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 062

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

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

266

18 March 1919

Gordon Leith Stanbrook
Ruth Carley

Gordon Leith Stanbrook
Ruth Carley
💍 1919/732

Bachelor
Spinster

Journalist

31
28

Auckland
Auckland

1 1/2 years
5 years

St Matthew's Church Auckland

557

18 March 1919

Rev. J. Calder, Anglican

No	266
Date of Notice	18 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gordon Leith Stanbrook	Ruth Carley
	💍 1919/732
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Journalist
Age	31	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 1/2 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church Auckland
Folio	557
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Calder, Anglican

267

18 March 1919

Albert Leonard Curd
Agnes Maud Lees

Albert Leonard Curd
Agnes Maud Lees
💍 1919/709

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

28
26

Auckland
Auckland

7 years
26 years

St Jude's Church Avondale Auckland

558

18 March 1919

Rev. A. J. Greenwood, Anglican

No	267
Date of Notice	18 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Leonard Curd	Agnes Maud Lees
	💍 1919/709
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 years	26 years
Marriage Place	St Jude's Church Avondale Auckland
Folio	558
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. J. Greenwood, Anglican

268

19 March 1919

William Hill
Mary Jane Hollingshead

William Hill
Mary Jane Hollingshead
💍 1919/710

Widower 17.6.18
Married Not heard of Husband for 8 years

Miner

29
37

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
14 years

Registrar's Office Auckland

559

19 March 1919

Registrar, Auckland

No	268
Date of Notice	19 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Hill	Mary Jane Hollingshead
	💍 1919/710
Condition	Widower 17.6.18	Married Not heard of Husband for 8 years
Profession	Miner
Age	29	37
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	14 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	559
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar, Auckland

269

19 March 1919

Douglas Howie Connelly
Martha Neil

Douglas Howie Connelly
Martha Neil
💍 1919/711

Bachelor
Widow 26.10.17

Manufacturers Representative

37
38

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
3 years

St James's Manse Union St Auckland

560

19 March 1919

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	269
Date of Notice	19 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Douglas Howie Connelly	Martha Neil
	💍 1919/711
Condition	Bachelor	Widow 26.10.17
Profession	Manufacturers Representative
Age	37	38
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St James's Manse Union St Auckland
Folio	560
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

270

19 March 1919

Herbert John Marriner Knistone
Agnes Essy Edith Thacker

Herbert John Marriner Winstone
Agnes Essy Edith Thacker
💍 1919/1684

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

41
25

Auckland
Auckland

life
life

Anglican Church O'Kains Bay Canterbury

1439 see Akaroa

19 March 1919

Rev. A. H. Roberts, Anglican

No	270
Date of Notice	19 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert John Marriner Knistone	Agnes Essy Edith Thacker
BDM Match (95%)	Herbert John Marriner Winstone	Agnes Essy Edith Thacker
	💍 1919/1684
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	41	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	life	life
Marriage Place	Anglican Church O'Kains Bay Canterbury
Folio	1439 see Akaroa
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. H. Roberts, 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).