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 058

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1919 Registrar W. W. Samson

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

246

11 March 1919

Alexander Wallace Lamberton
Sarah Jane Pearce

Alexander Wallace Lamberton
Sarah Jane Pearce
💍 1919/688

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

47
31

Auckland
Auckland

3 weeks
3 weeks

St John's Church Ponsonby, Auckland

537

11 March 1919

Rev. H. A. Speer, Methodist

No	246
Date of Notice	11 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Wallace Lamberton	Sarah Jane Pearce
	💍 1919/688
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	47	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 weeks	3 weeks
Marriage Place	St John's Church Ponsonby, Auckland
Folio	537
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. A. Speer, Methodist

247

11 March 1919

Walter Ernest Carter
Sarah Lucy Carter

Walter Ernest Carter
Sarah Lucy Cartes
💍 1919/689

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

35
30

Auckland
Auckland

18 years
5 years

Church of St. Columba Grey Lynn, Auckland

538

11 March 1919

Rev. J. H. Cable, Anglican

No	247
Date of Notice	11 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Ernest Carter	Sarah Lucy Carter
BDM Match (97%)	Walter Ernest Carter	Sarah Lucy Cartes
	💍 1919/689
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	35	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Church of St. Columba Grey Lynn, Auckland
Folio	538
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Cable, Anglican

248

11 March 1919

Robert Gilbert Main
Martha Mailer

Robert Gilbert Main
Martha Masler
💍 1919/690

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser

25
23

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
2 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

539

11 March 1919

Registrar, Auckland

No	248
Date of Notice	11 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Gilbert Main	Martha Mailer
BDM Match (96%)	Robert Gilbert Main	Martha Masler
	💍 1919/690
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	539
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar, Auckland

249

11 March 1919

George Taylor Mitchell
Masei Margaret Hoskin Nikolayon

George Taylor Mitchell
Masei Margaret Hoskin Nicolson
💍 1919/691

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer & Dairyman

21
16

Auckland
Auckland

8 years
3 years

St. Lukes Church Morningside, Auckland

540

Pricilla Mary Hoskin Nikolayon, mother

11 March 1919

Rev. A. J. Greenwood, Anglican

No	249
Date of Notice	11 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Taylor Mitchell	Masei Margaret Hoskin Nikolayon
BDM Match (95%)	George Taylor Mitchell	Masei Margaret Hoskin Nicolson
	💍 1919/691
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer & Dairyman
Age	21	16
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Lukes Church Morningside, Auckland
Folio	540
Consent	Pricilla Mary Hoskin Nikolayon, mother
Date of Certificate	11 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. J. Greenwood, Anglican

250

12 March 1919

John O'Keefe
Barbara Spencer

John O'Keefe
Barbara Spencer
💍 1919/692

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

30
23

Auckland
Auckland

1 month
Life

Registrar's Office, Auckland

541

12 March 1919

Registrar, Auckland

No	250
Date of Notice	12 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John O'Keefe	Barbara Spencer
	💍 1919/692
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 month	Life
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	541
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 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).