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

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District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1919 Registrar T. 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

7 January 1919

Arthur Louis Kirk
Glaydice Marguerite Gent

Arthur Louis Kirk
Glaydice Marguerite Gent
💍 1919/4093

Bachelor
Spinster

Tram Conductor

26
28

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
9 months

St. Benedicts Church, Auckland

357

7 January 1919

Rev. J. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

No	56
Date of Notice	7 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Louis Kirk	Glaydice Marguerite Gent
	💍 1919/4093
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tram Conductor
Age	26	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	9 months
Marriage Place	St. Benedicts Church, Auckland
Folio	357
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

17 January 1919

Thomas Dall
Rachel Elizabeth Hoare

Thomas Dale
Rachel Elizabeth Hoare
💍 1919/4094

Bachelor
Spinster

Police Constable

29
30

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
4 years

St. Andrews Church, Auckland

358

17 January 1919

Rev. A. A. Murray, Presbyterian

No	57
Date of Notice	17 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Dall	Rachel Elizabeth Hoare
BDM Match (95%)	Thomas Dale	Rachel Elizabeth Hoare
	💍 1919/4094
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Police Constable
Age	29	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrews Church, Auckland
Folio	358
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. A. Murray, Presbyterian

17 January 1919

Charles Edmund Wallingford
Hazel Cardwell Patterson

Charles Edmond Wallington
Hazel Cardwell Patterson
💍 1919/4095

Bachelor
Spinster

Mounted Constable

26
24

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
Life

St. Marys Cathedral, Parnell, Auckland

359

17 January 1919

Ven. Arch. MacMurray, Anglican

No	58
Date of Notice	17 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Edmund Wallingford	Hazel Cardwell Patterson
BDM Match (92%)	Charles Edmond Wallington	Hazel Cardwell Patterson
	💍 1919/4095
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mounted Constable
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. Marys Cathedral, Parnell, Auckland
Folio	359
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Ven. Arch. MacMurray, Anglican

18 January 1919

Arthur Robert Dendy
Hazel Lilian Baylis

Arthur Robert Dendy
Hazel Lilian Baylis
💍 1919/4072

Widower 24 Oct: 1918
Spinster

Indentor

63
26

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
3 months

St. Pauls Church, Auckland

360

18 January 1919

Rev. C. A. B. Watson, Anglican

No	59
Date of Notice	18 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Robert Dendy	Hazel Lilian Baylis
	💍 1919/4072
Condition	Widower 24 Oct: 1918	Spinster
Profession	Indentor
Age	63	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	3 months
Marriage Place	St. Pauls Church, Auckland
Folio	360
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. A. B. Watson, Anglican

18 January 1919

Joseph Diment Mills
Edith Louisa Coppins

Joseph Diment Mills
Edith Louisa Coppins
💍 1919/4073

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

23
25

Auckland
Auckland

12 days
18 years

Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Auckland

361

18 January 1919

Rev. W. A. Keay, Anglican

No	60
Date of Notice	18 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Diment Mills	Edith Louisa Coppins
	💍 1919/4073
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	23	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 days	18 years
Marriage Place	Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Auckland
Folio	361
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. A. Keay, 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).