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 032

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1919 Registrar J. G. 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

116

3 February 1919

Alfred Ernest Warner
Irene Lucy Conway

Alfred Ernest Warner
Irene Lucy Conway
💍 1919/566

Bachelor
Spinster

Jockey

25
23

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
1 year

St Matthews Church Auckland

415

3 February 1919

Rev. Geo. A. Calder, Anglican

No	116
Date of Notice	3 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Ernest Warner	Irene Lucy Conway
	💍 1919/566
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Jockey
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	1 year
Marriage Place	St Matthews Church Auckland
Folio	415
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. Geo. A. Calder, Anglican

117

4 February 1919

Ernest Ivil
Jean Isabella Smith

Ernest Ivil
Jean Isabella Smith
💍 1919/567

Widower 17 February 1917
Spinster

Hairdresser

37
25

Auckland
Auckland

12 months
3 months

Somervell Presbyterian Church Remuera

416

4 February 1919

Rev. J. Pattison, Presbyterian

No	117
Date of Notice	4 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Ivil	Jean Isabella Smith
	💍 1919/567
Condition	Widower 17 February 1917	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser
Age	37	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 months	3 months
Marriage Place	Somervell Presbyterian Church Remuera
Folio	416
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Pattison, Presbyterian

118

4 February 1919

Frederic Joseph Baildon
Gladys Mary Townsend

Frederic Joseph Baildon
Gladys May Townsend
💍 1919/568

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

30
23

Auckland
Auckland

Life
10 years

House of Brother of Bridegroom, 166 Ponsonby Rd

417

4 February 1919

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	118
Date of Notice	4 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederic Joseph Baildon	Gladys Mary Townsend
BDM Match (98%)	Frederic Joseph Baildon	Gladys May Townsend
	💍 1919/568
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	10 years
Marriage Place	House of Brother of Bridegroom, 166 Ponsonby Rd
Folio	417
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

119

4 February 1919

John Michael Scannell
Kathleen Agnes McCarthy

John Michael Scannell
Kathleen Agnes McCarthys
💍 1919/569

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Driver

36
36

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
5 years

Church of the Sacred Heart Ponsonby

418

4 February 1919

Rev. H. D. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	119
Date of Notice	4 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Michael Scannell	Kathleen Agnes McCarthy
BDM Match (98%)	John Michael Scannell	Kathleen Agnes McCarthys
	💍 1919/569
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver
Age	36	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	5 years
Marriage Place	Church of the Sacred Heart Ponsonby
Folio	418
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. D. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

120

5 February 1919

Arthur Paul Twohey
Mary Jane Hughes

Arthur Paul Twohey
Mary Jane Hughes
💍 1919/570

Bachelor
Widow 1902

Labourer

40
40

Auckland
Auckland

40 years
3 years

Registrar's Office Auckland

419

5 February 1919

Registrar

No	120
Date of Notice	5 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Paul Twohey	Mary Jane Hughes
	💍 1919/570
Condition	Bachelor	Widow 1902
Profession	Labourer
Age	40	40
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	40 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	419
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar

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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).