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 Bulson

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

9 January 1919

Rudolf Burn Schischka
Mary Frances Reardon

Rudolf Burn Schischka
Mary Frances Reardon
💍 1919/4065

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

25
23

Auckland
Auckland

14 days
16 years

St Thomas' Church, Union St, Auckland

329

9 January 1919

Rev. H. Wyatt, Anglican

No	26
Date of Notice	9 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Rudolf Burn Schischka	Mary Frances Reardon
	💍 1919/4065
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	14 days	16 years
Marriage Place	St Thomas' Church, Union St, Auckland
Folio	329
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Wyatt, Anglican

9 January 1919

William Hetherington
Elsie Mary Swan Wright

William Hetherington
Elsie Mary Swan Wright
💍 1919/4066

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

23
21

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
21 years

House of Rev. J. A. Thompson, Crummer Rd, Grey Lynn, Auckland

330

9 January 1919

Rev. J. A. Thompson, Presbyterian

No	27
Date of Notice	9 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Hetherington	Elsie Mary Swan Wright
	💍 1919/4066
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	21 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. J. A. Thompson, Crummer Rd, Grey Lynn, Auckland
Folio	330
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Thompson, Presbyterian

9 January 1919

Edward Trenwith
Florence Elsie Crowe

Edward Trenwith
Florence Elsie Crowe
💍 1919/4067

Bachelor
Spinster

Clicker

29
22

Auckland
Auckland

15 years
7 years

Baptist Church, Richmond, Auckland

331

9 January 1919

Rev. R. Bailey, Baptist

No	28
Date of Notice	9 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Trenwith	Florence Elsie Crowe
	💍 1919/4067
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clicker
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Baptist Church, Richmond, Auckland
Folio	331
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Bailey, Baptist

10 January 1919

Walter Seelye Dempsey
Constance Dorothy Airey

Walter Seelye Dempsey
Constance Dorothy Airey
💍 1919/4068

Bachelor
Spinster

School Teacher

31
32

Auckland
Auckland

2 weeks
5 years

St Luke's Church, Remuera

332

10 January 1919

Rev. J. B. Broun, Anglican

No	29
Date of Notice	10 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Seelye Dempsey	Constance Dorothy Airey
	💍 1919/4068
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	School Teacher
Age	31	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 weeks	5 years
Marriage Place	St Luke's Church, Remuera
Folio	332
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Broun, Anglican

10 January 1919

Archibald Morris Seaman
Agnes Kennedy

Archibald Morris Seaman
Agnes Kennedy
💍 1919/3993

Bachelor
Spinster

Public Accountant

30
33

Auckland
Gore Southland

3 years
3 weeks

Congregational Church, Gore

1581

10 January 1919

Rev. F. De Lisle, Congregational

No	30
Date of Notice	10 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archibald Morris Seaman	Agnes Kennedy
	💍 1919/3993
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Public Accountant
Age	30	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Gore Southland
Length of Residence	3 years	3 weeks
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Gore
Folio	1581
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. De Lisle, Congregational

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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).