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 130

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1919 Registrar C. W. Purdie

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

596

2 June 1919

Percy Alexander Slate-Burford
Vivian Mary Currie

Percy Alexander Blake-Bruford
Vivian Mary Currie
💍 1919/2828

Divorced 18 May 1918
Widow 10 November 1918

Warehouse manager

33
33

Auckland
Auckland

life
life

Registrar's Office, Auckland

2510

2 June 1919

Registrar

No	596
Date of Notice	2 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Alexander Slate-Burford	Vivian Mary Currie
BDM Match (93%)	Percy Alexander Blake-Bruford	Vivian Mary Currie
	💍 1919/2828
Condition	Divorced 18 May 1918	Widow 10 November 1918
Profession	Warehouse manager
Age	33	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	life	life
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	2510
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar

597

2 June 1919

Robert Freeman
Ada Abraham

Robert Freeman
Ada Abraham
💍 1919/2829

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

19
24

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
13 years

Hebrew Synagogue Auckland

2511

2 June 1919

Rev. S. A. Goldstein, Hebrew

No	597
Date of Notice	2 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Freeman	Ada Abraham
	💍 1919/2829
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	19	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	13 years
Marriage Place	Hebrew Synagogue Auckland
Folio	2511
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. A. Goldstein, Hebrew

598

2 June 1919

Alexander Forsyth
Ada Beatrice Gross

Alexander Forsyth
Ada Beatrice Cross
💍 1919/2830

Bachelor
Spinster

Horse Dealer

35
31

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
4 years

Methodist Church Epsom

2512

2 June 1919

Rev. J. Wrigley, Methodist

No	598
Date of Notice	2 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Forsyth	Ada Beatrice Gross
BDM Match (97%)	Alexander Forsyth	Ada Beatrice Cross
	💍 1919/2830
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Horse Dealer
Age	35	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church Epsom
Folio	2512
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wrigley, Methodist

599

2 June 1919

John Rough Gannon
Ethel Ida Gentles

John George Cannon
Ethel Ida Gentles
💍 1919/2831

Bachelor
Spinster

Decorator

39
32

Auckland
Auckland

8 months
3 1/2 years

St Mary's Cathedral Parnell

2513

2 June 1919

Rev. P. O'Callaghan, Anglican

No	599
Date of Notice	2 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Rough Gannon	Ethel Ida Gentles
BDM Match (86%)	John George Cannon	Ethel Ida Gentles
	💍 1919/2831
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Decorator
Age	39	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 months	3 1/2 years
Marriage Place	St Mary's Cathedral Parnell
Folio	2513
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. O'Callaghan, Anglican

600

2 June 1919

Douglas Frank Rough
Pauline Anderson Wilkinson

Douglas Gray George
Pauline Anderson Wilkinson
💍 1919/2832

Bachelor
Spinster

Private Secretary

26
25

Wellington
Auckland

1 day
1 year

Baptist Tabernacle Auckland

2514

2 June 1919

Rev. H. K. Kempton, Baptist

No	600
Date of Notice	2 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Douglas Frank Rough	Pauline Anderson Wilkinson
BDM Match (82%)	Douglas Gray George	Pauline Anderson Wilkinson
	💍 1919/2832
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Private Secretary
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 day	1 year
Marriage Place	Baptist Tabernacle Auckland
Folio	2514
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. K. Kempton, Baptist

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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).