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 139

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

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

641

12 June 1919

Edward Charles Pyke
Agnes Jane Meek

Edward Charles Type
Agnes Jane Meck
💍 1919/2688

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Mechanic

28
20

Auckland
Auckland

10 days
4 years

St John's Church, Ponsonby

2552

Charles Henry Meek, Father

12 June 1919

Rev. H. B. Bellhouse, Methodist

No	641
Date of Notice	12 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Charles Pyke	Agnes Jane Meek
BDM Match (91%)	Edward Charles Type	Agnes Jane Meck
	💍 1919/2688
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Mechanic
Age	28	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 days	4 years
Marriage Place	St John's Church, Ponsonby
Folio	2552
Consent	Charles Henry Meek, Father
Date of Certificate	12 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. B. Bellhouse, Methodist

642

12 June 1919

Charles Rorke Hodges
Nancy Evans

Charles George Hodges
Nancy Evans
💍 1919/2695

Bachelor
Spinster

Pianoforte Tuner

28
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
4 years

All Saints Church, Ponsonby

2553

12 June 1919

Rev. F. W. Young, Anglican

No	642
Date of Notice	12 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Rorke Hodges	Nancy Evans
BDM Match (93%)	Charles George Hodges	Nancy Evans
	💍 1919/2695
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Pianoforte Tuner
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	4 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Ponsonby
Folio	2553
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. W. Young, Anglican

643

12 June 1919

Lawrence William Jillings
Elizabeth Emma Constable

Lawrence William Jillings
Elizabeth Emma Constable
💍 1919/2696

Bachelor
Divorced 12 April 1919

Labourer

39
30

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
10 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

2554

12 June 1919

Registrar

No	643
Date of Notice	12 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lawrence William Jillings	Elizabeth Emma Constable
	💍 1919/2696
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced 12 April 1919
Profession	Labourer
Age	39	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	10 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	2554
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar

644

12 June 1919

John Spencer Jones
Ivy Mary Edwards

John Spencer Jones
Ivy May Edwards
💍 1919/2697

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

30
22

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
22 years

Residence of Mr Edwards, 99 Clarence St, Ponsonby

2555

12 June 1919

Rev. W. A. Burley, Methodist

No	644
Date of Notice	12 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Spencer Jones	Ivy Mary Edwards
BDM Match (97%)	John Spencer Jones	Ivy May Edwards
	💍 1919/2697
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	30	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	22 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr Edwards, 99 Clarence St, Ponsonby
Folio	2555
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. A. Burley, Methodist

645

13 June 1919

James William Blackwell
Alice Winifred Reid

James William Blackwell
Alice Winnifred Reid
💍 1919/2698

Widower 10 Dec 1918
Spinster

Retired Farmer

67
39

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
4 years

St Lukes Church, Mt Albert

2556

13 June 1919

Rev. H. R. Jecks, Anglican

No	645
Date of Notice	13 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James William Blackwell	Alice Winifred Reid
BDM Match (98%)	James William Blackwell	Alice Winnifred Reid
	💍 1919/2698
Condition	Widower 10 Dec 1918	Spinster
Profession	Retired Farmer
Age	67	39
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St Lukes Church, Mt Albert
Folio	2556
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. R. Jecks, 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).