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 159

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1919 Registrar Abel Gans

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

741

30 June 1919

Edward George Hutton
Alice Mary Arndt

Edward George Hutton
Alice May Arndt
💍 1919/4963

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

37
30

Martinborough
Auckland

14 days
Life

St Matthew's Church, Auckland

4172

30 June 1919

Rev W. E. Gillam

No	741
Date of Notice	30 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward George Hutton	Alice Mary Arndt
BDM Match (97%)	Edward George Hutton	Alice May Arndt
	💍 1919/4963
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	37	30
Dwelling Place	Martinborough	Auckland
Length of Residence	14 days	Life
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	4172
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev W. E. Gillam

742

30 June 1919

Percy Howard Dowler
Ivy Hindolena Florence Evans

Percy Howard Powley
Ivy Hindolena Florence Evans
💍 1919/2764

Bachelor
Spinster

Tinsmith

19
17

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
8 months

Residence of Father of Bridegroom, 4 Cauldrey St, Eden Terrace

2646

William Matthew Dowler, Father (groom); Edwin Evans, Father (bride)

30 June 1919

Rev R. L. Walker

No	742
Date of Notice	30 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Howard Dowler	Ivy Hindolena Florence Evans
BDM Match (95%)	Percy Howard Powley	Ivy Hindolena Florence Evans
	💍 1919/2764
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tinsmith
Age	19	17
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	8 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Father of Bridegroom, 4 Cauldrey St, Eden Terrace
Folio	2646
Consent	William Matthew Dowler, Father (groom); Edwin Evans, Father (bride)
Date of Certificate	30 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev R. L. Walker

743

30 June 1919

James Paton Kane
Margaret Helen Carmichael

James Paton Lane
Margaret Helen Carmichael
💍 1919/2765

Bachelor
Spinster

Civil Servant

33
29

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
3 months

St David's Church, Auckland

2647

30 June 1919

Rev A. W. Kinmont

No	743
Date of Notice	30 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Paton Kane	Margaret Helen Carmichael
BDM Match (97%)	James Paton Lane	Margaret Helen Carmichael
	💍 1919/2765
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Civil Servant
Age	33	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	3 months
Marriage Place	St David's Church, Auckland
Folio	2647
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev A. W. Kinmont

744

30 June 1919

Albert Lawrence Le Price
Florence Violet Wilmshurst commonly known as Thatcher

Albert Laurence Le Grice
Florence Violet Thatcher
💍 1919/2766

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrical Engineer

25
23

Auckland
Auckland

8 days
8 days

Eden Hall, View Rd, Mt Eden

2648

30 June 1919

Rev H. L. Thatcher

No	744
Date of Notice	30 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Lawrence Le Price	Florence Violet Wilmshurst commonly known as Thatcher
BDM Match (69%)	Albert Laurence Le Grice	Florence Violet Thatcher
	💍 1919/2766
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrical Engineer
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 days	8 days
Marriage Place	Eden Hall, View Rd, Mt Eden
Folio	2648
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev H. L. Thatcher

745

30 June 1919

Walker Horton
Frances Ingmire

Walter Horton
Frances Ingmire
💍 1919/2767

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

34
34

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
9 months

Registrar's Office, Auckland

2649

30 June 1919

Registrar

No	745
Date of Notice	30 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walker Horton	Frances Ingmire
BDM Match (96%)	Walter Horton	Frances Ingmire
	💍 1919/2767
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	34	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	9 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	2649
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar

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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).