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 131

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1919 Registrar A. J. [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

601

2 June 1919

Leonard Joseph Adair
Harriet Rebecca Power

Leonard Joseph Adams
Harriet Rebecca Girven
💍 1919/2833

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Driver

20
19

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
18 months

Church of the Sacred Heart, Ponsonby

2515

Richard William Power, Father

2 June 1919

Rev. M. Hunt, Roman Catholic

No	601
Date of Notice	2 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Joseph Adair	Harriet Rebecca Power
BDM Match (84%)	Leonard Joseph Adams	Harriet Rebecca Girven
	💍 1919/2833
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Driver
Age	20	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	18 months
Marriage Place	Church of the Sacred Heart, Ponsonby
Folio	2515
Consent	Richard William Power, Father
Date of Certificate	2 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Hunt, Roman Catholic

602

2 June 1919

Norman Leslie Riis
Ruby Ann Virginia Davies

Norman Leslie Sims
Ruby Ann Virginia Davies
💍 1919/2834

Bachelor
Spinster

Joiner

26
25

Auckland
Auckland

Life
6 years

Church of the Assumption, Onehunga

2516

2 June 1919

Rev. Fr. W. J. Mahoney, Roman Catholic

No	602
Date of Notice	2 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Norman Leslie Riis	Ruby Ann Virginia Davies
BDM Match (94%)	Norman Leslie Sims	Ruby Ann Virginia Davies
	💍 1919/2834
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Joiner
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	6 years
Marriage Place	Church of the Assumption, Onehunga
Folio	2516
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. Fr. W. J. Mahoney, Roman Catholic

603

4 June 1919

William James Perkin
Vera Frances Clark

William James Jenkin
Vera Frances Clark
💍 1919/2835

Bachelor
Spinster

Timber Mill Hand

36
31

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
2 1/2 years

Methodist Church, Kingsland

2517

4 June 1919

Rev. H. Ranston, Methodist

No	603
Date of Notice	4 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William James Perkin	Vera Frances Clark
BDM Match (95%)	William James Jenkin	Vera Frances Clark
	💍 1919/2835
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Timber Mill Hand
Age	36	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	2 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Kingsland
Folio	2517
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Ranston, Methodist

604

4 June 1919

Alexander Alfred Thomson
Iris Iris Kivell

Alexander Alfred Thomson
Iris Trix Kivell
💍 1919/2836

Bachelor
Spinster

Biograph Operator

27
23

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
5 years

St Barnabas Church, Mt Eden

2518

4 June 1919

Rev. E. J. McFarland, Anglican

No	604
Date of Notice	4 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Alfred Thomson	Iris Iris Kivell
BDM Match (94%)	Alexander Alfred Thomson	Iris Trix Kivell
	💍 1919/2836
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Biograph Operator
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St Barnabas Church, Mt Eden
Folio	2518
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. McFarland, Anglican

605

4 June 1919

Raymond John Phipps
Rita Beryl Herring

Raymond John Phipps
Rita Beryl Herring
💍 1919/2837

Bachelor
Spinster

Linotype Engineer

30
23

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
Life

St Andrew's Church, Auckland

2519

4 June 1919

Rev. A. A. Murray, Presbyterian

No	605
Date of Notice	4 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Raymond John Phipps	Rita Beryl Herring
	💍 1919/2837
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Linotype Engineer
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	Life
Marriage Place	St Andrew's Church, Auckland
Folio	2519
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. A. Murray, Presbyterian

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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).