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 442

District of Gisborne Quarter ending 31 December 1919 Registrar Geo. 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

111

21 October 1919

Richard Farthing
Agnes Rose Calcott

Richard Farthing
Agnes Rose Calcott
💍 1919/8503

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Crossing Builder
Home Duties

36
34

Gisborne
Gisborne

14 years
3 1/2 years

St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Gisborne

8176

21 October 1919

Rev James Aitken, Presbyterian

No	111
Date of Notice	21 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Farthing	Agnes Rose Calcott
	💍 1919/8503
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Crossing Builder	Home Duties
Age	36	34
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	14 years	3 1/2 years
Marriage Place	St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Gisborne
Folio	8176
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 October 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev James Aitken, Presbyterian

112

21 October 1919

Gennaro Marsicano
Annie Graham Cameron

Gennaro Marsicano
Anne Graham Cameron
💍 1919/8514

Bachelor
Spinster (Divorced July 3rd 1919 Date of decree absolute)

Musician
Household Duties

33
27

Kaiti, Gisborne
Kaiti, Gisborne

14 years
2 1/2 years

The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

8177

21 October 1919

Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

No	112
Date of Notice	21 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gennaro Marsicano	Annie Graham Cameron
BDM Match (98%)	Gennaro Marsicano	Anne Graham Cameron
	💍 1919/8514
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster (Divorced July 3rd 1919 Date of decree absolute)
Profession	Musician	Household Duties
Age	33	27
Dwelling Place	Kaiti, Gisborne	Kaiti, Gisborne
Length of Residence	14 years	2 1/2 years
Marriage Place	The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne
Folio	8177
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 October 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

113

22 October 1919

Edwin John Young
Eileen Alice Elizabeth Hatton

Edwin John Young
Eileen Alice Elizabeth Hatton
💍 1919/8520

Widower (31-5-15)
Spinster

Sheepfarmer
Dressmaker

39
26

Patutahi, Gisborne
Patutahi, Gisborne

15 years
24 years

Holy Trinity Church of England, Gisborne

8178

22 October 1919

Rev Horace Packe, Anglican

No	113
Date of Notice	22 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin John Young	Eileen Alice Elizabeth Hatton
	💍 1919/8520
Condition	Widower (31-5-15)	Spinster
Profession	Sheepfarmer	Dressmaker
Age	39	26
Dwelling Place	Patutahi, Gisborne	Patutahi, Gisborne
Length of Residence	15 years	24 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church of England, Gisborne
Folio	8178
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 October 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev Horace Packe, Anglican

114

23 October 1919

Hugh Miller
Marion Elizabeth Strong

Hugh Miller
Marion Elizabeth Strong
💍 1919/8521

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer
School Teacher

33
29

Gisborne
Gisborne

8 months
4 1/2 years

The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

8179

23 October 1919

Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

No	114
Date of Notice	23 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh Miller	Marion Elizabeth Strong
	💍 1919/8521
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer	School Teacher
Age	33	29
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	8 months	4 1/2 years
Marriage Place	The office of the Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne
Folio	8179
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 October 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Gisborne

115

27 October 1919

Edward Pearson Pavanus
Sarah Jane Greenwood

Edwin Pearson Pavarno
Sarah Jane Greenwood
💍 1919/8522

Widower (19-7-11)
Widow (18-11-16)

Woolsorter
Home Duties

39
39

Gisborne
Gisborne

12 years
7 years

Holy Trinity Church of England, Gisborne

8180

27 October 1919

Rev Horace Packe, Church of England

No	115
Date of Notice	27 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Pearson Pavanus	Sarah Jane Greenwood
BDM Match (86%)	Edwin Pearson Pavarno	Sarah Jane Greenwood
	💍 1919/8522
Condition	Widower (19-7-11)	Widow (18-11-16)
Profession	Woolsorter	Home Duties
Age	39	39
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	12 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church of England, Gisborne
Folio	8180
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 October 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev Horace Packe, Church of England

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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).