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 042

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1919 Registrar A. J. Boulton

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

166

17 February 1919

George Taylor
Rosina Philips Johnston

George Taylor
Georgina Philip Johnston
💍 1919/610

Bachelor
Spinster

Returned Soldier

33
30

Auckland
Auckland

2 months
Life

Eden Hall, View Rd, Mt. Eden

459

17 February 1919

Mr. H. L. Hatcher, Open Brethren

No	166
Date of Notice	17 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Taylor	Rosina Philips Johnston
BDM Match (90%)	George Taylor	Georgina Philip Johnston
	💍 1919/610
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Returned Soldier
Age	33	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 months	Life
Marriage Place	Eden Hall, View Rd, Mt. Eden
Folio	459
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Mr. H. L. Hatcher, Open Brethren

167

17 February 1919

Stephen Roberts
Ruth Eveline Heldt

Stephen Roberts
Ruth Eveline Heldt
💍 1919/611

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

26
23

Auckland
Auckland

7 months
7 years

Methodist Church, Devonport

460

17 February 1919

Rev. W. J. Elliott, Methodist

No	167
Date of Notice	17 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stephen Roberts	Ruth Eveline Heldt
	💍 1919/611
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 months	7 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Devonport
Folio	460
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Elliott, Methodist

168

17 February 1919

Thomas William Green
Edith Eleanor Louise Rowe

Thomas William Green
Edith Eleanor Louise Rowe
💍 1919/612

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman

24
23

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
6 years

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

461

17 February 1919

Rev. J. Calder, Anglican

No	168
Date of Notice	17 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas William Green	Edith Eleanor Louise Rowe
	💍 1919/612
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	6 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	461
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Calder, Anglican

169

18 February 1919

Te Rao Ahuriri
Elsie May McCaslin

Tikao Ahuriri
Elsie May McCaslin
💍 1919/613

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

22
19

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
19 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

462

George McCaslin, Father

18 February 1919

Deputy Registrar, Auckland

No	169
Date of Notice	18 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Te Rao Ahuriri	Elsie May McCaslin
BDM Match (89%)	Tikao Ahuriri	Elsie May McCaslin
	💍 1919/613
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	22	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	19 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	462
Consent	George McCaslin, Father
Date of Certificate	18 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar, Auckland

170

18 February 1919

Sydney Francis Yates
Bridget Lillis

Sydney Francis Yates
Bridget Lillis
💍 1919/614

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinetmaker

25
25

Auckland
Auckland

11 years
5 years

St. Benedict's Church, Auckland

463

18 February 1919

Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

No	170
Date of Notice	18 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney Francis Yates	Bridget Lillis
	💍 1919/614
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinetmaker
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church, Auckland
Folio	463
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

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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).