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 447

District of Gisborne Quarter ending 31 December 1919 Registrar H. G. 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

136

26 November 1919

Daniel McKenzie
Eliza Ann Pearson

Daniel McKenzie
Eliza Ann Pearson
💍 1919/8538

Bachelor
Widow 1886

Labourer
Cook

54
56

Gisborne
Gisborne

About 3 months
About 4 months

The office of the Registrar of Marriages Gisborne

8201

26 November 1919

Registrar of Marriages Gisborne

No	136
Date of Notice	26 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel McKenzie	Eliza Ann Pearson
	💍 1919/8538
Condition	Bachelor	Widow 1886
Profession	Labourer	Cook
Age	54	56
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	About 3 months	About 4 months
Marriage Place	The office of the Registrar of Marriages Gisborne
Folio	8201
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages Gisborne

137

1 December 1919

Douglas Blomfield Malcolm
Jessie McKenzie

Douglas Blomfield Malcolm
Jessie McKenzie
💍 1919/8545

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk in Holy Orders
Home duties

27
29

Gisborne
Gisborne

4 years
29 years

Holy Trinity Church of England Gisborne

8202

1 December 1919

Rev Horace Packe Anglican

No	137
Date of Notice	1 December 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Douglas Blomfield Malcolm	Jessie McKenzie
	💍 1919/8545
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk in Holy Orders	Home duties
Age	27	29
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	4 years	29 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church of England Gisborne
Folio	8202
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 December 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev Horace Packe Anglican

138

29 November 1919

Christopher Hume Fyfe
Eileen Laura Connell

Christopher Hume Fyfe
Laura Eileen Connell
💍 1919/8379

Bachelor
Spinster

Departmental Manager
Home duties

31
21

Gisborne
Upper Hutt Wellington

2 months
Life

St John's Church of England Trentham

8024

29 November 1919

Rev Arthur H Barnett Church of England Upper Hutt Wellington

No	138
Date of Notice	29 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Christopher Hume Fyfe	Eileen Laura Connell
BDM Match (70%)	Christopher Hume Fyfe	Laura Eileen Connell
	💍 1919/8379
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Departmental Manager	Home duties
Age	31	21
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Upper Hutt Wellington
Length of Residence	2 months	Life
Marriage Place	St John's Church of England Trentham
Folio	8024
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev Arthur H Barnett Church of England Upper Hutt Wellington

139

28 November 1919

George Allan Third
Dorothy May Masters

George Allan Third
Dorothy May Masters
💍 1919/8546

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver
Dressmaker

21
16

Gisborne
Gisborne

19 years
7 1/2 years

The office of the Registrar of Marriages Gisborne

8203

Angelica Cornelius (mother)

28 November 1919

Registrar of Marriages Gisborne

No	139
Date of Notice	28 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Allan Third	Dorothy May Masters
	💍 1919/8546
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver	Dressmaker
Age	21	16
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	19 years	7 1/2 years
Marriage Place	The office of the Registrar of Marriages Gisborne
Folio	8203
Consent	Angelica Cornelius (mother)
Date of Certificate	28 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages Gisborne

140

28 November 1919

Samuel James Parsons
Barbara Burgess

Samuel James Parsons
Barbara Burgess
💍 1919/8547

Bachelor
Widow 1-4-17

Labourer
Domestic duties

45
48

Gisborne
Gisborne

45 years
30 years

Private residence of the mother of the bridegroom Herbert Road Gisborne

8204

28 November 1919

Rev Theodore Edwards Church of Christ

No	140
Date of Notice	28 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel James Parsons	Barbara Burgess
	💍 1919/8547
Condition	Bachelor	Widow 1-4-17
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	45	48
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	45 years	30 years
Marriage Place	Private residence of the mother of the bridegroom Herbert Road Gisborne
Folio	8204
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev Theodore Edwards Church of Christ

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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).