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 051

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

292

9 March 1914

John Mitchell
Eva May Bascombe

John Mitchell
Eva May Bascombe
💍 1914/6646

Widower
Spinster

Farmer

35
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

St Matthews Church Auckland

14/446

9 March 1914

Rev. W. E. Gillam

No	292
Date of Notice	9 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Mitchell	Eva May Bascombe
	💍 1914/6646
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	35	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St Matthews Church Auckland
Folio	14/446
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam

293

9 March 1914

Leopold Echlin
Louie Adelaide Pulman

Leopold Schlin
Louie Adelaide Pulman
💍 1914/6766

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouse Manager

29
20

Auckland
Auckland

1 years
3 years

Holy Trinity Church Devonport

14/621

George Pulman, Father

9 March 1914

Rev. F. W. Young

No	293
Date of Notice	9 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leopold Echlin	Louie Adelaide Pulman
BDM Match (96%)	Leopold Schlin	Louie Adelaide Pulman
	💍 1914/6766
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouse Manager
Age	29	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church Devonport
Folio	14/621
Consent	George Pulman, Father
Date of Certificate	9 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. W. Young

294

9 March 1914

William Sydney John Dale
Catherine Baker

William Sydney John Dale
Catherine Bater
💍 1914/497

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

23
27

Auckland
Auckland

5 months
3 months

Registrar's Office Auckland

14/188

9 March 1914

Registrar

No	294
Date of Notice	9 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Sydney John Dale	Catherine Baker
BDM Match (97%)	William Sydney John Dale	Catherine Bater
	💍 1914/497
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	23	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 months	3 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	14/188
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

295

9 March 1914

David Douglas Gordon
Frances Alice Waddington

David Douglas Gordon
Frances Alice Waddington
💍 1914/612

Bachelor
Spinster

Cook

20
21

Auckland
Auckland

18 months
3 years

St. James' Manse Auckland

14/528

Martha Maclintoc Gordon, mother

9 March 1914

Rev. R. L. Walker

No	295
Date of Notice	9 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Douglas Gordon	Frances Alice Waddington
	💍 1914/612
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cook
Age	20	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 months	3 years
Marriage Place	St. James' Manse Auckland
Folio	14/528
Consent	Martha Maclintoc Gordon, mother
Date of Certificate	9 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker

296

9 March 1914

Ernest Henry Wright
Caroline Arden Brownlee

Ernest Henry Wright
Caroline Arden Brownlee
💍 1914/8332

Bachelor
Spinster

Public Accountant

28
28

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
2 years

Friend's Meeting House Mt Eden Road

14/1949

9 March 1914

Mr. Thomas Wright

No	296
Date of Notice	9 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Henry Wright	Caroline Arden Brownlee
	💍 1914/8332
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Public Accountant
Age	28	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Friend's Meeting House Mt Eden Road
Folio	14/1949
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Mr. Thomas Wright

297

9 March 1914

Thomas Alexander Lovie
Clara May Baker

Thomas Alexander Lovie
Clara May Baker
💍 1914/6769

Bachelor
Spinster

Shipping Clerk

25
25

Auckland
Auckland

life
life

Baptist Tabernacle Queen St Auckland

14/624

9 March 1914

Rev. H. K. Kempton

No	297
Date of Notice	9 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Alexander Lovie	Clara May Baker
	💍 1914/6769
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shipping Clerk
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	life	life
Marriage Place	Baptist Tabernacle Queen St Auckland
Folio	14/624
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. K. Kempton

298

10 March 1914

George Searle
Annie Arnold

George Searle
Annie Arnold
💍 1914/6791

Bachelor
Spinster

Carrier

27
21

Auckland
Auckland

life
4 years

Methodist Church Eden Terrace

14/646

10 March 1914

Rev. J. Olphert

No	298
Date of Notice	10 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Searle	Annie Arnold
	💍 1914/6791
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carrier
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	life	4 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church Eden Terrace
Folio	14/646
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 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).

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).