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

19 January 1914

John Hall
Mary Runcieman

John Hall
May Runcieman
💍 1914/6687

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

31
23

Auckland
Auckland

12 years
6 years

Methodist Church, Birkenhead

14/567

19 January 1914

Rev. G. Jones

No	91
Date of Notice	19 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Hall	Mary Runcieman
BDM Match (96%)	John Hall	May Runcieman
	💍 1914/6687
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	31	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Birkenhead
Folio	14/567
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Jones

19 January 1914

Arthur Margison
Mary Elizabeth Howden

Arthur Margison
Mary Elizabeth Howden
💍 1914/6457

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman

25
26

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
1 year

Methodist Parsonage, Devonport

14/566

19 January 1914

Rev. P.G. Mann

No	92
Date of Notice	19 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Margison	Mary Elizabeth Howden
	💍 1914/6457
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	1 year
Marriage Place	Methodist Parsonage, Devonport
Folio	14/566
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. P.G. Mann

19 January 1914

Wilfred Curtis
Esther Jane Rachel Hill

Wilfred Curtis
Esther Jane Rachel Hill
💍 1914/6704

Bachelor
Spinster

Mechanic

28
26

Auckland
Auckland

15 years
3 years

House of Mr. G. Hill, Papakura

14/559

19 January 1914

Rev. G. D. Scott

No	93
Date of Notice	19 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wilfred Curtis	Esther Jane Rachel Hill
	💍 1914/6704
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mechanic
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 years	3 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. G. Hill, Papakura
Folio	14/559
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. D. Scott

19 January 1914

David Rawnsley
Mary Caroline Nuttall

David Shaw
May Caroline Nuttall
💍 1914/464

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

21
21

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
1 year

Registrar's Office, Auckland

14/131

19 January 1914

Registrar

No	94
Date of Notice	19 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Rawnsley	Mary Caroline Nuttall
BDM Match (73%)	David Shaw	May Caroline Nuttall
	💍 1914/464
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	14/131
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

19 January 1914

John Abraham Burgess
Ethel Walker

John Abraham Burgess
Ethel Walker
💍 1914/6611

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

24
23

Auckland
Papakura

2 months
Life

A. James House, Papakura

14/489

19 January 1914

Rev. R. L. Walker

No	95
Date of Notice	19 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Abraham Burgess	Ethel Walker
	💍 1914/6611
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Papakura
Length of Residence	2 months	Life
Marriage Place	A. James House, Papakura
Folio	14/489
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker

19 January 1914

James Henry Rose
Ellen Ellis

James Henry Rose
Ellen Ellis
💍 1914/6637

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

30
33

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

14/438

19 January 1914

Rev. A. H. Cohiler

No	96
Date of Notice	19 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Henry Rose	Ellen Ellis
	💍 1914/6637
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	30	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	14/438
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. H. Cohiler

20 January 1914

Ernest Seaford
Ada Emily Neable

Ernest Bedford
Emily Ada Beable
💍 1914/6638

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

21
28

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
2 years

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

14/439

20 January 1914

Rev. A. G. Hile

No	97
Date of Notice	20 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Seaford	Ada Emily Neable
BDM Match (65%)	Ernest Bedford	Emily Ada Beable
	💍 1914/6638
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	21	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	14/439
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. G. Hile

21 January 1914

Joseph William Rawcastle
Bertha Alice Pardurpton

Joseph William Rewcastle
Bertha Alice Pardington
💍 1914/6683

Bachelor
Spinster

Bookbinder

25
22

Auckland
Auckland

16 years
20 years

Methodist Church, Franklin Road

14/562

21 January 1914

Rev. R. Raine

No	98
Date of Notice	21 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph William Rawcastle	Bertha Alice Pardurpton
BDM Match (91%)	Joseph William Rewcastle	Bertha Alice Pardington
	💍 1914/6683
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bookbinder
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	16 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Franklin Road
Folio	14/562
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Raine

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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).