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 043

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

235

23 February '1914'

Arthur Lindwall
Catherine Doran

Arthur Lindwall
Catherine Foran
💍 1914/6603

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

36
25

Auckland
Auckland

9 months
1 year

Home of Bride's Mother, 93 Nelson St.

407

23 February '1914'

Rev. J. Brodie

No	235
Date of Notice	23 February '1914'
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Lindwall	Catherine Doran
BDM Match (97%)	Arthur Lindwall	Catherine Foran
	💍 1914/6603
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	36	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 months	1 year
Marriage Place	Home of Bride's Mother, 93 Nelson St.
Folio	407
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 February '1914'
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Brodie

236

23 February '1914'

Edward James King
Daisy Jones

Edward James King
Daisy May Jones
💍 1914/6757

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

27
26

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
Life and Still

Home of Bride's Parents, Bond St.

613

23 February '1914'

Rev. J. Olphert

No	236
Date of Notice	23 February '1914'
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward James King	Daisy Jones
BDM Match (87%)	Edward James King	Daisy May Jones
	💍 1914/6757
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	Life and Still
Marriage Place	Home of Bride's Parents, Bond St.
Folio	613
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 February '1914'
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Olphert

237

24 February '1914'

Wilhelm Hildebrand
Frances Bertha Spout

Wilhelm Hugo Hildebrandt
Frances Bertha Spent
💍 1914/473

Bachelor
Widow

Electric Neuropathist

35
36

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
12 years

Registrar's Office

164

24 February '1914'

Registrar

No	237
Date of Notice	24 February '1914'
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wilhelm Hildebrand	Frances Bertha Spout
BDM Match (83%)	Wilhelm Hugo Hildebrandt	Frances Bertha Spent
	💍 1914/473
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Electric Neuropathist
Age	35	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	164
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 February '1914'
Officiating Minister	Registrar

238

24 February '1914'

Samuel Courtney
Sarah Hinsley
Last heard of husband 1905

"Not solemnised See attached"

Widower
Married

Liftman

67
64

Auckland
Auckland

5 months
14 months

Baptist Church, Mt. Eden

Not solemnised See attached

24 February 1914

Rev. H. Elliott

No	238
Date of Notice	24 February '1914'
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Courtney	Sarah Hinsley Last heard of husband 1905
	💍 "Not solemnised See attached"
Condition	Widower	Married
Profession	Liftman
Age	67	64
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 months	14 months
Marriage Place	Baptist Church, Mt. Eden
Folio
Consent	Not solemnised See attached
Date of Certificate	24 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Elliott

239

24 February '1914'

Thomas Desdale
Muriel Amy Eusoll

Thomas Teesdale
Muriel Amy Ensoll
💍 1914/6648

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman N.Z.R.

24
20

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
1 year

St. Matthew's Church

448

10 March '1914'

Rev. E. Pillans

No	239
Date of Notice	24 February '1914'
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Desdale	Muriel Amy Eusoll
BDM Match (90%)	Thomas Teesdale	Muriel Amy Ensoll
	💍 1914/6648
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman N.Z.R.
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	1 year
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	448
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March '1914'
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Pillans

240

24 February '1914'

George Reid
Bertha Delaney

George Reid
Bertha Delaney
💍 1914/474

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

25
19

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
2 years

Registrar's Office

165

John Delaney, father of bride

26 February '1914'

Registrar

No	240
Date of Notice	24 February '1914'
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Reid	Bertha Delaney
	💍 1914/474
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	25	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	165
Consent	John Delaney, father of bride
Date of Certificate	26 February '1914'
Officiating Minister	Registrar

241

24 February '1914'

Frederick Johnston
Alice Emily Goodman

Fredrick Johnston
Alice Emily Goodman
💍 1914/6808

Bachelor
Spinster

Storekeeper

29
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
1 1/2 years

Home of Mr. G. White, Richmond St.

513

26 February '1914'

Rev. J. Olphert

No	241
Date of Notice	24 February '1914'
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Johnston	Alice Emily Goodman
BDM Match (97%)	Fredrick Johnston	Alice Emily Goodman
	💍 1914/6808
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	1 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Home of Mr. G. White, Richmond St.
Folio	513
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 February '1914'
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Olphert

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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).