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stanley Edward Gordon Butland	Olive Mary Anderson
BDM Match (97%)	Stanley Edward Gordon Butland	Olive May Anderson
	💍 1919/2604
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Furniture Maker
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	14 months	Life
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Devonport
Folio	2436
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. A. Hawkins, Anglican

522

15 May 1919

William Francis Woods
Ivy Myrtle Annie Churches

William Francis Woods
Ivy Myrtle Annie Churches
💍 1919/2605

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

27
26

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
10 years

St Mark's Church, Remuera

2437

15 May 1919

Rev. W. Beatty, Anglican

No	522
Date of Notice	15 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Francis Woods	Ivy Myrtle Annie Churches
	💍 1919/2605
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	10 years
Marriage Place	St Mark's Church, Remuera
Folio	2437
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beatty, Anglican

523

15 May 1919

Edward Charles Dare
Ethel Mary Fuller

Edward Charles Dare
Ethel May Fuller
💍 1919/2606

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Driver

25
24

Auckland
Auckland

4 months
8 years

Methodist Church, Newmarket

2438

15 May 1919

Rev. J. Wrigley, Methodist

No	523
Date of Notice	15 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Charles Dare	Ethel Mary Fuller
BDM Match (97%)	Edward Charles Dare	Ethel May Fuller
	💍 1919/2606
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Driver
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 months	8 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Newmarket
Folio	2438
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wrigley, Methodist

524

15 May 1919

Jens Martin Christiansen
Lilian Maud Carr

Jans Martin Christianson
Lilian Maud Carr
💍 1919/2607

Bachelor
Spinster

Mill hand

29
21

Auckland
Auckland

10 days
18 months

St Matthew's Church, Auckland

2439

15 May 1919

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Anglican

No	524
Date of Notice	15 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Jens Martin Christiansen	Lilian Maud Carr
BDM Match (96%)	Jans Martin Christianson	Lilian Maud Carr
	💍 1919/2607
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mill hand
Age	29	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 days	18 months
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	2439
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Anglican

525

16 May 1919

Francis Wainwright
Nina Louisa Hill

Francis Wainwright
Nina Louisa Hill
💍 1919/2608

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

22
21

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
3 years

St Matthew's Church, Auckland

2440

16 May 1919

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Anglican

No	525
Date of Notice	16 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Wainwright	Nina Louisa Hill
	💍 1919/2608
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	2440
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, 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).