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 090

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1919 Registrar H. Wilson

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

396

17 April 1919

William Lancelot Holmes
Ethel Elizabeth Clements

William Lancelot Holmes
Ethel Elizabeth Clements
💍 1919/2536

Bachelor
Divorced decree absolute March 29th 1919

Bushman

61
46

Auckland
Auckland

Life
18 years

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Tyson St Auckland

2317

17 April 1919

Elder J. A. Lambert

No	396
Date of Notice	17 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Lancelot Holmes	Ethel Elizabeth Clements
	💍 1919/2536
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced decree absolute March 29th 1919
Profession	Bushman
Age	61	46
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	18 years
Marriage Place	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Tyson St Auckland
Folio	2317
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Elder J. A. Lambert

397

17 April 1919

Aaron Johnson Boatman
Margaret Ross

Aaron Johnson Bowmar
Margaret Ross
💍 1919/2537

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman

25
21

Auckland
Auckland

8 years
6 months Papatoetoe Auckland

St John's Presbyterian Church Papatoetoe Auckland

2318

17 April 1919

Rev C. E. Porter

No	397
Date of Notice	17 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Aaron Johnson Boatman	Margaret Ross
BDM Match (93%)	Aaron Johnson Bowmar	Margaret Ross
	💍 1919/2537
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 years	6 months Papatoetoe Auckland
Marriage Place	St John's Presbyterian Church Papatoetoe Auckland
Folio	2318
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev C. E. Porter

398

17 March 1919

Arthur Laurence Edwards
Jessie Janet Brown

Arthur Lawrence Edwards
Jessie Janet Brown
💍 1919/2538

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

42
31

Auckland
Auckland

1 week
1 month

St Matthew's Church Auckland

2319

17 April 1919

Rev W. E. Gillam Anglican

No	398
Date of Notice	17 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Laurence Edwards	Jessie Janet Brown
BDM Match (98%)	Arthur Lawrence Edwards	Jessie Janet Brown
	💍 1919/2538
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	42	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 week	1 month
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church Auckland
Folio	2319
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev W. E. Gillam Anglican

399

17 April 1919

Osborne Benjamin Priest
Ada Beatrice Francis

Osborne Benjamin Preest
Ada Beatrice Francis
💍 1919/2540

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

31
28

Auckland
Auckland

11 years
15 years

Baptist Church Richmond Auckland

2320

17 April 1919

Rev R. Bailey

No	399
Date of Notice	17 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Osborne Benjamin Priest	Ada Beatrice Francis
BDM Match (98%)	Osborne Benjamin Preest	Ada Beatrice Francis
	💍 1919/2540
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	31	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Baptist Church Richmond Auckland
Folio	2320
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev R. Bailey

400

17 April 1919

Harry James Booker
Evelyn Maude Lloyd

Harry James Hooker
Evelyn Maude Lloyd
💍 1919/2541

Bachelor
Spinster

Bricklayer

31
28

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
11 years

All Saints Church Ponsonby Auckland

2321

17 April 1919

Rev J. W. Young Anglican

No	400
Date of Notice	17 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry James Booker	Evelyn Maude Lloyd
BDM Match (97%)	Harry James Hooker	Evelyn Maude Lloyd
	💍 1919/2541
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bricklayer
Age	31	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	11 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church Ponsonby Auckland
Folio	2321
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev J. W. Young 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).