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 478

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

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

14 July 1919

Stanley Bloomfield
Edith Annie Wallace

Stanley Bloomfield
Edith Annie Wallace
💍 1919/5987

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor
Domestic Duties

32
25

Hamilton
Hamilton

4 days
2 years

Presbyterian Church, Hamilton

5389

14 July 1919

Rev. R. Mackie, Presbyterian

No	73
Date of Notice	14 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stanley Bloomfield	Edith Annie Wallace
	💍 1919/5987
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor	Domestic Duties
Age	32	25
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	4 days	2 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Hamilton
Folio	5389
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Mackie, Presbyterian

14 July 1919

Thomas Davison Gordon
Charlotte Henderson Jess.

Thomas Davison Gordon
Charlotte Henderson Jess
💍 1919/5988

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

34
34

Hamilton
Hamilton

4 days
6 years

Presbyterian Church, Hamilton, Frankton Junction

5390

14 July 1919

Rev. Burrows, Presbyterian

No	74
Date of Notice	14 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Davison Gordon	Charlotte Henderson Jess.
BDM Match (98%)	Thomas Davison Gordon	Charlotte Henderson Jess
	💍 1919/5988
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	34	34
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	4 days	6 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Hamilton, Frankton Junction
Folio	5390
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. Burrows, Presbyterian

17 July 1919

Frank Crawford Beagley
Kathleen Mary Fulton Willis

Frank Crawford Beagley
Kathleen Mary Fulton Willis
💍 1919/7142

Bachelor
Widow

Farmer
Domestic Duties

27
30

Pirongia
[illegible]

6 months
1 month

St. Peter's Church, Hamilton

Cancelled

17 July 1919

Arch-Deacon E. M. Cowie, Anglican

No	75
Date of Notice	17 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Crawford Beagley	Kathleen Mary Fulton Willis
	💍 1919/7142
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	27	30
Dwelling Place	Pirongia	[illegible]
Length of Residence	6 months	1 month
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Hamilton
Folio	Cancelled
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Arch-Deacon E. M. Cowie, Anglican

18 July 1919

Arthur Pretty
Myra Ethel Johnson

Arthur Pretty
Myra Ethel Johnson
💍 1919/5989

Widower
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

32
18

Matangi
Matangi

10 years
1 year

Methodist Church, Hamilton

5391

James Johnson, Father

18 July 1919

Rev. E. O. Blamires, Methodist

No	76
Date of Notice	18 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Pretty	Myra Ethel Johnson
	💍 1919/5989
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	32	18
Dwelling Place	Matangi	Matangi
Length of Residence	10 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Hamilton
Folio	5391
Consent	James Johnson, Father
Date of Certificate	18 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. O. Blamires, Methodist

18 July 1919

Thomas Henry Albert Kells.
Olive Flora Campbell

Thomas Henry Albert Kells
Olive Flora Campbell
💍 1919/5990

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

23
23

Te Rapa
Hamilton

6 months
2 years

Registrar's Office, Hamilton

5392

18 July 1919

A. Stott, Registrar

No	77
Date of Notice	18 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Henry Albert Kells.	Olive Flora Campbell
BDM Match (98%)	Thomas Henry Albert Kells	Olive Flora Campbell
	💍 1919/5990
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Te Rapa	Hamilton
Length of Residence	6 months	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Hamilton
Folio	5392
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 July 1919
Officiating Minister	A. Stott, Registrar

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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).