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

181

14 February 1914

Mark Bennett Luke
Minnie Hayward

Mark Luke Bennett
Minnie Hayward
💍 1914/6823

Bachelor
Widow

Painter

43
46

Auckland
Auckland

life
4 years

All Saints' Church, Ponsonby

14/504

14 February 1914

Archd. W. Calder

No	181
Date of Notice	14 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Mark Bennett Luke	Minnie Hayward
BDM Match (71%)	Mark Luke Bennett	Minnie Hayward
	💍 1914/6823
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Painter
Age	43	46
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	life	4 years
Marriage Place	All Saints' Church, Ponsonby
Folio	14/504
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Archd. W. Calder

182

14 February 1914

Charles Matthews Henry
Hilda Emma Alfreda Dryden

Charles Henry Matthews
Hilda Emma Alfreda Dryden
💍 1914/457

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

35
33

Auckland
Auckland

28 years
2 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

14/147

14 February 1914

Registrar

No	182
Date of Notice	14 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Matthews Henry	Hilda Emma Alfreda Dryden
BDM Match (73%)	Charles Henry Matthews	Hilda Emma Alfreda Dryden
	💍 1914/457
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	35	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	28 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	14/147
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

183

14 February 1914

Percy Cooke
Edith May Halliday

Percy Cooke
Edith May Halliday
💍 1914/6775

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

23
23

Auckland
Auckland

11 years
6 years

Central Mission Hall, Albert Street, Auckland

14/607

14 February 1914

Mr. J. Bissett

No	183
Date of Notice	14 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Cooke	Edith May Halliday
	💍 1914/6775
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Central Mission Hall, Albert Street, Auckland
Folio	14/607
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Mr. J. Bissett

184

14 February 1914

Alfred Thompson
Selina Mary Longmire Whinray

Alfred Thompson
Selina Mary Longmire Whinray
💍 1914/7092

Bachelor
Spinster

Manufacturer

35
23

Auckland
Gisborne

30 years
life

Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne

14/824

14 February 1914

Rev. L. D. Thomas

No	184
Date of Notice	14 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Thompson	Selina Mary Longmire Whinray
	💍 1914/7092
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Manufacturer
Age	35	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Gisborne
Length of Residence	30 years	life
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne
Folio	14/824
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. L. D. Thomas

185

14 February 1914

Thomas Beswick Renals
Clara Hazleby

Thomas Beswick Renals
Clara Hazleby
💍 1914/6804

Widower
Spinster

Accountant

46
39

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
2 years

St. Mark's Church, Remuera

14/509

14 February 1914

Rev. W. Beatty

No	185
Date of Notice	14 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Beswick Renals	Clara Hazleby
	💍 1914/6804
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	46	39
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church, Remuera
Folio	14/509
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beatty

186

16 February 1914

George Richard Dudley
Elizabeth Hickey

George Richard Dudley
Elizabeth Hickey
💍 1914/458

Bachelor
Spinster

Foreman

33
19

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
12 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

14/148

Matthew Hickey, father

16 February 1914

Registrar

No	186
Date of Notice	16 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Richard Dudley	Elizabeth Hickey
	💍 1914/458
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Foreman
Age	33	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	12 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	14/148
Consent	Matthew Hickey, father
Date of Certificate	16 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

187

16 February 1914

Edward Taylor
Jessie Catherine Lee Stewart

Edward Taylor
Jessie Catherine Lee Stuart
💍 1914/6656

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

30
27

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
7 years

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

14/449

16 February 1914

Rev. W. E. Gillam

No	187
Date of Notice	16 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Taylor	Jessie Catherine Lee Stewart
BDM Match (96%)	Edward Taylor	Jessie Catherine Lee Stuart
	💍 1914/6656
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	30	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	7 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	14/449
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam

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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).