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 417

District of Gisborne Quarter ending 31 March 1919 Registrar H. Hill

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

4 January 1919

Walter McDougal
Annie Leslie Robertson

Walter McGonigal
Annie Leslie Robertson
💍 1919/4122

Bachelor
Spinster

Station Manager
Domestic duties

34
37

Muriwai, Poverty Bay
Waerenga-o-kuri

About 30 years
Life

Saint Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Gisborne

899

4 January 1919

Reverend James Aitken, Presbyterian Minister

No	1
Date of Notice	4 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter McDougal	Annie Leslie Robertson
BDM Match (91%)	Walter McGonigal	Annie Leslie Robertson
	💍 1919/4122
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Station Manager	Domestic duties
Age	34	37
Dwelling Place	Muriwai, Poverty Bay	Waerenga-o-kuri
Length of Residence	About 30 years	Life
Marriage Place	Saint Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Gisborne
Folio	899
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Reverend James Aitken, Presbyterian Minister

9 January 1919

Frederick George Preece
Maude Agnes Stewart

Frederick George Price
Maude Agnes Stewart
💍 1919/4123

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Waitress

21
22

Gisborne
Gisborne

4 days
4 days

The Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

900

9 January 1919

Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

No	2
Date of Notice	9 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick George Preece	Maude Agnes Stewart
BDM Match (96%)	Frederick George Price	Maude Agnes Stewart
	💍 1919/4123
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Waitress
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	The Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne
Folio	900
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

10 January 1919

Arthur Walden Soundy
Ivy Hannah Tietjen

Arthur Walden Soundy
Ivy Hannah Lietjen
💍 1919/1888

Bachelor
Spinster

Schoolteacher
Domestic duties

40
27

Makaraka
Makaraka

6 years
Life

Waerenga-a-hika Church of England

1631

10 January 1919

Reverend Edgar Ward, Church of England

No	3
Date of Notice	10 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Walden Soundy	Ivy Hannah Tietjen
BDM Match (97%)	Arthur Walden Soundy	Ivy Hannah Lietjen
	💍 1919/1888
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Schoolteacher	Domestic duties
Age	40	27
Dwelling Place	Makaraka	Makaraka
Length of Residence	6 years	Life
Marriage Place	Waerenga-a-hika Church of England
Folio	1631
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Reverend Edgar Ward, Church of England

10 January 1919

Frank O'Connell
Frances Ellen Davidson

Frank O'Connell
Frances Ellen Davidson
💍 1919/1004

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Typiste

23
21

Gisborne
Gisborne

8 years
20 years

Saint Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Gisborne

901

10 January 1919

Reverend James Aitken, Presbyterian Minister

No	4
Date of Notice	10 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank O'Connell	Frances Ellen Davidson
	💍 1919/1004
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Typiste
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	8 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Saint Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Gisborne
Folio	901
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Reverend James Aitken, Presbyterian Minister

10 January 1919

Rudolph Randall Bartlett
Alma Doris Singleton

Rudolph Landall Bartlett
Alma Doris Singleton
💍 1919/1015

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Home Duties

28
29

Gisborne
Gisborne

Nearly 6 years
About 6 years

At the private residence of the bride's mother 96 Crawford Road Kaiti

902

10 January 1919

Reverend Joseph Carlisle, Baptist Minister

No	5
Date of Notice	10 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Rudolph Randall Bartlett	Alma Doris Singleton
BDM Match (98%)	Rudolph Landall Bartlett	Alma Doris Singleton
	💍 1919/1015
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Home Duties
Age	28	29
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	Nearly 6 years	About 6 years
Marriage Place	At the private residence of the bride's mother 96 Crawford Road Kaiti
Folio	902
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Reverend Joseph Carlisle, Baptist Minister

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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).