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 026

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

27 January 1919

William George Bright
Margaret Cecilia McBrory

William George Bright
Margaret Cecilia McCrory
💍 1919/537

Bachelor
Spinster

Coach Painter

28
25

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
25 years

St Joseph's Church, Otahuhu

386

27 January 1919

Rev. J. Murphy, Roman Catholic

No	86
Date of Notice	27 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William George Bright	Margaret Cecilia McBrory
BDM Match (98%)	William George Bright	Margaret Cecilia McCrory
	💍 1919/537
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coach Painter
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	25 years
Marriage Place	St Joseph's Church, Otahuhu
Folio	386
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Murphy, Roman Catholic

27 January 1919

Charles Edward Stone
Caroline Margaret Leff

Charles Edward Stone
Caroline Margaret Legg
💍 1919/538

Divorced 16 Nov 1918
Spinster

Engineer

36
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
19 years

Methodist Church, Epsom

387

27 January 1919

Rev. J. Wrigley, Methodist

No	87
Date of Notice	27 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Edward Stone	Caroline Margaret Leff
BDM Match (95%)	Charles Edward Stone	Caroline Margaret Legg
	💍 1919/538
Condition	Divorced 16 Nov 1918	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	36	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Epsom
Folio	387
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wrigley, Methodist

27 January 1919

Arthur Clifford Long
Kathleen Alice Mathias

Arthur Clifford Long
Kathleen Alice Mathias
💍 1919/539

Bachelor
Spinster

Dentist

37
29

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
9 years

All Souls Church, Devonport

388

27 January 1919

Rev. M. J. Furlong, Roman Catholic

No	88
Date of Notice	27 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Clifford Long	Kathleen Alice Mathias
	💍 1919/539
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dentist
Age	37	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	9 years
Marriage Place	All Souls Church, Devonport
Folio	388
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. J. Furlong, Roman Catholic

27 January 1919

Alexander Hugh Campbell
Amelia Ellen Hodgson

Alexander Hugh Campbell
Amelia Ellen Hodgson
💍 1919/540

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

40
23

Auckland
Auckland

8 months
4 years

Methodist Church, Morningside

389

27 January 1919

Rev. P. J. Marshall, Methodist

No	89
Date of Notice	27 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Hugh Campbell	Amelia Ellen Hodgson
	💍 1919/540
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	40	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 months	4 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Morningside
Folio	389
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. J. Marshall, Methodist

27 January 1919

Sidney Hunter
Miriam Augusta Frost

Sydney Hunter
Miriam Augusta Frost
💍 1919/541

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

28
26

Auckland
Auckland

1 month
1 month

Registrar's Office, Auckland

390

27 January 1919

Registrar

No	90
Date of Notice	27 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sidney Hunter	Miriam Augusta Frost
BDM Match (96%)	Sydney Hunter	Miriam Augusta Frost
	💍 1919/541
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 month	1 month
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	390
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 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).