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 068

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1919 Registrar L. W. L. Davenport

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

296

27 March 1919

Michael Byrne
Ellen Bowling

Michael Byrne
Ellen Bowling
💍 1919/761

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

42
40

Auckland
Auckland

1 month
6 months

St Patricks Cathedral

586

27 March 1919

Rev. J. V. Byrne, Roman Catholic

No	296
Date of Notice	27 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Michael Byrne	Ellen Bowling
	💍 1919/761
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	42	40
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 month	6 months
Marriage Place	St Patricks Cathedral
Folio	586
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. V. Byrne, Roman Catholic

297

27 March 1919

William Thomas Gasson
Ethel Rosalina Harris

William Thomas Gasson
Ethel Rosalind Harris
💍 1919/762

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Driver

28
21

Auckland
Auckland

28 years
10 years

Presbyterian Church Devonport

587

27 March 1919

Rev G Budd, Presbyterian

No	297
Date of Notice	27 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Thomas Gasson	Ethel Rosalina Harris
BDM Match (98%)	William Thomas Gasson	Ethel Rosalind Harris
	💍 1919/762
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Driver
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	28 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Devonport
Folio	587
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev G Budd, Presbyterian

298

28 March 1919

Arthur Edward Grey
Jessie May Camp

Arthur Edward Grey
Jessie May Camp
💍 1919/1877

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Clerk

26
25

Whakatane Auckland
Auckland

3 days
4 months

St Matthews Church Whakatane

1650

28 March 1919

Rev J A Calder, Anglican

No	298
Date of Notice	28 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Edward Grey	Jessie May Camp
	💍 1919/1877
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Clerk
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Whakatane Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	4 months
Marriage Place	St Matthews Church Whakatane
Folio	1650
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev J A Calder, Anglican

299

29 March 1919

Christian Peter Kanstrup
Rosina Willis

Christian Peter Kanstrup
Rosina Willis
💍 1919/763

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

23
39

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
8 years

Registrar's Office

588

29 March 1919

Registrar Auckland

No	299
Date of Notice	29 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Christian Peter Kanstrup	Rosina Willis
	💍 1919/763
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	23	39
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	588
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar Auckland

300

31 March 1919

William Daniel Sutherland Bain
Mary Hartigan

William Daniel Sutherland Bain
Mary Hartigan
💍 1919/764

Widower
Spinster

Ostler

44
35

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
8 years

No 6 Ward Auckland Hospital

589

31 March 1919

Rev. E. C. Budd, Anglican

No	300
Date of Notice	31 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Daniel Sutherland Bain	Mary Hartigan
	💍 1919/764
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Ostler
Age	44	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	8 years
Marriage Place	No 6 Ward Auckland Hospital
Folio	589
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. C. Budd, 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).