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 120

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1919 Registrar J. 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

546

22 May 1919

Arthur Augustus May
P. Hubert-Maude le Lievre

Arthur Augustus Mays
Fahert Maude Le Lievre
💍 1919/2628

Bachelor
Spinster

Inspector of Stock

36
31

Auckland
Auckland

11 years
2 years

Holy Trinity Church Devonport

2460

22 May 1919

Archdeacon H. A. Hawkins, Anglican

No	546
Date of Notice	22 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Augustus May	P. Hubert-Maude le Lievre
BDM Match (82%)	Arthur Augustus Mays	Fahert Maude Le Lievre
	💍 1919/2628
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Inspector of Stock
Age	36	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church Devonport
Folio	2460
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Archdeacon H. A. Hawkins, Anglican

547

22 May 1919

Samuel Henry Munnis
Alice Edith Mansfield

Samuel Henry Minnis
Alice Edith Manefield
💍 1919/2629

Bachelor
Spinster

Returned Soldier

36
34

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
12 months

Residence of Mr J Finch Western Springs Rd Morningside

2461

22 May 1919

Rev H Ranston, Methodist

No	547
Date of Notice	22 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Henry Munnis	Alice Edith Mansfield
BDM Match (95%)	Samuel Henry Minnis	Alice Edith Manefield
	💍 1919/2629
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Returned Soldier
Age	36	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	12 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr J Finch Western Springs Rd Morningside
Folio	2461
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev H Ranston, Methodist

548

22 May 1919

Wilfred Gordon Punch
Alice Ribbons

Wilfred Gordon Punch
Alice Gibbons
💍 1919/2630

Widower 19 February 1918
Spinster

Pianoforte Finisher

27
25

Auckland
Auckland

2 months
2 months

Methodist Church Kingsland

2462

22 May 1919

Rev H Ranston, Methodist

No	548
Date of Notice	22 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wilfred Gordon Punch	Alice Ribbons
BDM Match (96%)	Wilfred Gordon Punch	Alice Gibbons
	💍 1919/2630
Condition	Widower 19 February 1918	Spinster
Profession	Pianoforte Finisher
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 months	2 months
Marriage Place	Methodist Church Kingsland
Folio	2462
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev H Ranston, Methodist

549

23 May 1919

John Wolstenholme Wilson
Alice Elizabeth Peach

John Wolstenholme Wilson
Alice Elizabeth Peach
💍 1919/2631

Widower 5 April 1919
Spinster

Accountant

55
41

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
3 years

Registrar's Office Auckland

2463

23 May 1919

Registrar

No	549
Date of Notice	23 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Wolstenholme Wilson	Alice Elizabeth Peach
	💍 1919/2631
Condition	Widower 5 April 1919	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	55	41
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	2463
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar

550

29 May 1919

Albert Edward Adams
Olive Jane Jones

Albert Edward Adams
Olive Jane Jones
💍 1919/2632

Bachelor
Spinster

Coach Builder

29
25

Auckland
Auckland

16 years
9 years

Baptist Tabernacle Auckland

2464

23 May 1919

Rev H K Kempton, Baptist

No	550
Date of Notice	29 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Edward Adams	Olive Jane Jones
	💍 1919/2632
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coach Builder
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	16 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Baptist Tabernacle Auckland
Folio	2464
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 May 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).