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 136

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1919 Registrar T. Culpan

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

626

9 June 1919

John Hollow Coad
Kate Lillian Stone

John Hollow Coad
Kate Lillian Stone
💍 1919/2656

Widower 23 November 1900
Spinster

Engine Driver

61
39

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
9 years

Residence of Mr. Moore, Ponsonby Road, Mount Eden

2538

9 June 1919

Rev. J. Wrigley, Methodist

No	626
Date of Notice	9 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Hollow Coad	Kate Lillian Stone
	💍 1919/2656
Condition	Widower 23 November 1900	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver
Age	61	39
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Moore, Ponsonby Road, Mount Eden
Folio	2538
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wrigley, Methodist

627

9 June 1919

Ross Arthur Neiln
Florence Preen

Bachelor
Widow 28 September 1909

Army officer

36
38

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
6 months

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

2539

9 June 1919

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Anglican

No	627
Date of Notice	9 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ross Arthur Neiln	Florence Preen
Condition	Bachelor	Widow 28 September 1909
Profession	Army officer
Age	36	38
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	6 months
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	2539
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Anglican

628

9 June 1919

Sydney Valentine Mack
Hilda Mary Mack

Sydney Valentine Mack
Hilda Mary Mack
💍 1919/2658

Married Divorced 16 October 1918
Married Divorced 16 October 1918

Farmer

40
33

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
Life

Dwelling of Rev. P. A. Inglis, Ellenvale Road, Mount Eden

2540

9 June 1919

Rev. P. A. Inglis, Presbyterian

No	628
Date of Notice	9 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney Valentine Mack	Hilda Mary Mack
	💍 1919/2658
Condition	Married Divorced 16 October 1918	Married Divorced 16 October 1918
Profession	Farmer
Age	40	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	Life
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Rev. P. A. Inglis, Ellenvale Road, Mount Eden
Folio	2540
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. A. Inglis, Presbyterian

629

9 June 1919

Allan Cameron Brown
Marion Brown

Allan Cameron
Mary Brown
💍 1919/2659

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

39
30

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
5 days

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

2541

9 June 1919

Rev. W. J. Forde, Roman Catholic

No	629
Date of Notice	9 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Allan Cameron Brown	Marion Brown
BDM Match (72%)	Allan Cameron	Mary Brown
	💍 1919/2659
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	39	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	5 days
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	2541
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Forde, Roman Catholic

630

10 June 1919

Walker Jamieson
Mary Ann Simons

Walter Jamieson
Mary Ann Simons
💍 1919/2660

Bachelor
Widow 7 March 1916

Farmer

26
29

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
9 days

Residence of Mr. Pratt, Ewing Street, Edendale

2542

10 June 1919

Rev. F. Ranston, Methodist

No	630
Date of Notice	10 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walker Jamieson	Mary Ann Simons
BDM Match (97%)	Walter Jamieson	Mary Ann Simons
	💍 1919/2660
Condition	Bachelor	Widow 7 March 1916
Profession	Farmer
Age	26	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	9 days
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Pratt, Ewing Street, Edendale
Folio	2542
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. Ranston, Methodist

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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).