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 128

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1919 Registrar E. W. Cave

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

586

31 March 1919

Alfred Molloy
Alice Margaret Bauer

Alfred Molloy
Alice Margaret Bauer
💍 1919/2744

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor's Cutter

44
37

Auckland
Auckland

16 months
4 years

St Patrick's Cathedral Auckland

2500

31 March 1919

Rev. J. Forde, Roman Catholic

No	586
Date of Notice	31 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Molloy	Alice Margaret Bauer
	💍 1919/2744
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor's Cutter
Age	44	37
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	16 months	4 years
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Cathedral Auckland
Folio	2500
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Forde, Roman Catholic

587

31 March 1919

Alexander MacLeod MacLeod
Edith Agnes Murphy

Alexander MacLeod
Edith Agnes Murphy
💍 1919/2827

Widower November 1895
Divorced 30 March 1919

Tanner

71
53

Auckland
Auckland

1 week
4 months

St Andrew's Church Auckland

2501

31 March 1919

Rev. A. A. Murray, Presbyterian

No	587
Date of Notice	31 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander MacLeod MacLeod	Edith Agnes Murphy
BDM Match (84%)	Alexander MacLeod	Edith Agnes Murphy
	💍 1919/2827
Condition	Widower November 1895	Divorced 30 March 1919
Profession	Tanner
Age	71	53
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 week	4 months
Marriage Place	St Andrew's Church Auckland
Folio	2501
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. A. Murray, Presbyterian

588

31 March 1919

James Clarence Owen
Florence Ada Proctor

James Clarence Owen
Florence Ada Proctor
💍 1919/2838

Widower 6 January 1913
Spinster

Blacksmith

43
28

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
4 years

Registrar's Office Auckland

2502

31 March 1919

Registrar

No	588
Date of Notice	31 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Clarence Owen	Florence Ada Proctor
	💍 1919/2838
Condition	Widower 6 January 1913	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	43	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	2502
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar

589

02 June 1919

Alexander Dalziell Anderson
Linda Marguerite Guy

Alexander Dalziell Anderson
Linda Marguerite King
💍 1919/2845

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Manager

40
32

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

St Matthew's Church Auckland

2503

02 June 1919

Rev. C. A. Calder, Anglican

No	589
Date of Notice	02 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Dalziell Anderson	Linda Marguerite Guy
BDM Match (91%)	Alexander Dalziell Anderson	Linda Marguerite King
	💍 1919/2845
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Manager
Age	40	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church Auckland
Folio	2503
Consent
Date of Certificate	02 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. A. Calder, Anglican

590

02 June 1919

Henry Thomas Moody
Marion Susan Broadwood

Henry Thomas Moody
Marion Susan Broadwood
💍 1919/2846

Widower 27 March 1919
Spinster

Farmer

29
30

Auckland
Mt Eden, Auckland

3 days
1 week

St Alban's Church Mt Eden

2504

02 June 1919

Rev. H. B. Wingfield, Anglican

No	590
Date of Notice	02 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Thomas Moody	Marion Susan Broadwood
	💍 1919/2846
Condition	Widower 27 March 1919	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	29	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Mt Eden, Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	1 week
Marriage Place	St Alban's Church Mt Eden
Folio	2504
Consent
Date of Certificate	02 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. B. Wingfield, 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).