Intentions to Marry, 1914 Auckland, Taranaki

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840454, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1914 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki (1914a), Wellington, Hawke's Bay, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1914b), and Canterbury, Otago, Southland, Chatham Islands (1914c).

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District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1914 Registrar Thomas 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

6 January 1914

Isaac Joseph Merritt
Alice Louisa Rose

Isaac Joseph Skeritt
Alice Lousia Rose
💍 1914/597

Widower
Spinster

Providore

50
33

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
2 years

Home of Rev. R. Raine, 52 Collingwood St, Ponsonby

14/537

6 January 1914

Rev. R. Raine

No	15
Date of Notice	6 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Isaac Joseph Merritt	Alice Louisa Rose
BDM Match (87%)	Isaac Joseph Skeritt	Alice Lousia Rose
	💍 1914/597
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Providore
Age	50	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Home of Rev. R. Raine, 52 Collingwood St, Ponsonby
Folio	14/537
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Raine

6 January 1914

Arthur Winnal Hooper
Ivy Hooper

Arthur Winnall
Ivy Hooper
💍 1914/6681

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

27
21

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
Life

Home of Mrs. J. Sauson, Water View, Avondale

14/551

6 January 1914

Rev. R. Raine

No	16
Date of Notice	6 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Winnal Hooper	Ivy Hooper
BDM Match (83%)	Arthur Winnall	Ivy Hooper
	💍 1914/6681
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	Life
Marriage Place	Home of Mrs. J. Sauson, Water View, Avondale
Folio	14/551
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Raine

6 January 1914

Edward Fred Chandler
Evelyn Mary Foster

Edward Fred Chandler
Evelyn Marguerite Foster
💍 1914/605

Widower
Spinster

Contractor

49
27

Auckland
Auckland

8 years
Life

Congregational Church, Beresford St, Auckland

14/544

6 January 1914

Rev. R. Mitchell

No	17
Date of Notice	6 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Fred Chandler	Evelyn Mary Foster
BDM Match (85%)	Edward Fred Chandler	Evelyn Marguerite Foster
	💍 1914/605
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Contractor
Age	49	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 years	Life
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Beresford St, Auckland
Folio	14/544
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Mitchell

6 January 1914

Walter John Pallot
Rebecca Grace Pallot

Walter John Pallot
Rebecca Macky
💍 1914/9096

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

30
31

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
Life

St. Stephen's Church, Ponsonby

14/263

6 January 1914

Rev. J. Jolly

No	18
Date of Notice	6 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter John Pallot	Rebecca Grace Pallot
BDM Match (75%)	Walter John Pallot	Rebecca Macky
	💍 1914/9096
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	30	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. Stephen's Church, Ponsonby
Folio	14/263
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Jolly

6 January 1914

Frederick Roy Blacklock
Janet Bedelia Millar

Frederick George Blacklock
Janet Bedelia Millar
💍 1914/6700

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

23
21

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
1 year

Presbyterian Church, Avondale

14/555

6 January 1914

Rev. R. Marshall

No	19
Date of Notice	6 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Roy Blacklock	Janet Bedelia Millar
BDM Match (90%)	Frederick George Blacklock	Janet Bedelia Millar
	💍 1914/6700
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Avondale
Folio	14/555
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Marshall

7 January 1914

John Polding Howarth
Violet Mildred Carruthers

John Golding Howarth
Violet Mildred Carruthers
💍 1914/419

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrician

19
18

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
2 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

14/110

William Howarth, father of groom; John Carruthers, father of bride

7 January 1914

Registrar

No	20
Date of Notice	7 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Polding Howarth	Violet Mildred Carruthers
BDM Match (98%)	John Golding Howarth	Violet Mildred Carruthers
	💍 1914/419
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrician
Age	19	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	14/110
Consent	William Howarth, father of groom; John Carruthers, father of bride
Date of Certificate	7 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

7 January 1914

Ernest Ethelbert Eves
Alice June Saipen

Ernest Ethelbert Eves
Alice Jane Baigent
💍 1914/423

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

21
21

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
4 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

14/114

7 January 1914

Registrar

No	21
Date of Notice	7 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Ethelbert Eves	Alice June Saipen
BDM Match (89%)	Ernest Ethelbert Eves	Alice Jane Baigent
	💍 1914/423
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	14/114
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 January 1914
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).