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 125

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1919 Registrar G. W. Jordan

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

591

29 May 1919

Ivan George Lunn
Frances Noy

Ivan George
Mary Frances Noy
💍 1919/2728

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier
Spinster

25
21

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
4 days

Registrar's Office Auckland

2485

29 May 1919

Registrar

No	591
Date of Notice	29 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ivan George Lunn	Frances Noy
BDM Match (69%)	Ivan George	Mary Frances Noy
	💍 1919/2728
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier	Spinster
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	2485
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar

592

29 May 1919

Thomas Addis Ward
Sarah Anna Hollywood Scott

Thomas Addis Ward
Sarah Anna Hollywood Scott
💍 1919/2729

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer
Spinster

26
23

Auckland
Auckland

11 years
18 years

Church of the Holy Sepulchre Auckland

2486

29 May 1919

Rev. W. A. Keall, Anglican

No	592
Date of Notice	29 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Addis Ward	Sarah Anna Hollywood Scott
	💍 1919/2729
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer	Spinster
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Church of the Holy Sepulchre Auckland
Folio	2486
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. A. Keall, Anglican

593

29 May 1919

Moore William Harvey
Janet McKenzie

Moore William Harvey
Janet McKenzie
💍 1919/2730

Bachelor
Spinster

Station Manager
Spinster

40
35

Auckland
Auckland

10 days
17 days

House of Mrs. J. Harvey, Williamson St. Epsom

2487

29 May 1919

Rev. H. Johnson, Congregational

No	593
Date of Notice	29 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Moore William Harvey	Janet McKenzie
	💍 1919/2730
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Station Manager	Spinster
Age	40	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 days	17 days
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. J. Harvey, Williamson St. Epsom
Folio	2487
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Johnson, Congregational

594

29 May 1919

Francis Edward Richard
Helen Hannah Blinkhorne

Francis Edward Gichard
Helen Hannah Blinkhorne
💍 1919/2731

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrical Engineer
Spinster

26
26

Auckland
Auckland

16 months
9 years

St. Matthew's Church Auckland

2488

29 May 1919

Rev. J. C. A. Calder, Anglican

No	594
Date of Notice	29 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Edward Richard	Helen Hannah Blinkhorne
BDM Match (98%)	Francis Edward Gichard	Helen Hannah Blinkhorne
	💍 1919/2731
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrical Engineer	Spinster
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	16 months	9 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church Auckland
Folio	2488
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. C. A. Calder, Anglican

595

29 May 1919

Thomas Simon Jane
Jane Hooper

Thomas Simon
Jane Hooper
💍 1919/2732

Widower, April 1918
Widow, 1882

Miner

81
77

Auckland
Auckland

63 years
21 years

St. Barnabas' Church Mt. Eden

2489

29 May 1919

Rev. E. J. McFarland, Anglican

No	595
Date of Notice	29 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Simon Jane	Jane Hooper
BDM Match (85%)	Thomas Simon	Jane Hooper
	💍 1919/2732
Condition	Widower, April 1918	Widow, 1882
Profession	Miner
Age	81	77
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	63 years	21 years
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas' Church Mt. Eden
Folio	2489
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. McFarland, 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).