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

12 January 1914

John James Wilson
Margaret Ann Moor

John James Wilson
Margaret Ann Wray
💍 1914/431

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman

27
26

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
4 months

Registrar's Office, Auckland

14/121

12 January 1914

Registrar

No	43
Date of Notice	12 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John James Wilson	Margaret Ann Moor
BDM Match (88%)	John James Wilson	Margaret Ann Wray
	💍 1914/431
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	4 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	14/121
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

12 January 1914

Walter Sotheran
Catherine Manton

Walter Sotheran
Catherine Manton
💍 1914/9135

Bachelor
Spinster

School Teacher

30
26

Auckland
Ponsonby

3 days
16 months

Sacristy of the Sacred Heart Church

14/4207

12 January 1914

Rev. W. Ready

No	44
Date of Notice	12 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Sotheran	Catherine Manton
	💍 1914/9135
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	School Teacher
Age	30	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	3 days	16 months
Marriage Place	Sacristy of the Sacred Heart Church
Folio	14/4207
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Ready

12 January 1914

Edgar Leopold Glyfer
Elsie May Parker

Edgar Leopold Flyger
Elsie May Parker
💍 1914/6607

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

23
22

Auckland
Auckland

19 months
Life

Methodist Church, Pitt St

14/484

12 January 1914

Rev. W. Ready

No	45
Date of Notice	12 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edgar Leopold Glyfer	Elsie May Parker
BDM Match (95%)	Edgar Leopold Flyger	Elsie May Parker
	💍 1914/6607
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	19 months	Life
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt St
Folio	14/484
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Ready

12 January 1914

James Harold Rowe
Hilda Laura Horton

Francis Harold Rowe
Hilda Laura Norton
💍 1914/6641

Bachelor
Spinster

Land Agent

30
23

Auckland
Auckland

Life
From Overseas

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

14/442

12 January 1914

Rev. A. H. Colvile

No	46
Date of Notice	12 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Harold Rowe	Hilda Laura Horton
BDM Match (84%)	Francis Harold Rowe	Hilda Laura Norton
	💍 1914/6641
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Land Agent
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	From Overseas
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	14/442
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. H. Colvile

13 January 1914

William John Prindef
Annie Jamieson

William John Grundy
Annie Jamieson
💍 1914/600

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

50
37

Auckland
Onehunga

Life
4 years

House of the Incumbent, St. Peter's Church

14/540

13 January 1914

Rev. F. H. Mackenzie

No	47
Date of Notice	13 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Prindef	Annie Jamieson
BDM Match (90%)	William John Grundy	Annie Jamieson
	💍 1914/600
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	50	37
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Onehunga
Length of Residence	Life	4 years
Marriage Place	House of the Incumbent, St. Peter's Church
Folio	14/540
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. H. Mackenzie

13 January 1914

John Riddall
Ada Maud Compton Ward Allen

John Riddall
Ada Comption Ward Allen
💍 1914/599

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

26
25

Auckland
Kingsland

6 months
9 months

Anglican Church

14/539

13 January 1914

Rev. F. H. Parvin

No	48
Date of Notice	13 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Riddall	Ada Maud Compton Ward Allen
BDM Match (89%)	John Riddall	Ada Comption Ward Allen
	💍 1914/599
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Kingsland
Length of Residence	6 months	9 months
Marriage Place	Anglican Church
Folio	14/539
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. H. Parvin

13 January 1914

Thomas Russell Cameron
Isabella Mary Campbell

Thomas Russell Cameron
Isabella Mary Campbell
💍 1914/6703

Bachelor
Spinster

Evangelist

29
36

Auckland
Remuera

9 months
3 years

House of the Bride's Mother, Ladies' Mile

14/558

13 January 1914

Rev. W. Derong

No	49
Date of Notice	13 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Russell Cameron	Isabella Mary Campbell
	💍 1914/6703
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Evangelist
Age	29	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Remuera
Length of Residence	9 months	3 years
Marriage Place	House of the Bride's Mother, Ladies' Mile
Folio	14/558
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Derong

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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).