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 140

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1919 Registrar L. W. P. Muir

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

646

13 June 1919

Harold Ernest Buckler
Irene Bennet

Harold Ernest Cucksey
Myrtle Irene Bennet
💍 1919/2699

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

23
22

Auckland
Howick

2 Months
15 Years

Residence of Bride's Father, Howick

2557

13 June 1919

Rev. H. R. Fell

No	646
Date of Notice	13 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Ernest Buckler	Irene Bennet
BDM Match (74%)	Harold Ernest Cucksey	Myrtle Irene Bennet
	💍 1919/2699
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Howick
Length of Residence	2 Months	15 Years
Marriage Place	Residence of Bride's Father, Howick
Folio	2557
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. R. Fell

647

13 June 1919

Ernest John French
Ivy Alice Marsland

Ernest John French
Ivy Alice Marsland
💍 1919/2700

Married not heard of wife for seven years
Spinster

Factory Clerk

61
32

Auckland
Auckland

59 Years
9 Months

St Matthew's Church, Auckland

2558

13 June 1919

Rev. Jas. A. Calder

No	647
Date of Notice	13 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest John French	Ivy Alice Marsland
	💍 1919/2700
Condition	Married not heard of wife for seven years	Spinster
Profession	Factory Clerk
Age	61	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	59 Years	9 Months
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	2558
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. Jas. A. Calder

648

13 June 1919

John William Price
Elsie Ada Edwards

John William Grice
Elsie Ada Edwards
💍 1919/2701

Bachelor
Spinster

Tram Car Conductor

35
33

Auckland
Auckland

3 Years
2 Years

St Matthew's Church, Auckland

2559

13 June 1919

Rev. W. E. Gillam

No	648
Date of Notice	13 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John William Price	Elsie Ada Edwards
BDM Match (97%)	John William Grice	Elsie Ada Edwards
	💍 1919/2701
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tram Car Conductor
Age	35	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 Years	2 Years
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	2559
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam

649

13 June 1919

Lewis Roy Allport
Mary Jane McNaul

Lewis George Allport
Mary Jane McNaul
💍 1919/2678

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

27
31

Auckland
Auckland

1 1/2 Years
3 Months

Presbyterian Church, Mt. Albert

2560

13 June 1919

Rev. P. A. Inglis

No	649
Date of Notice	13 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lewis Roy Allport	Mary Jane McNaul
BDM Match (88%)	Lewis George Allport	Mary Jane McNaul
	💍 1919/2678
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	27	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 1/2 Years	3 Months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Mt. Albert
Folio	2560
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. A. Inglis

650

13 June 1919

Robert Norman Clapham
Ruby Dorothy Hancock

Robert Norman Clague
Ruby Dorothy Hancock
💍 1919/2679

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

39
25

Auckland
Auckland

2 Weeks
life Auckland

St Matthew's Church, Auckland

2561

13 June 1919

Rev. Jas. A. Calder

No	650
Date of Notice	13 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Norman Clapham	Ruby Dorothy Hancock
BDM Match (91%)	Robert Norman Clague	Ruby Dorothy Hancock
	💍 1919/2679
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	39	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 Weeks	life Auckland
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	2561
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. Jas. A. Calder

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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).