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 038

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1919 Registrar [illegible]

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

146

12 February 1919

Stanford Walker Horning
Kathleen Lindner

Stanford Walter Horning
Kathlene Lindner
💍 1919/593

Bachelor
Spinster

Hotel Manager

42
30

Auckland
Auckland

5 months
1 month

Registrar's Office Auckland

442

12 February 1919

Registrar

No	146
Date of Notice	12 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stanford Walker Horning	Kathleen Lindner
BDM Match (92%)	Stanford Walter Horning	Kathlene Lindner
	💍 1919/593
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hotel Manager
Age	42	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 months	1 month
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	442
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar

147

12 February 1919

Walter Frederick Parris
Dorothy Lenora Anita Parque

Walter Frederick Porris
Dorothy Lenora Anita Payne
💍 1919/594

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman

22
18

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
18 years

All Saints Church Ponsonby

443

Mabel Beatrice Parque Mother

12 February 1919

Rev F W Young Anglican

No	147
Date of Notice	12 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Frederick Parris	Dorothy Lenora Anita Parque
BDM Match (92%)	Walter Frederick Porris	Dorothy Lenora Anita Payne
	💍 1919/594
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman
Age	22	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	18 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church Ponsonby
Folio	443
Consent	Mabel Beatrice Parque Mother
Date of Certificate	12 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev F W Young Anglican

148

12 February 1919

Royston Harry Birley
Lilian Ahrens

George Harry Birley
Lilian Ahrens
💍 1919/595

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener

30
22

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
6 months

Registrar's Office Auckland

444

12 February 1919

Registrar

No	148
Date of Notice	12 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Royston Harry Birley	Lilian Ahrens
BDM Match (83%)	George Harry Birley	Lilian Ahrens
	💍 1919/595
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener
Age	30	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	6 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	444
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar

149

12 February 1919

William George McLean-Dowell
Dorothy Flora Anderson

William George McLean Douse
Dorothy Flora Anderson
💍 1919/597

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

33
32

Auckland
Auckland

2 months
Life

House of Mrs Anderson 21 Hackett St. Ponsonby

445

12 February 1919

Rev R Sommerville Presbyterian

No	149
Date of Notice	12 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William George McLean-Dowell	Dorothy Flora Anderson
BDM Match (91%)	William George McLean Douse	Dorothy Flora Anderson
	💍 1919/597
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	33	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 months	Life
Marriage Place	House of Mrs Anderson 21 Hackett St. Ponsonby
Folio	445
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev R Sommerville Presbyterian

150

13 February 1919

William James Burton
Meta Payne

William James Burton
Meta Payne
💍 1919/598

Bachelor
Spinster

Ironmonger

28
25

Auckland
Auckland

Life
9 years

Methodist Church Dominion Rd Mt. Eden

446

13 February 1919

Rev P R Paris Methodist

No	150
Date of Notice	13 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William James Burton	Meta Payne
	💍 1919/598
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ironmonger
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	9 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church Dominion Rd Mt. Eden
Folio	446
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev P R Paris Methodist

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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).