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 480

District of Hamilton Quarter ending 30 September 1919 Registrar A. Watt

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

1 August 1919

Leonard Bond
Dulcie Hazelmere Aitken

Leonard Bond
Dulcie Hazelmere Aitken
💍 1919/5996

Bachelor
Spinster

Postal Messenger
Household Duties

39
22

Hamilton
Frankton Junction

2 years
13 years

St. George's Anglican Church Frankton Junction

5397

1 August 1919

Rev. E. M. Cowie, Anglican

No	82
Date of Notice	1 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Bond	Dulcie Hazelmere Aitken
	💍 1919/5996
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Postal Messenger	Household Duties
Age	39	22
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Frankton Junction
Length of Residence	2 years	13 years
Marriage Place	St. George's Anglican Church Frankton Junction
Folio	5397
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. M. Cowie, Anglican

1 August 1919

Charles William Campbell
Christina Emma Cameron

Charles William Campbell
Christina Emma Cameron
💍 1919/5997

Bachelor
Spinster

Coachbuilder
Domestic Duties

30
21

Frankton Junction
Frankton Junction

3 months
9 years

Presbyterian Church Frankton Junction

5398

4 August 1919

Rev. A. Gow, Presbyterian

No	83
Date of Notice	1 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles William Campbell	Christina Emma Cameron
	💍 1919/5997
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coachbuilder	Domestic Duties
Age	30	21
Dwelling Place	Frankton Junction	Frankton Junction
Length of Residence	3 months	9 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Frankton Junction
Folio	5398
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Gow, Presbyterian

4 August 1919

William Campbell
Ruth Ilene Laybourn

William Campbell
Ruth Ilene Laybourn
💍 1919/5998

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

35
23

Claudelands
Frankton Junction

2 years
4 1/2 years

St. Paul's Methodist Church Hamilton

5399

4 August 1919

Rev. O. Clover, Methodist

No	84
Date of Notice	4 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Campbell	Ruth Ilene Laybourn
	💍 1919/5998
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	35	23
Dwelling Place	Claudelands	Frankton Junction
Length of Residence	2 years	4 1/2 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Methodist Church Hamilton
Folio	5399
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. O. Clover, Methodist

13 August 1919

George Charles Clothier
Christina Josephine Peterson

George Charles Bloshier
Christina Josephine Peterson
💍 1919/5999

Widower
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

61
48

Hamilton
Hamilton

2 years
2 years

Residence of Mrs. C. Dessent Nixon Street Hamilton

5400

13 August 1919

Rev. J. Burrows, Presbyterian

No	85
Date of Notice	13 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Charles Clothier	Christina Josephine Peterson
BDM Match (96%)	George Charles Bloshier	Christina Josephine Peterson
	💍 1919/5999
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	61	48
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. C. Dessent Nixon Street Hamilton
Folio	5400
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Burrows, Presbyterian

25 August 1919

Albert Richard Gee
Janet Isabel Flay

Albert Edward Gee
Janet Isabel Flay
💍 1919/6106

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Secretary

29
26

Hamilton
Hamilton

12 years
1 month

Home of Bridegroom Mrs R. Gee Victoria Street Hamilton

5401

25 August 1919

Rev. R. Mackie, Presbyterian

No	86
Date of Notice	25 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Richard Gee	Janet Isabel Flay
BDM Match (89%)	Albert Edward Gee	Janet Isabel Flay
	💍 1919/6106
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Secretary
Age	29	26
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	12 years	1 month
Marriage Place	Home of Bridegroom Mrs R. Gee Victoria Street Hamilton
Folio	5401
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Mackie, Presbyterian

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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).