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 309

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 December 1919 Registrar J. McLellan

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

1481

28 November 1919

Edward George Pegg
Patricia Dorothy Josephine O'Sullivan

Edward George Pegg
Patricia Dorothy Josephine O'Sullivan
💍 1919/7472

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

36
28

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
28 years

Church of St. John the Baptist, Parnell, Auckland

6987

28 November 1919

J. Cahill

No	1481
Date of Notice	28 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward George Pegg	Patricia Dorothy Josephine O'Sullivan
	💍 1919/7472
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	36	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	28 years
Marriage Place	Church of St. John the Baptist, Parnell, Auckland
Folio	6987
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 November 1919
Officiating Minister	J. Cahill

1482

29 November 1919

David Wilson
Hilda Edith Rogers

David Wilson
Hilda Edith Rogers
💍 1919/7473

Bachelor
Spinster

Boilermaker

25
24

Auckland
Auckland

16 years
24 years

House of Bride's mother, 7 Surrey Crescent, Grey Lynn, Auckland

6988

29 November 1919

R. L. Walker

No	1482
Date of Notice	29 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Wilson	Hilda Edith Rogers
	💍 1919/7473
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Boilermaker
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	16 years	24 years
Marriage Place	House of Bride's mother, 7 Surrey Crescent, Grey Lynn, Auckland
Folio	6988
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 November 1919
Officiating Minister	R. L. Walker

1483

2 December 1919

James Dermot Walsh
Evelyn Mary Gladys Herk

James Dermot Walsh
Evelyn Mary Gladys Herk
💍 1919/7474

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

28
21

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
10 years

Church of the Sacred Heart, Ponsonby, Auckland

6989

2 December 1919

J. V. Carran

No	1483
Date of Notice	2 December 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Dermot Walsh	Evelyn Mary Gladys Herk
	💍 1919/7474
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Church of the Sacred Heart, Ponsonby, Auckland
Folio	6989
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 December 1919
Officiating Minister	J. V. Carran

1484

2 December 1919

William Frederick Olaf Smith
Ellen McKinstry

William Frederick Olaf Smith
Ellen McKinstry
💍 1919/7475

Widower 28 Jan. 1918
Widow 1 Feb. 1918

Platelayer New Zealand Railways

37
33

Auckland
Auckland

6 days
14 days

House of Mr John Ewan, 56 Cooper St, Arch Hill, Auckland

6990

2 December 1919

F. A. Thompson

No	1484
Date of Notice	2 December 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Frederick Olaf Smith	Ellen McKinstry
	💍 1919/7475
Condition	Widower 28 Jan. 1918	Widow 1 Feb. 1918
Profession	Platelayer New Zealand Railways
Age	37	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 days	14 days
Marriage Place	House of Mr John Ewan, 56 Cooper St, Arch Hill, Auckland
Folio	6990
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 December 1919
Officiating Minister	F. A. Thompson

1485

2 December 1919

Ernest Wilfred Graham
Myrtle Lily Maud Less

Ernest Wilfred Graham
Myrtle Lily Maud Ness
💍 1919/7476

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

27
30

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
14 years

Methodist Church, Waikumete, Auckland

6991

2 December 1919

E. E. Sage

No	1485
Date of Notice	2 December 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Wilfred Graham	Myrtle Lily Maud Less
BDM Match (98%)	Ernest Wilfred Graham	Myrtle Lily Maud Ness
	💍 1919/7476
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	27	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	14 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Waikumete, Auckland
Folio	6991
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 December 1919
Officiating Minister	E. E. Sage

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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).