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

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District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 1919 Registrar F 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

796

9 July 1919

William John Perryman
Ida Evelyn Douglas

William John Berryman
Ida Evelyn Douglas
💍 1919/5538

Bachelor
Spinster

Marine Officer

22
20

Auckland
Auckland

1 1/2 years
8 years

Registrar's Office Auckland

4921

Annie Douglas Mother

9 July 1919

Registrar

No	796
Date of Notice	9 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Perryman	Ida Evelyn Douglas
BDM Match (98%)	William John Berryman	Ida Evelyn Douglas
	💍 1919/5538
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Marine Officer
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 1/2 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	4921
Consent	Annie Douglas Mother
Date of Certificate	9 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar

797

9 July 1919

George Broadley
Margaret Cameron

George Broadley
Margaret Cameron
💍 1919/5594

Bachelor
Spinster

Meter Reader

30
22

Auckland
Auckland

16 months
2 years

House of F Newsome Dunkerron Avenue Epsom

4955

9 July 1919

R Robbie

No	797
Date of Notice	9 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Broadley	Margaret Cameron
	💍 1919/5594
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Meter Reader
Age	30	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	16 months	2 years
Marriage Place	House of F Newsome Dunkerron Avenue Epsom
Folio	4955
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 July 1919
Officiating Minister	R Robbie

798

10 July 1919

James Stewart Hannigan
Dorothy Agatha Corbett

James Stewart Hannigan
Dorothy Agatha Corbett
💍 1919/5595

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

31
26

Auckland
Auckland

15 months
23 years

Church of the Sacred Heart Ponsonby

4956

10 July 1919

J V Curran

No	798
Date of Notice	10 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Stewart Hannigan	Dorothy Agatha Corbett
	💍 1919/5595
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	31	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 months	23 years
Marriage Place	Church of the Sacred Heart Ponsonby
Folio	4956
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 July 1919
Officiating Minister	J V Curran

799

10 July 1919

Ernest Alfred Ruffle
Mary Christina Gibson

Ernest Alfred Ruffles
Mary Christina Gibson
💍 1919/5596

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

30
28

Auckland
Auckland

6 weeks
12 years

St James's Church Auckland

4957

10 July 1919

R L Walker

No	799
Date of Notice	10 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Alfred Ruffle	Mary Christina Gibson
BDM Match (98%)	Ernest Alfred Ruffles	Mary Christina Gibson
	💍 1919/5596
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	30	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 weeks	12 years
Marriage Place	St James's Church Auckland
Folio	4957
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 July 1919
Officiating Minister	R L Walker

800

10 July 1919

Douglas Hewart Kirkland
Alice Mabel Aitken

Douglas Henry Kirkland
Alice Isabel Aitken
💍 1919/5597

Bachelor
Spinster

Bridge Carpenter

28
18

Auckland
Auckland

6 days
10 years

St David's Church Auckland

4958

William General Aitken Father

10 July 1919

A W Limmont

No	800
Date of Notice	10 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Douglas Hewart Kirkland	Alice Mabel Aitken
BDM Match (88%)	Douglas Henry Kirkland	Alice Isabel Aitken
	💍 1919/5597
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bridge Carpenter
Age	28	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 days	10 years
Marriage Place	St David's Church Auckland
Folio	4958
Consent	William General Aitken Father
Date of Certificate	10 July 1919
Officiating Minister	A W Limmont

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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).