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 084

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1919 Registrar L. W. Dutton

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

366

14 April 1919

Gennaro Nigro
Lillian Rose Campbell

Gennaro Nigro
Lillian Rose Campbell
💍 1919/2410

Bachelor
Widow 2 April 1916

Professor of Music

36
30

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
8 years

St Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church Devonport, Auckland

2291

14 April 1919

Rev. M. J. Furlong, Roman Catholic

No	366
Date of Notice	14 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gennaro Nigro	Lillian Rose Campbell
	💍 1919/2410
Condition	Bachelor	Widow 2 April 1916
Profession	Professor of Music
Age	36	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	8 years
Marriage Place	St Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church Devonport, Auckland
Folio	2291
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. J. Furlong, Roman Catholic

367

15 April 1919

James Plympton Oliver
Elizabeth Willis Henderson

James Plympton Oliver
Elizabeth Willis Henderson
💍 1919/2411

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

41
31

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
2 years

St Luke's Church Remuera, Auckland

2292

15 April 1919

Rev. G. B. Monro, Presbyterian

No	367
Date of Notice	15 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Plympton Oliver	Elizabeth Willis Henderson
	💍 1919/2411
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	41	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St Luke's Church Remuera, Auckland
Folio	2292
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. B. Monro, Presbyterian

368

15 April 1919

Thomas Wallace Young
Irene Nellie Neill

Thomas Wallace Young
Irene Nellie Neill
💍 1919/2412

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

21
24

Auckland
Auckland

21 years
22 years

All Saints Church Ponsonby, Auckland

2293

15 April 1919

Rev. F. W. Young, Anglican

No	368
Date of Notice	15 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Wallace Young	Irene Nellie Neill
	💍 1919/2412
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	21	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	21 years	22 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church Ponsonby, Auckland
Folio	2293
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. W. Young, Anglican

369

15 April 1919

Harold Oswald Message Trewheela
Hazel Miriam Cartwright

Harold Oswald Message Trewheela
Hazel Miriam Cartwright
💍 1919/2413

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinet Maker

25
21

Auckland
Auckland

Life
Life

St Matthew's Church Auckland

2294

15 April 1919

Rev. G. C. A. Calder, Anglican

No	369
Date of Notice	15 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Oswald Message Trewheela	Hazel Miriam Cartwright
	💍 1919/2413
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinet Maker
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church Auckland
Folio	2294
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. C. A. Calder, Anglican

370

15 April 1919

Angus Craig
Lela Mary Menzies

Angus Craig
Lela Mary Menzies
💍 1919/2415

Bachelor
Spinster

Fire Brigade Officer

33
22

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
Life

St Barnabas Church Mt Eden, Auckland

2295

15 April 1919

Rev. E. J. McFarland, Anglican

No	370
Date of Notice	15 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Angus Craig	Lela Mary Menzies
	💍 1919/2415
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fire Brigade Officer
Age	33	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	Life
Marriage Place	St Barnabas Church Mt Eden, Auckland
Folio	2295
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. McFarland, 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).