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

100

26 January 1914

Arthur Nelson
Johanna Ryan

Arthur Walker
Johanna Ryan
💍 1914/8284

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

32
25

Auckland
Auckland

18 months
3 years

St. Benedict's Church, Auckland

1899

26 January 1914

Rev. P. H. Hiller

No	100
Date of Notice	26 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Nelson	Johanna Ryan
BDM Match (81%)	Arthur Walker	Johanna Ryan
	💍 1914/8284
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	32	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 months	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church, Auckland
Folio	1899
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. H. Hiller

101

26 January 1914

George Henry Schofield
Rosamond Rendall

George Henry Schofield
Rosamond Kendall
💍 1914/6615

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

36
36

Auckland
Auckland

10 months
from birth

St. James' Church, Auckland

493

26 January 1914

Rev. R. L. Walker

No	101
Date of Notice	26 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Henry Schofield	Rosamond Rendall
BDM Match (97%)	George Henry Schofield	Rosamond Kendall
	💍 1914/6615
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	36	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 months	from birth
Marriage Place	St. James' Church, Auckland
Folio	493
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker

102

26 January 1914

James Reid
Alice Maude Jones

James Reid
Alice Maud Bone
💍 1914/6458

Bachelor
Spinster

Saddler

24
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
1 year

Methodist Church, Devonport

568

26 January 1914

Rev. P. H. Hiller

No	102
Date of Notice	26 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Reid	Alice Maude Jones
BDM Match (91%)	James Reid	Alice Maud Bone
	💍 1914/6458
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Saddler
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	1 year
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Devonport
Folio	568
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. H. Hiller

103

29 January 1914

William Armon
Margaret Wood

William Armour
Margaret Ann Wood
💍 1914/6616

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman

26
25

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
Life

St. James' Manse, Auckland

494

29 January 1914

Rev. P. H. Hiller

No	103
Date of Notice	29 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Armon	Margaret Wood
BDM Match (81%)	William Armour	Margaret Ann Wood
	💍 1914/6616
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. James' Manse, Auckland
Folio	494
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. H. Hiller

104

29 January 1914

James David Kavanagh
Winifred Mary Hoplan

James Paul Kavanagh
Winifred Mary Boylan
💍 1914/6661

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

25
24

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
Life

All Saints Church, Devonport

463

29 January 1914

Rev. R. L. Walker

No	104
Date of Notice	29 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James David Kavanagh	Winifred Mary Hoplan
BDM Match (85%)	James Paul Kavanagh	Winifred Mary Boylan
	💍 1914/6661
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	Life
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Devonport
Folio	463
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker

105

29 January 1914

William Henry Peacher
Lily Maud Parkinson

William Kento Peachey
Lily Maud Carlyon
💍 1914/6689

Widower
Spinster

Butcher

32
26

Auckland
Auckland

Life
5 years

George St. Baptist Church, Ponsonby

570

29 January 1914

Rev. R. Raine

No	105
Date of Notice	29 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Peacher	Lily Maud Parkinson
BDM Match (77%)	William Kento Peachey	Lily Maud Carlyon
	💍 1914/6689
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	32	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	5 years
Marriage Place	George St. Baptist Church, Ponsonby
Folio	570
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Raine

106

29 January 1914

Owen Ernest Nowling
Mary Rolinda McCulloch

Owen Ernest Bowling
Mary Gertrude McCullock Bailie
💍 1914/7428

Bachelor
Spinster

Deputy Registrar

33
36

Auckland
Westport

6 months
Life

Home of Mother, Queen St., Westport

1290

29 January 1914

Rev. J. G. Burrows

No	106
Date of Notice	29 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Owen Ernest Nowling	Mary Rolinda McCulloch
BDM Match (72%)	Owen Ernest Bowling	Mary Gertrude McCullock Bailie
	💍 1914/7428
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Deputy Registrar
Age	33	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Westport
Length of Residence	6 months	Life
Marriage Place	Home of Mother, Queen St., Westport
Folio	1290
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. G. Burrows

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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).