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 488

District of Hamilton Quarter ending 31 December 1919 Registrar A. Holt

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

116

17 November 1919

Alfred Toone Shaw
Annie Courtney

Alfred Toone Shaw
Annie Courteney
💍 1919/8554

Widower 17 April 1913
Widow 26 August 1919

Carpenter
Domestic Duties

65
63

Hamilton
Hamilton

3 years
3 years

Registrar's Office, Hamilton

8235

17 November 1919

A. Stott, Registrar

No	116
Date of Notice	17 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Toone Shaw	Annie Courtney
BDM Match (97%)	Alfred Toone Shaw	Annie Courteney
	💍 1919/8554
Condition	Widower 17 April 1913	Widow 26 August 1919
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic Duties
Age	65	63
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Hamilton
Folio	8235
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 November 1919
Officiating Minister	A. Stott, Registrar

117

18 November 1919

Archibald Joseph
Dorothy Falkner

Archibald Joseph
Dorothy Falkner
💍 1919/8512

Bachelor
Spinster

Surgeon
Domestic Duties

32
28

Hamilton
Gisborne

3 years
18 years

Church of England, Waerenga-a-hika, Gisborne

8193

18 November 1919

Rev. G. H. Morse, Anglican

No	117
Date of Notice	18 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archibald Joseph	Dorothy Falkner
	💍 1919/8512
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Surgeon	Domestic Duties
Age	32	28
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Gisborne
Length of Residence	3 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Waerenga-a-hika, Gisborne
Folio	8193
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Morse, Anglican

118

18 November 1919

Ronald Sidney Oliver
Ida Kathleen Taylor

Ronald Sidney Oliver
Ida Kathleen Taylor
💍 1919/8555

Bachelor
Spinster

Bricklayer
Domestic

20
23

Frankton Junction
Frankton Junction

18 months
23 years

St. George's Anglican Church, Frankton Junction

8236

8 December 1919

E. M. Cowie, Anglican

No	118
Date of Notice	18 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ronald Sidney Oliver	Ida Kathleen Taylor
	💍 1919/8555
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bricklayer	Domestic
Age	20	23
Dwelling Place	Frankton Junction	Frankton Junction
Length of Residence	18 months	23 years
Marriage Place	St. George's Anglican Church, Frankton Junction
Folio	8236
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 December 1919
Officiating Minister	E. M. Cowie, Anglican

119

25 November 1919

Ronald John Bell
Olive Hilda Rose Gaulton

Ronald John Bell
Olive Hilda Rose Gaulton
💍 1919/8556

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Household Duties

25
25

Hamilton
Hamilton

3 days
7 1/2 years

St Paul's Methodist Church, Hamilton

8237

25 November 1919

Rev. E. O. Blamires, Methodist

No	119
Date of Notice	25 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ronald John Bell	Olive Hilda Rose Gaulton
	💍 1919/8556
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Household Duties
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	3 days	7 1/2 years
Marriage Place	St Paul's Methodist Church, Hamilton
Folio	8237
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. O. Blamires, Methodist

120

25 November 1919

Joseph Keane
Gretta Meehan

Joseph Keane
Gretta Meekan
💍 1919/9784

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

37
31

Hamilton
Hamilton

5 months
7 days

Roman Catholic Church, Hamilton

9057

25 November 1919

Father Brennan, Roman Catholic

No	120
Date of Notice	25 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Keane	Gretta Meehan
BDM Match (96%)	Joseph Keane	Gretta Meekan
	💍 1919/9784
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	37	31
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	5 months	7 days
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Hamilton
Folio	9057
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Father Brennan, Roman Catholic

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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).