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 365

District of Awhitu Quarter ending 30 June 1919 Registrar S. J. Wickham

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

7 April 1919

Arthur Stanley Vaughan
Rosetta Maria Matilda Ghezzi

Ardun Stanley Vaughan
Rosetta Maria Matilda Ghezzi
💍 1919/3120

Widower
Spinster

Estate Agent
Domestic Duties

48
24

Otaua (usually Auckland)
Otaua

3 days
Lifetime

Residence of Mr Ghezzi, Otaua

2831

7 April 1919

Rev. J. B. Russell, Church of England

No	2
Date of Notice	7 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Stanley Vaughan	Rosetta Maria Matilda Ghezzi
BDM Match (93%)	Ardun Stanley Vaughan	Rosetta Maria Matilda Ghezzi
	💍 1919/3120
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Estate Agent	Domestic Duties
Age	48	24
Dwelling Place	Otaua (usually Auckland)	Otaua
Length of Residence	3 days	Lifetime
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr Ghezzi, Otaua
Folio	2831
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Russell, Church of England

23 April 1919

William John Robinson
Alice Mary Conroy

William John Robinson
Alice Mary Conroy
💍 1919/3121

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

19
27

Waiau Pa
Glenbrook, Waiuku

6 years
Lifetime

Roman Catholic Church, Waiuku

2832

James Joseph Robinson, Father

23 April 1919

Rev. J. C. Taylor, Roman Catholic Church

No	3
Date of Notice	23 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Robinson	Alice Mary Conroy
	💍 1919/3121
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	19	27
Dwelling Place	Waiau Pa	Glenbrook, Waiuku
Length of Residence	6 years	Lifetime
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Waiuku
Folio	2832
Consent	James Joseph Robinson, Father
Date of Certificate	23 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. C. Taylor, Roman Catholic Church

30 May 1919

Sydney Nickell West
Eva Lillian Mary Fitchett

Sydney Nickell West
Eva Lillian Mary Fitchett
💍 1919/3122

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

40
35

Waiuku
Waiuku

37 years
14 years

Wesley Church, Waiuku

2833

30 May 1919

Rev. J. W. Griffin, Wesley Church

No	4
Date of Notice	30 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney Nickell West	Eva Lillian Mary Fitchett
	💍 1919/3122
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	40	35
Dwelling Place	Waiuku	Waiuku
Length of Residence	37 years	14 years
Marriage Place	Wesley Church, Waiuku
Folio	2833
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. W. Griffin, Wesley Church

7 June 1919

Wilfred Gordon Smith
Ella Nita Hayes

Wilfred Gordon Smith
Ella Neata Hayes
💍 1919/3123

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

28
21

Otaua
Otaua

28 years
21 years

Residence of D. D. Hayes, Otaua

2834

7 June 1919

Rev. J. W. Griffin, Wesley Church

No	5
Date of Notice	7 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wilfred Gordon Smith	Ella Nita Hayes
BDM Match (94%)	Wilfred Gordon Smith	Ella Neata Hayes
	💍 1919/3123
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Otaua	Otaua
Length of Residence	28 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Residence of D. D. Hayes, Otaua
Folio	2834
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. W. Griffin, Wesley Church

16 June 1919

Isaac Isadore Romano Ghezzi
Ada Sarah Hanham

Isaac Isadore Roman Ghezzi
Ada Sarah Hauham
💍 1919/3101

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Nurse

33
30

Maioro, Otaua
Maioro, Otaua

Lifetime
3 weeks

Residence of Mrs Hanham, Otaua

2835

16 June 1919

Rev. J. B. Russell, Church of England

No	6
Date of Notice	16 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Isaac Isadore Romano Ghezzi	Ada Sarah Hanham
BDM Match (95%)	Isaac Isadore Roman Ghezzi	Ada Sarah Hauham
	💍 1919/3101
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Nurse
Age	33	30
Dwelling Place	Maioro, Otaua	Maioro, Otaua
Length of Residence	Lifetime	3 weeks
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs Hanham, Otaua
Folio	2835
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Russell, Church of England

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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).