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).

Page 021

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

23 January 1914

Ernest William Sawden
Ethel Mary Clarke

Ernest William Bawden
Ethel Mary Clarke
💍 1914/6688

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

26
26

Auckland
Auckland

life
13 yrs

St. Peter's Church

569

23 January 1914

Rev. F. Honehton

No	86
Date of Notice	23 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest William Sawden	Ethel Mary Clarke
BDM Match (98%)	Ernest William Bawden	Ethel Mary Clarke
	💍 1914/6688
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	life	13 yrs
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church
Folio	569
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. Honehton

23 January 1914

Horace Pope
Edith Maitland

Korone Toki
Edith Maitland
💍 1914/466

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

39
24

Auckland
Auckland

1 yr
3 mos

Registrar's Office

133

23 January 1914

Registrar

No	87
Date of Notice	23 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Horace Pope	Edith Maitland
BDM Match (73%)	Korone Toki	Edith Maitland
	💍 1914/466
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	39	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 yr	3 mos
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	133
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

23 January 1914

Harold Hard
Mary Ethel Jones

Harold Ward White
Mary Ethel Joy
💍 1914/6680

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

28
26

Auckland
Auckland

6 yrs
5 yrs

St. Barnabas' Church, Mt. Eden, Epsom

458

23 January 1914

Rev. J. Wilkinson

No	88
Date of Notice	23 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Hard	Mary Ethel Jones
BDM Match (70%)	Harold Ward White	Mary Ethel Joy
	💍 1914/6680
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 yrs	5 yrs
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas' Church, Mt. Eden, Epsom
Folio	458
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilkinson

23 January 1914

William Charles Callaghan
Florence Minnie Whiteford

William Charles Callaghan
Florence Minnie Whitefoot
💍 1914/6461

Bachelor
Widow

Horticulturalist

38
39

Auckland
Auckland

2 1/2 yrs
3 yrs

St. James' Manse, Auckland

490

23 January 1914

Rev. R. L. Walker

No	89
Date of Notice	23 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Charles Callaghan	Florence Minnie Whiteford
BDM Match (96%)	William Charles Callaghan	Florence Minnie Whitefoot
	💍 1914/6461
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Horticulturalist
Age	38	39
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 1/2 yrs	3 yrs
Marriage Place	St. James' Manse, Auckland
Folio	490
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker

23 January 1914

Robert Mackie Miller
Margaret Donaldson

Robert Mackie Miller
Margaret Donaldson
💍 1914/6613

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

32
28

Auckland
Auckland

5 yrs
4 yrs

St. Andrew's Church, Auckland

401

23 January 1914

Rev. R. L. Walker

No	90
Date of Notice	23 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Mackie Miller	Margaret Donaldson
	💍 1914/6613
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	32	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 yrs	4 yrs
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church, Auckland
Folio	401
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker

23 January 1914

Frederick Roy Anderson
Annie Alice Forbes

Frederick George Anderson
Annie Alice Morley
💍 1914/6614

Bachelor
Spinster

Coach Painter

32
28

Auckland
Auckland

life
22 yrs

All Saints Church, Ponsonby

492

23 January 1914

Arch. W. Calder

No	91
Date of Notice	23 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Roy Anderson	Annie Alice Forbes
BDM Match (82%)	Frederick George Anderson	Annie Alice Morley
	💍 1914/6614
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coach Painter
Age	32	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	life	22 yrs
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Ponsonby
Folio	492
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Arch. W. Calder

23 January 1914

George William Kermode
Bertha Sophie Mortensen

George William Kermode
Bertha Sophie Mortensen
💍 1914/6694

Bachelor
Spinster

Mechanic

25
20

Auckland
Auckland

4 mos
6 mos

Home of Mr. J. Jefferies, Ardmore Avenue, One Tree Hill

574

Axel P. Mortensen, father

23 January 1914

Rev. E. A. Bridger

No	92
Date of Notice	23 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George William Kermode	Bertha Sophie Mortensen
	💍 1914/6694
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mechanic
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 mos	6 mos
Marriage Place	Home of Mr. J. Jefferies, Ardmore Avenue, One Tree Hill
Folio	574
Consent	Axel P. Mortensen, father
Date of Certificate	23 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. A. Bridger

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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).