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 112

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

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

506

12 May 1919

John Russell Hill
Doris Adeline Maguire

John Russell Hill
Doris Adeline Maguire
💍 1919/2517

Bachelor
Spinster

Assistant Manager

33
26

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
5 years

St John's Roman Catholic Church, Parnell, Auckland

2422

12 May 1919

Rev J Cahill, Roman Catholic

No	506
Date of Notice	12 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Russell Hill	Doris Adeline Maguire
	💍 1919/2517
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Assistant Manager
Age	33	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St John's Roman Catholic Church, Parnell, Auckland
Folio	2422
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev J Cahill, Roman Catholic

507

12 May 1919

Stanley Edward Williams
Mabel Irene Bancroft

Stanley Edward Williams
Mabel Irene Bancroft
💍 1919/2518

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

33
31

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
20 years

St Matthew's Church, Auckland

2423

12 May 1919

Rev W E Gillam, Anglican

No	507
Date of Notice	12 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stanley Edward Williams	Mabel Irene Bancroft
	💍 1919/2518
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	33	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	2423
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev W E Gillam, Anglican

508

12 May 1919

Clarence Arnold Edward McKeown
Ruth Taylor

Clarence Arnold Edgar McKeown
Ruth Naylor
💍 1919/2519

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

20
22

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
2 years

Residence of Mr J McKeown, 41 Franklin Rd, Ponsonby, Auckland

2424

James McKeown, Father

12 May 1919

Rev R L Walker, Presbyterian

No	508
Date of Notice	12 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Clarence Arnold Edward McKeown	Ruth Taylor
BDM Match (92%)	Clarence Arnold Edgar McKeown	Ruth Naylor
	💍 1919/2519
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	20	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr J McKeown, 41 Franklin Rd, Ponsonby, Auckland
Folio	2424
Consent	James McKeown, Father
Date of Certificate	12 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev R L Walker, Presbyterian

509

12 May 1919

Willis Harold Moore
Lillian Estelle Ford

Willis Harold Moore
Lillian Estelle Ford
💍 1919/2520

Bachelor
Spinster

Marine Engineer

31
26

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
10 years

St Matthew's Church, Auckland

2425

12 May 1919

Rev W E Gillam, Anglican

No	509
Date of Notice	12 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Willis Harold Moore	Lillian Estelle Ford
	💍 1919/2520
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Marine Engineer
Age	31	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	2425
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev W E Gillam, Anglican

510

13 May 1919

Charles Arnot
Annie Eva Midgley

Charles Brunt
Annie Eva Midgley
💍 1919/2602

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

29
22

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
2 years

Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Khyber Pass, Auckland

2426

13 May 1919

Rev G C Lomas, Anglican

No	510
Date of Notice	13 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Arnot	Annie Eva Midgley
BDM Match (88%)	Charles Brunt	Annie Eva Midgley
	💍 1919/2602
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	2 years
Marriage Place	Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Khyber Pass, Auckland
Folio	2426
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev G C Lomas, 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).