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 046

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1919 Registrar T. Culpan

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

186

21 January 1919

Leonard Stoddart Rickerby
Sophie Albertha Dupree Griffiths

Leonard Stoddart Rickerby
Sophie Albertha Dupree Griffiths
💍 1919/654

Bachelor
Spinster

Pharmacist

34
32

Auckland
Auckland

21 years
32 years

All Saints Church Ponsonby Auckland

479

21 January 1919

Rev. J. Calder, Anglican

No	186
Date of Notice	21 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Stoddart Rickerby	Sophie Albertha Dupree Griffiths
	💍 1919/654
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Pharmacist
Age	34	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	21 years	32 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church Ponsonby Auckland
Folio	479
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Calder, Anglican

187

21 January 1919

Leslie Charles Gledhill
Jessie Ethel Shrimpton

Leslie Charles Gledhill
Jessie Ethel Shrimpton
💍 1919/655

Bachelor
Spinster

Despatch Clerk

31
26

Auckland
Auckland

15 years
6 years

Baptist Tabernacle Queen Street Auckland

480

21 January 1919

Rev. H. J. Kempton, Baptist

No	187
Date of Notice	21 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie Charles Gledhill	Jessie Ethel Shrimpton
	💍 1919/655
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Despatch Clerk
Age	31	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Baptist Tabernacle Queen Street Auckland
Folio	480
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. J. Kempton, Baptist

188

21 January 1919

Henry Anthony Day
Hazel Mildred Clendon Gramond

Henry Anthony Day
Hazel Mildred Clendon Cramond
💍 1919/656

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

29
19

Auckland
Auckland

1 week
4 years

St Peters Church Onehunga Auckland

481

Horace Arthur Gramond, Father

21 January 1919

Rev. J. Haselden, Anglican

No	188
Date of Notice	21 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Anthony Day	Hazel Mildred Clendon Gramond
BDM Match (98%)	Henry Anthony Day	Hazel Mildred Clendon Cramond
	💍 1919/656
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	29	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 week	4 years
Marriage Place	St Peters Church Onehunga Auckland
Folio	481
Consent	Horace Arthur Gramond, Father
Date of Certificate	21 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Haselden, Anglican

189

21 January 1919

Cyril Hargrave Taylor
Ruby Violet McMillan

Cyril Hargrave Taylor
Ruby Violet McMillan
💍 1919/657

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

28
27

Auckland
Auckland

9 months
4 years

St Matthews Church Auckland

482

21 January 1919

Rev. J. Calder, Anglican

No	189
Date of Notice	21 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cyril Hargrave Taylor	Ruby Violet McMillan
	💍 1919/657
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 months	4 years
Marriage Place	St Matthews Church Auckland
Folio	482
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Calder, Anglican

190

22 January 1919

George Stanley Cornish
Margaret Caroline Campbell

George Stanley Cornish
Margaret Caroline Campbell
💍 1919/634

Bachelor
Spinster

Saddle Maker

23
18

Auckland
Auckland

Life
Life

Residence of Brides Father Hanmer Road Edendale Auckland

483

Herbert Campbell, Father

22 January 1919

Rev. W. J. Youngson, Presbyterian

No	190
Date of Notice	22 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Stanley Cornish	Margaret Caroline Campbell
	💍 1919/634
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Saddle Maker
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	Residence of Brides Father Hanmer Road Edendale Auckland
Folio	483
Consent	Herbert Campbell, Father
Date of Certificate	22 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Youngson, Presbyterian

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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).