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 261

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 December 1919 Registrar S. J. West

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

1241

13 October 1919

John Joseph Delahunty
Ellen Elizabeth Walsh

John Joseph Delahunty
Ellen Elizabeth Walsh
💍 1919/7269

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

43
37

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
1 month

Roman Catholic Church, Avondale

6757

13 October 1919

P. V. O'Malley

No	1241
Date of Notice	13 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Joseph Delahunty	Ellen Elizabeth Walsh
	💍 1919/7269
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	43	37
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	1 month
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Avondale
Folio	6757
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 October 1919
Officiating Minister	P. V. O'Malley

1242

13 October 1919

William McGowan Menzies
Minnie Tarrant

William McCowan Menzies
Minnie Tarrant
💍 1919/7270

Bachelor
Spinster

Plantation Foreman

29
25

Auckland
Auckland

2 weeks
5 years

St. Andrew's Church, Auckland

6758

13 October 1919

A. A. Murray

No	1242
Date of Notice	13 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William McGowan Menzies	Minnie Tarrant
BDM Match (98%)	William McCowan Menzies	Minnie Tarrant
	💍 1919/7270
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plantation Foreman
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 weeks	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church, Auckland
Folio	6758
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 October 1919
Officiating Minister	A. A. Murray

1243

13 October 1919

Humphrey Owen Russell
Rebecca Winifred Mallyon

Humphrey Ewen Russell
Rebecca Winifred Mallyon
💍 1919/7271

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

38
34

Auckland
Auckland

1 week
1 week

St. Andrew's Church, Epsom

6759

13 October 1919

G. L. Harvie

No	1243
Date of Notice	13 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Humphrey Owen Russell	Rebecca Winifred Mallyon
BDM Match (98%)	Humphrey Ewen Russell	Rebecca Winifred Mallyon
	💍 1919/7271
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	38	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 week	1 week
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church, Epsom
Folio	6759
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 October 1919
Officiating Minister	G. L. Harvie

1244

13 October 1919

Guy Stanley Bridgford Eversleigh
Vera Edith Connelly

Guy Stanley Bridgwood Eversleigh
Vera Edith Connelly
💍 1919/7248

Bachelor
Spinster

Company Manager

37
31

Auckland
Auckland

15 years
22 years

Residence of Mrs. McKay Grant, 75 Remuera Road, Auckland

6760

13 October 1919

J. Pattison

No	1244
Date of Notice	13 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Guy Stanley Bridgford Eversleigh	Vera Edith Connelly
BDM Match (97%)	Guy Stanley Bridgwood Eversleigh	Vera Edith Connelly
	💍 1919/7248
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Company Manager
Age	37	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. McKay Grant, 75 Remuera Road, Auckland
Folio	6760
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 October 1919
Officiating Minister	J. Pattison

1245

13 October 1919

Dudley John Baker
Grace Florence Ashton

Dudley John Baker
Grace Florence Ashton
💍 1919/7249

Bachelor
Widow

Commercial Traveller

30
27

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
16 months

St. John's Church, Ponsonby

6761

13 October 1919

H. G. Bellhouse

No	1245
Date of Notice	13 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Dudley John Baker	Grace Florence Ashton
	💍 1919/7249
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	30	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	16 months
Marriage Place	St. John's Church, Ponsonby
Folio	6761
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 October 1919
Officiating Minister	H. G. 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).