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 066

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1919 Registrar [illegible]

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

286

25 March 1919

Gordon Pace Thompson
Ann Cantell

Gordon Pace Thompson
Ann Cantell
💍 1919/776

Bachelor
Spinster

Dry cleaner

21
18

Auckland
Auckland

19 years
18 years

House of Father of Bridegroom, Manukau Road, Parnell, Auckland

576

Thomas Richard Cantell, Father

25 March 1919

Rev. F. A. Thompson, Presbyterian

No	286
Date of Notice	25 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gordon Pace Thompson	Ann Cantell
	💍 1919/776
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dry cleaner
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	19 years	18 years
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bridegroom, Manukau Road, Parnell, Auckland
Folio	576
Consent	Thomas Richard Cantell, Father
Date of Certificate	25 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. A. Thompson, Presbyterian

287

25 March 1919

Alfred Henry Freeman
Ellen Gertrude Smith

Alfred Henry Tremain
Ellen Gertrude Smith
💍 1919/777

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

38
38

Auckland
Auckland

Life
Life

House of Father of Bridegroom, 58 Wellesley Street East, Auckland

577

25 March 1919

Rev. H. Ranston M.A., Methodist

No	287
Date of Notice	25 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Henry Freeman	Ellen Gertrude Smith
BDM Match (93%)	Alfred Henry Tremain	Ellen Gertrude Smith
	💍 1919/777
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	38	38
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bridegroom, 58 Wellesley Street East, Auckland
Folio	577
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Ranston M.A., Methodist

288

26 March 1919

David Stow
Muriel Ward Johnston Cullington

David Stow
Muriel Ward Johnston Cullington
💍 1919/778

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

28
27

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
3 months

St Peters Church, Grey Lynn, Auckland

578

26 March 1919

Rev. F. A. Thompson, Presbyterian

No	288
Date of Notice	26 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Stow	Muriel Ward Johnston Cullington
	💍 1919/778
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	3 months
Marriage Place	St Peters Church, Grey Lynn, Auckland
Folio	578
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. A. Thompson, Presbyterian

289

26 March 1919

David Malcolm Steel
Olive Taft

David Malcolm Steel
Olvie Taft
💍 1919/779

Bachelor
Spinster

Compositor

26
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
13 months

St Matthew's Church, Auckland

579

26 March 1919

Rev. J. C. A. Calder, Anglican

No	289
Date of Notice	26 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Malcolm Steel	Olive Taft
BDM Match (90%)	David Malcolm Steel	Olvie Taft
	💍 1919/779
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Compositor
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	13 months
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	579
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. C. A. Calder, Anglican

290

26 March 1919

Kenneth John Worth
Gwendoline Myrtle Amelia Bender

Kenneth John Worth
Gwendoline Myrtle Amelia Bender
💍 1919/780

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman

20
19

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
4 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

580

Caroline Worth, Mother; Henry Bender, Father

26 March 1919

Registrar, Auckland

No	290
Date of Notice	26 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Kenneth John Worth	Gwendoline Myrtle Amelia Bender
	💍 1919/780
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman
Age	20	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	580
Consent	Caroline Worth, Mother; Henry Bender, Father
Date of Certificate	26 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar, Auckland

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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).