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

264

2 March 1914

Archibald McAlister
Kate Cooney

Archibald McAlister
Kate Cooney
💍 1914/504

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

37
30

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
4 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

14/177

2 March 1914

Registrar

No	264
Date of Notice	2 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archibald McAlister	Kate Cooney
	💍 1914/504
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	37	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	14/177
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

265

2 March 1914

Frederick Gilbert Brown
Eliza Winifred Turner

Frederic Guilbert Brown
Eliza Winifred Turner
💍 1914/8863

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman

24
24

Auckland
Auckland

13 months
4 years

St. Peter's Church Onehunga

14/2812

2 March 1914

Rev. J. Haselden

No	265
Date of Notice	2 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Gilbert Brown	Eliza Winifred Turner
BDM Match (96%)	Frederic Guilbert Brown	Eliza Winifred Turner
	💍 1914/8863
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	13 months	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church Onehunga
Folio	14/2812
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Haselden

266

2 March 1914

George Waller Bindon
Edith Mary Shugg

George Woller Bindon
Edith Mary Shugg
💍 1914/6765

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

23
24

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
Life

Central Mission Hall, Albert St. Auckland

14/620

2 March 1914

Rev. J. Bissett

No	266
Date of Notice	2 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Waller Bindon	Edith Mary Shugg
BDM Match (98%)	George Woller Bindon	Edith Mary Shugg
	💍 1914/6765
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	Life
Marriage Place	Central Mission Hall, Albert St. Auckland
Folio	14/620
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Bissett

267

3 March 1914

Sydney Broberg
Eva Annie McEvoy

Sydney Broberg
Eva Annie McEvoy
💍 1914/6763

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

31
27

Auckland
Auckland

16 yrs
4 yrs

Congregational Church, Edinburgh St., Newton

14/619

3 March 1914

Rev. W. A. Keay

No	267
Date of Notice	3 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney Broberg	Eva Annie McEvoy
	💍 1914/6763
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	31	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	16 yrs	4 yrs
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Edinburgh St., Newton
Folio	14/619
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. A. Keay

268

3 March 1914

Hedley Avenell Taylor
Gladys Irene Nash

Hedley Avenall Taylor
Gladys Irene Nash
💍 1914/6642

Bachelor
Spinster

House Furnisher

25
24

Auckland
Remuera

1 year 9 months
6 months

St. Aidan's Church Remuera

14/425

3 March 1914

Rev. F. G. Harvie

No	268
Date of Notice	3 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hedley Avenell Taylor	Gladys Irene Nash
BDM Match (98%)	Hedley Avenall Taylor	Gladys Irene Nash
	💍 1914/6642
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	House Furnisher
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Remuera
Length of Residence	1 year 9 months	6 months
Marriage Place	St. Aidan's Church Remuera
Folio	14/425
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. G. Harvie

269

3 March 1914

John Orme
May Hall

John Orme
May Hall
💍 1914/511

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Foreman

26
24

Auckland
Auckland

9 dys
5 dys

Registrar's Office Auckland

14/178

3 March 1914

Registrar

No	269
Date of Notice	3 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Orme	May Hall
	💍 1914/511
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Foreman
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 dys	5 dys
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	14/178
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

270

4 March 1914

John Fisher
Beatrice Hemmingway

John Fisher
Beatrice Hemmingway
💍 1914/6807

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

26
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 dys
from overseas

St. Mark's Church Remuera

14/512

4 March 1914

Rev. W. Beatty

No	270
Date of Notice	4 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Fisher	Beatrice Hemmingway
	💍 1914/6807
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 dys	from overseas
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church Remuera
Folio	14/512
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beatty

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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).

Primary digitisation of registers between 1855 and 1925 is now complete. Our digitisation volunteers are now working on verifying the currently digitised pages against printed district/page indexes, to identify pages which may have been missed or out of focus. These pages can be re-imaged as required.

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.

How can I help?

You can sign up to correct errors in the transcribed records and match ITMs with registered marriages.

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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).