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 175

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 1919 Registrar [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

816

14 July 1919

Robert Wishart
Florence Olivia Marianne Cadman

Robert Wishart
Florence Olivia Marianne Cadman
💍 1919/5589

Widower 29 February 1913
Spinster

printer

41
24

Auckland
Auckland

15 years
16 years

St Paul's Church, Auckland

4973

14 July 1919

B. Watson

No	816
Date of Notice	14 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Wishart	Florence Olivia Marianne Cadman
	💍 1919/5589
Condition	Widower 29 February 1913	Spinster
Profession	printer
Age	41	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 years	16 years
Marriage Place	St Paul's Church, Auckland
Folio	4973
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 July 1919
Officiating Minister	B. Watson

817

14 July 1919

Conrad Lewis Vere Benzley
Hilda Marion Rewiti

Conrad Lewis Vere Beazley
Hilda Marion Lewies
💍 1919/7014

Bachelor
Divorced 11 December 1918

Dresser

24
27

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
6 months

Registrar's Office, Auckland

6524

14 July 1919

Registrar

No	817
Date of Notice	14 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Conrad Lewis Vere Benzley	Hilda Marion Rewiti
BDM Match (90%)	Conrad Lewis Vere Beazley	Hilda Marion Lewies
	💍 1919/7014
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced 11 December 1918
Profession	Dresser
Age	24	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	6 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	6524
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar

818

14 July 1919

James Edward Mitchell
Annie Mary Connolly

James Edward Mitchell
Catherine Mary Connolly
💍 1919/5590

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

22
19

Auckland
Auckland

21 years
19 years

Church of the Sacred Heart, Ponsonby

4974

Francis James Connolly, Father

14 July 1919

M. Hunt

No	818
Date of Notice	14 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Edward Mitchell	Annie Mary Connolly
BDM Match (85%)	James Edward Mitchell	Catherine Mary Connolly
	💍 1919/5590
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	22	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	21 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Church of the Sacred Heart, Ponsonby
Folio	4974
Consent	Francis James Connolly, Father
Date of Certificate	14 July 1919
Officiating Minister	M. Hunt

819

14 July 1919

Patrick Norman Carroll
Helena Matheson

Frederick Arthur Carroll
Helen Laurenson
💍 1919/2129

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

22
22

Auckland
Auckland

Life
Life

St Joseph's Church, Remuera

N.S.

14 July 1919

O. Doyle

No	819
Date of Notice	14 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Patrick Norman Carroll	Helena Matheson
BDM Match (60%)	Frederick Arthur Carroll	Helen Laurenson
	💍 1919/2129
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	St Joseph's Church, Remuera
Folio	N.S.
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 July 1919
Officiating Minister	O. Doyle

820

15 July 1919

Charles Marinus Rasmussen
Florence Priscilla Wheeler

Charles Marinus Rasmussen
Florence Priscilla Wheeler
💍 1919/5591

Bachelor
Spinster

Barman

32
26

Auckland
Auckland

10 months
10 months

Residence of Rev H. E. Bellhouse, Arthur St, Ponsonby

4975

15 July 1919

H. E. Bellhouse

No	820
Date of Notice	15 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Marinus Rasmussen	Florence Priscilla Wheeler
	💍 1919/5591
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Barman
Age	32	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 months	10 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev H. E. Bellhouse, Arthur St, Ponsonby
Folio	4975
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 July 1919
Officiating Minister	H. E. Bellhouse

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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).