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 056

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

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

236

7 March 1919

Clarence Sidney John Long
Florence Brown

Clarence Sidney John Long
Florence Brown
💍 1919/703

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman

33
27

Auckland
Auckland

7 years
15 years

St Luke's Church Mt. Albert, Auckland

528

7 March 1919

Rev. A. J. Greenwood, Anglican

No	236
Date of Notice	7 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Clarence Sidney John Long	Florence Brown
	💍 1919/703
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman
Age	33	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 years	15 years
Marriage Place	St Luke's Church Mt. Albert, Auckland
Folio	528
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. J. Greenwood, Anglican

237

7 March 1919

John Warbrick
Victoria Effie Campbell

John Warbrick
Victoria Effie Campbell
💍 1919/704

Bachelor
Spinster

Barman

36
21

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
7 years

House of Mr. G. Sykes, 30 Wellington St., Auckland

529

7 March 1919

Rev. E. T. Cox, Methodist

No	237
Date of Notice	7 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Warbrick	Victoria Effie Campbell
	💍 1919/704
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Barman
Age	36	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	7 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. G. Sykes, 30 Wellington St., Auckland
Folio	529
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. T. Cox, Methodist

238

7 March 1919

Thomas George Cunningham
Florence Rebecca Andrews

Thomas George Coningham
Florence Rebecca Andrews
💍 1919/705

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinet maker

27
28

Auckland
Auckland

7 years
7 years

Christ Church Ellerslie, Auckland

530

7 March 1919

Rev. C. A. Tisdall, Anglican

No	238
Date of Notice	7 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas George Cunningham	Florence Rebecca Andrews
BDM Match (96%)	Thomas George Coningham	Florence Rebecca Andrews
	💍 1919/705
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinet maker
Age	27	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Christ Church Ellerslie, Auckland
Folio	530
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. A. Tisdall, Anglican

239

8 March 1919

Albert Young Jacobs
Ivy Charlotte Sayers

Albert Young Jacobs
Ivy Charlotte Sayers
💍 1919/706

Bachelor
Divorced (Decree Absolute 27.9.12)

Musician

32
34

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
3 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

531

8 March 1919

Registrar, Auckland

No	239
Date of Notice	8 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Young Jacobs	Ivy Charlotte Sayers
	💍 1919/706
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced (Decree Absolute 27.9.12)
Profession	Musician
Age	32	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	3 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	531
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar, Auckland

240

10 March 1919

Henry William Coxhead Sharland
Eleanor Mary March

Henry William Coxhead Sharland
Eleanor Mary March
💍 1919/707

Bachelor
Spinster

Launch Proprietor

28
24

Auckland
Auckland

12 days
Life

Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Auckland

532

10 March 1919

Rev. W. A. Keay, Anglican

No	240
Date of Notice	10 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry William Coxhead Sharland	Eleanor Mary March
	💍 1919/707
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Launch Proprietor
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 days	Life
Marriage Place	Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Auckland
Folio	532
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. A. Keay, 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).