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 036

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1919 Registrar J. W. P. M.

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

136

10 February 1919

Royston Talbot Hoon Hodson
Elizabeth Anne Farrar

Roystone Talbot Horn Hodson
Elizabeth Annie Farrar
💍 1919/607

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

34
23

Auckland
Auckland

14 days
14 days

Church of the Sacred Heart Ponsonby

434

10 February 1919

Rev M Hunt Roman Catholic

No	136
Date of Notice	10 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Royston Talbot Hoon Hodson	Elizabeth Anne Farrar
BDM Match (94%)	Roystone Talbot Horn Hodson	Elizabeth Annie Farrar
	💍 1919/607
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	34	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	14 days	14 days
Marriage Place	Church of the Sacred Heart Ponsonby
Folio	434
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev M Hunt Roman Catholic

137

10 February 1919

John Leslie Burrows
Jessie Lois Aldridge

John Leslie Burrows
Jessie Lois Aldridge
💍 1919/259

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

24
25

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
Life

Church of Christ West St Newton

435

10 February 1919

Mr Paldridge Church of Christ

No	137
Date of Notice	10 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Leslie Burrows	Jessie Lois Aldridge
	💍 1919/259
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	Life
Marriage Place	Church of Christ West St Newton
Folio	435
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Mr Paldridge Church of Christ

138

10 February 1919

Arthur Oliver Boster
Ruby Winifred Andrew

Arthur Oliver Coster
Ruby Winifred Andrew
💍 1919/587

Bachelor
Spinster

Saddler

31
20

Auckland
Auckland

Life
16 years

St John's Church Ponsonby

436

John Andrew Father

10 February 1919

Rev H E Bellhouse Methodist

No	138
Date of Notice	10 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Oliver Boster	Ruby Winifred Andrew
BDM Match (98%)	Arthur Oliver Coster	Ruby Winifred Andrew
	💍 1919/587
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Saddler
Age	31	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	16 years
Marriage Place	St John's Church Ponsonby
Folio	436
Consent	John Andrew Father
Date of Certificate	10 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev H E Bellhouse Methodist

139

10 February 1919

John Cornelius Mangan
Mary Ellen Haynes

John Cornelius Mangan
Mary Ellen Hayes
💍 1919/588

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

39
29

Auckland
Auckland

Life
Life

St Joseph's Church Grey Lynn

437

10 February 1919

Rev H F Holbrook Roman Catholic

No	139
Date of Notice	10 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Cornelius Mangan	Mary Ellen Haynes
BDM Match (97%)	John Cornelius Mangan	Mary Ellen Hayes
	💍 1919/588
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	39	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	St Joseph's Church Grey Lynn
Folio	437
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev H F Holbrook Roman Catholic

140

11 February 1919

Alexander Gilchrist Kyle
Eileen Mary Houghton

Alexander Gilchrist Kyle
Eileen Mary Houghton
💍 1919/589

Bachelor
Spinster

Marine Engineer

29
29

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
29 years

St Aidan's Church Remuera

428

11 February 1919

Rev A Fowler Anglican

No	140
Date of Notice	11 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Gilchrist Kyle	Eileen Mary Houghton
	💍 1919/589
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Marine Engineer
Age	29	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	29 years
Marriage Place	St Aidan's Church Remuera
Folio	428
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev A Fowler 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).