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 142

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1919 Registrar A. H. Magson

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

656

4 June 1919

Oliver Moffat
Mary Clunie Lambton Carter

Oliver Moffat
Mary Elaine Lambton Carter
💍 1919/1280

Oliver Moffat
Mary Elaine Lambton Carter
💍 1919/2685

Bachelor (Previously married 1st April 19, by Registrar)
Spinster

Engine Driver

39
30

Auckland
Auckland

1 month
3 weeks

Presbyterian Church Uxbridge Howick

2567

4 June 1919

Rev. H. R. Fell

No	656
Date of Notice	4 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Oliver Moffat	Mary Clunie Lambton Carter
BDM Match (92%)	Oliver Moffat	Mary Elaine Lambton Carter
	💍 1919/1280
BDM Match (92%)	Oliver Moffat	Mary Elaine Lambton Carter
	💍 1919/2685
Condition	Bachelor (Previously married 1st April 19, by Registrar)	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver
Age	39	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 month	3 weeks
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Uxbridge Howick
Folio	2567
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. R. Fell

657

4 June 1919

Thomas George Philips
Kathleen Lilo Gutmann

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

31
21

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
2 weeks

Registrar's Office Auckland

2568

4 June 1919

Registrar

No	657
Date of Notice	4 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas George Philips	Kathleen Lilo Gutmann
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	31	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	2568
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar

658

4 June 1919

Waldemar Paul Arenson
Elsie Mary Olliff

Waldeman Paul Sorenson
Elsie May Olliff
💍 1919/2687

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

23
23

Auckland
Auckland

15 years
10 years

St. Luke's Church Remuera

2569

4 June 1919

Rev. J. A. Monro

No	658
Date of Notice	4 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Waldemar Paul Arenson	Elsie Mary Olliff
BDM Match (90%)	Waldeman Paul Sorenson	Elsie May Olliff
	💍 1919/2687
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Luke's Church Remuera
Folio	2569
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Monro

659

14 June 1919

George Victor Bolton
Kathleen Mary Halvey

George Victor Bolton
Kathleen Mary Halvey
💍 1919/2689

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

18
19

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
19 years

Registrar's Office Auckland

2570

Alice Hobbs Bolton, Mother

28 June 1919

Registrar

No	659
Date of Notice	14 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Victor Bolton	Kathleen Mary Halvey
	💍 1919/2689
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	18	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	2570
Consent	Alice Hobbs Bolton, Mother
Date of Certificate	28 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar

660

14 June 1919

Basil Arthur Conrade Herapath
Retta Marion White

Basil Arthur Conrad Herapath
Retta Marion White
💍 1919/2690

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

33
33

Auckland
Auckland

7 months
10 years

Residence of Mrs Mowlem, 319 Woodside Rd., Mt. Eden

2571

14 June 1919

Rev. P. R. Davis

No	660
Date of Notice	14 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Basil Arthur Conrade Herapath	Retta Marion White
BDM Match (98%)	Basil Arthur Conrad Herapath	Retta Marion White
	💍 1919/2690
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	33	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 months	10 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs Mowlem, 319 Woodside Rd., Mt. Eden
Folio	2571
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. R. Davis

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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).