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 134

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1919 Registrar A. W. Pyne

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

616

5 June 1919

Louis Thomas Peterson
Catherine Mahony

Louis Thomas Peterson
Catherine Mahoney
💍 1919/2670

Bachelor
Spinster

Forestry manager

40
29

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
24 years

Residence of Mrs M Mahony, 15 London St, Ponsonby

2528

5 June 1919

Rev H. V. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	616
Date of Notice	5 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Louis Thomas Peterson	Catherine Mahony
BDM Match (97%)	Louis Thomas Peterson	Catherine Mahoney
	💍 1919/2670
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Forestry manager
Age	40	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	24 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs M Mahony, 15 London St, Ponsonby
Folio	2528
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev H. V. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

617

5 June 1919

Leonard Claude O'Loughlin
Evelyn Maude Willis

Leonard Claude O'Loughlin
Evelyn Maude Dilly
💍 1919/2671

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

29
25

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
25 years

St Matthew's Church, Auckland

2529

5 June 1919

Rev J. C. A. Calder, Anglican

No	617
Date of Notice	5 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Claude O'Loughlin	Evelyn Maude Willis
BDM Match (92%)	Leonard Claude O'Loughlin	Evelyn Maude Dilly
	💍 1919/2671
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	25 years
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	2529
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev J. C. A. Calder, Anglican

618

5 June 1919

Michael Hurley
Dorothy Mabel Dallas

Michael Hurley
Dorothy Mabel Follas
💍 1919/2672

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

26
21

Auckland
Auckland

2 weeks
21 years

St Michael's Church, Remuera

2530

5 June 1919

Rev O. Doyle, Roman Catholic

No	618
Date of Notice	5 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Michael Hurley	Dorothy Mabel Dallas
BDM Match (95%)	Michael Hurley	Dorothy Mabel Follas
	💍 1919/2672
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 weeks	21 years
Marriage Place	St Michael's Church, Remuera
Folio	2530
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev O. Doyle, Roman Catholic

619

5 June 1919

John Baptist Klei
Margaret Edith Ward

John Baptist Klu
Margaret Edith Ward
💍 1919/2673

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

30
25

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
11 years

Registrar's office, Auckland

2531

5 June 1919

Registrar

No	619
Date of Notice	5 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Baptist Klei	Margaret Edith Ward
BDM Match (94%)	John Baptist Klu	Margaret Edith Ward
	💍 1919/2673
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	11 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's office, Auckland
Folio	2531
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar

620

6 June 1919

Charles David Hopley
Sarah Ann Collins

Charles Davy Hoyle
Sarah Ann Collins
💍 1919/2674

Bachelor
Spinster

Police Constable

30
26

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
6 years

St Matthew's Church, Auckland

2532

6 June 1919

Rev J. C. A. Calder, Anglican

No	620
Date of Notice	6 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles David Hopley	Sarah Ann Collins
BDM Match (90%)	Charles Davy Hoyle	Sarah Ann Collins
	💍 1919/2674
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Police Constable
Age	30	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	6 years
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	2532
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev J. C. A. Calder, Anglican

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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).