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 037

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

194

16 February 1914

David Lloyd Anderson
Isabella Anderson

David Lloyd
Isabella Anderson
💍 1914/479

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

31
24

Auckland
Auckland

3½ years
3 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

14/152

16 February 1914

Registrar

No	194
Date of Notice	16 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Lloyd Anderson	Isabella Anderson
BDM Match (78%)	David Lloyd	Isabella Anderson
	💍 1914/479
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3½ years	3 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	14/152
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

195

16 February 1914

William Withey Meikle
Jean Meikle

William Withey
Jean Meikle
💍 1914/486

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine-driver

28
27

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

Registrar's Office, Auckland

14/153

16 February 1914

Registrar

No	195
Date of Notice	16 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Withey Meikle	Jean Meikle
BDM Match (83%)	William Withey	Jean Meikle
	💍 1914/486
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine-driver
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	14/153
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

196

17 February 1914

Phillip Edward Cleave
Millicent May Lothian

Phillip Edward Cleave
Millicent May Lothian
💍 1914/6901

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

27
29

Auckland
Auckland

2½ years
5 years

House of Rev. J. Lothian, Great South Road, Greenlane

14/850

17 February 1914

Rev. E. A. Bridger

No	196
Date of Notice	17 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Phillip Edward Cleave	Millicent May Lothian
	💍 1914/6901
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	27	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2½ years	5 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. J. Lothian, Great South Road, Greenlane
Folio	14/850
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. A. Bridger

197

17 February 1914

Percy James Ryan
Johanna Mabel Spillane

Percy James Ryan
Johanna Isabel Spillane
💍 1914/6602

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

30
22

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

14/406

17 February 1914

Rt. Rev. M. J. Brodie

No	197
Date of Notice	17 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy James Ryan	Johanna Mabel Spillane
BDM Match (96%)	Percy James Ryan	Johanna Isabel Spillane
	💍 1914/6602
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	30	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	14/406
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rt. Rev. M. J. Brodie

198

17 February 1914

Richard George Hemming
Elizabeth McDowell

Richard George Hemming
Elizabeth McDowell
💍 1914/487

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

27
21

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
5 months

Registrar's Office, Auckland

14/154

17 February 1914

Registrar

No	198
Date of Notice	17 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard George Hemming	Elizabeth McDowell
	💍 1914/487
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	5 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	14/154
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

199

17 February 1914

Thomas Little
Margaret Agnes Luther

Thomas Little
Margaret Agnes Luther
💍 1914/8285

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

25
31

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
1 year

St. Benedict's Church, Auckland

14/1900

17 February 1914

Rev. G. H. Gillan

No	199
Date of Notice	17 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Little	Margaret Agnes Luther
	💍 1914/8285
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	25	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	1 year
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church, Auckland
Folio	14/1900
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gillan

200

17 February 1914

Joseph Powell
Alice McAneney

Joseph Powell
Alice McAneney
💍 1914/488

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman

22
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

Registrar's Office, Auckland

14/155

17 February 1914

Registrar

No	200
Date of Notice	17 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Powell	Alice McAneney
	💍 1914/488
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	14/155
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

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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).