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 034

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1919 Registrar Dave Porter

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

126

6 February 1919

Francis Henry Bathurst
Maisie Frances Tracy

Francis Henry Bathie
Masie Frances Tracy
💍 1919/576

Bachelor
Spinster

Barman

29
24

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
1 month

St Matthew's Church

424

6 February 1919

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Anglican

No	126
Date of Notice	6 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Henry Bathurst	Maisie Frances Tracy
BDM Match (88%)	Francis Henry Bathie	Masie Frances Tracy
	💍 1919/576
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Barman
Age	29	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	1 month
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church
Folio	424
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Anglican

127

6 February 1919

Frederick Thomas Bauer
Matilda Phoebe Downer

Frederick Thomas Bauer
Matilda Phoebe Turner
💍 1919/577

Bachelor
Widow

Cook

47
55

Auckland
Auckland

47 years
55 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

425

6 February 1919

Registrar

No	127
Date of Notice	6 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Thomas Bauer	Matilda Phoebe Downer
BDM Match (93%)	Frederick Thomas Bauer	Matilda Phoebe Turner
	💍 1919/577
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Cook
Age	47	55
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	47 years	55 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	425
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar

128

7 February 1919

William Henry Bonner
Una Nora Hughes

William Henry Bounar
Una Nora Hughes
💍 1919/585

William Henry Skewes
Elener Hughes
💍 1920/2451

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser

25
25

Auckland
Auckland

2 months
1 month

St Joseph's Presbytery, Grey Lynn

426

7 February 1919

Rev. H. F. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	128
Date of Notice	7 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Bonner	Una Nora Hughes
BDM Match (95%)	William Henry Bounar	Una Nora Hughes
	💍 1919/585
BDM Match (64%)	William Henry Skewes	Elener Hughes
	💍 1920/2451
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 months	1 month
Marriage Place	St Joseph's Presbytery, Grey Lynn
Folio	426
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. F. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

129

7 February 1919

Charles Henry Baker
Honora Florence Drumm

Charles Henry Baker
Honora Florence Drumm
💍 1919/596

Bachelor
Spinster

Jeweller

24
23

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
5 months

St Benedict's Church, Auckland

427

7 February 1919

Rt. Rev. Dr. Mahoney, Roman Catholic

No	129
Date of Notice	7 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Henry Baker	Honora Florence Drumm
	💍 1919/596
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Jeweller
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	5 months
Marriage Place	St Benedict's Church, Auckland
Folio	427
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rt. Rev. Dr. Mahoney, Roman Catholic

130

8 February 1919

Herbert Walter Morton
Mary Burton

Herbert Morton
Mary Burton
💍 1919/601

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Driver

41
35

Auckland
Auckland

2 months
3 years

Residence of Mrs. S. Burton, 19 Jamieson Road, Devonport

428

8 February 1919

Rev. F. R. Jeffreys, Presbyterian

No	130
Date of Notice	8 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Walter Morton	Mary Burton
BDM Match (83%)	Herbert Morton	Mary Burton
	💍 1919/601
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver
Age	41	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 months	3 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. S. Burton, 19 Jamieson Road, Devonport
Folio	428
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. R. Jeffreys, 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).