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 114

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1919 Registrar J. G. 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

516

13 March 1919

John William Low
Mabel Florence Burrow

John William Gow
Mabel Florence Burrow
💍 1919/2623

Bachelor
Spinster

Shipwright

30
26

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
14 years

St Barnabas Church, Mt Eden

2431

13 May 1919

Rev. E. J. McFarland, Anglican

No	516
Date of Notice	13 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John William Low	Mabel Florence Burrow
BDM Match (97%)	John William Gow	Mabel Florence Burrow
	💍 1919/2623
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shipwright
Age	30	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	14 years
Marriage Place	St Barnabas Church, Mt Eden
Folio	2431
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. McFarland, Anglican

517

14 March 1919

Franz Karl Fentenbeug
Lavinia Callahan

Franz Karl Teutenberg
Lavinia Callahan
💍 1919/2624

Bachelor
Spinster

Station Manager

35
20

Auckland
Auckland

6 days
5 days

St Benedicts Church, Auckland

2432

John Callahan, Father

14 May 1919

Rev. P. H. Gillon, Roman Catholic

No	517
Date of Notice	14 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Franz Karl Fentenbeug	Lavinia Callahan
BDM Match (93%)	Franz Karl Teutenberg	Lavinia Callahan
	💍 1919/2624
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Station Manager
Age	35	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 days	5 days
Marriage Place	St Benedicts Church, Auckland
Folio	2432
Consent	John Callahan, Father
Date of Certificate	14 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. H. Gillon, Roman Catholic

518

14 March 1919

Frank Thomas Eva
Edna White

Frank Thomas
Eva Edna White
💍 1919/2625

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

38
18

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
4 months

St Barnabas Church, Mt Eden

2433

Frederick White, Father

14 May 1919

Rev. E. J. McFarland, Anglican

No	518
Date of Notice	14 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Thomas Eva	Edna White
BDM Match (73%)	Frank Thomas	Eva Edna White
	💍 1919/2625
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	38	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	4 months
Marriage Place	St Barnabas Church, Mt Eden
Folio	2433
Consent	Frederick White, Father
Date of Certificate	14 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. McFarland, Anglican

519

14 March 1919

Walter Charles Sydney Levers
Ethel Clara Ellen Wright

Walter Charles Sydney Levers
Ethel Clara Ellen Wright
💍 1919/2626

Bachelor
Divorced Decree absolute 11 March 1919

Wine + Spirit Merchant

55
33

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
12 years

Registrars Office, Auckland

2434

14 May 1919

Registrar

No	519
Date of Notice	14 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Charles Sydney Levers	Ethel Clara Ellen Wright
	💍 1919/2626
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced Decree absolute 11 March 1919
Profession	Wine + Spirit Merchant
Age	55	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Auckland
Folio	2434
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar

520

14 March 1919

George Henry Fowler
Maud Smith

George Henry Fowler
Maud Smith
💍 1919/2603

Bachelor
Divorced Decree absolute 8 April 1919

Independent Means

40
35

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
2 years

St James Manse, Auckland

2435

14 May 1919

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	520
Date of Notice	14 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Henry Fowler	Maud Smith
	💍 1919/2603
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced Decree absolute 8 April 1919
Profession	Independent Means
Age	40	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	2 years
Marriage Place	St James Manse, Auckland
Folio	2435
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

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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).