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 487

District of Hamilton Quarter ending 31 December 1919 Registrar A. E. Salt

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

111

5 November 1919

Leonard Charles Russell
Jessie Greig

Leonard Charles Russell
Jessie Greig
💍 1919/8573

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Nurse

23
21

Tauwhare
Tauwhare

2 months
2 months

Residence Mr W. G. Greig, Tauwhare by Rev. W. Irwin

8230

5 November 1919

Rev. W. Irwin, Presbyterian

No	111
Date of Notice	5 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Charles Russell	Jessie Greig
	💍 1919/8573
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Nurse
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Tauwhare	Tauwhare
Length of Residence	2 months	2 months
Marriage Place	Residence Mr W. G. Greig, Tauwhare by Rev. W. Irwin
Folio	8230
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Irwin, Presbyterian

112

12 November 1919

Arthur Raymond Frost
Edith Clark

Arthur Raymond Frost
Edith Clark
💍 1919/8574

Bachelor
Spinster

Flaxmiller
Nurse

36
38

Hamilton
Hamilton

3 days
2 weeks

Baptist Church Hamilton

8231

12 November 1919

Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

No	112
Date of Notice	12 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Raymond Frost	Edith Clark
	💍 1919/8574
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Flaxmiller	Nurse
Age	36	38
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	3 days	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Baptist Church Hamilton
Folio	8231
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

113

12 November 1919

Clinton Urbane Taylor
Ursula Manning

Clinton Urbane Taylor
Ursula Manning
💍 1919/8575

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Drapery Assistant

29
28

Hamilton
Hamilton

18 months
18 months

Methodist Church Hamilton

8232

12 November 1919

Rev. Olds, Methodist

No	113
Date of Notice	12 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Clinton Urbane Taylor	Ursula Manning
	💍 1919/8575
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Drapery Assistant
Age	29	28
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	18 months	18 months
Marriage Place	Methodist Church Hamilton
Folio	8232
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. Olds, Methodist

114

13 November 1919

Rowland Robson
Jane Margaret Bruce

Rowland Robson
Jane Margaret Bruce
💍 1919/8576

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

34
36

Koromatua
Whatawhata

7 years
36 years

St. Peter's Anglican Church Hamilton

8233

13 November 1919

Rev. E. M. Cowie, Anglican

No	114
Date of Notice	13 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Rowland Robson	Jane Margaret Bruce
	💍 1919/8576
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	34	36
Dwelling Place	Koromatua	Whatawhata
Length of Residence	7 years	36 years
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Anglican Church Hamilton
Folio	8233
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. M. Cowie, Anglican

115

14 November 1919

Frederick William Moore
Margaret Young

Frederick William Moore
Margaret Young
💍 1919/8553

Divorced 6. 9. 1915.
Spinster

Clerk
Domestic Duties

42
35

Hamilton
Hamilton

3 months
2 months

Baptist Church Hamilton

8234

14 November 1919

Rev. H. Hercus, Baptist

No	115
Date of Notice	14 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick William Moore	Margaret Young
	💍 1919/8553
Condition	Divorced 6. 9. 1915.	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Domestic Duties
Age	42	35
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	3 months	2 months
Marriage Place	Baptist Church Hamilton
Folio	8234
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Hercus, Baptist

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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).