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 055

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

320

13 March 1914

William Henry Earl
Violet Imple Coates

William Henry Earl
Violet Myrtle Coates
💍 1914/6801

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

38
29

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
5 years

Church of the Holy Sepulchre

633

13 March 1914

Rev. H. Mason

No	320
Date of Notice	13 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Earl	Violet Imple Coates
BDM Match (90%)	William Henry Earl	Violet Myrtle Coates
	💍 1914/6801
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	38	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Folio	633
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Mason

321

13 March 1914

Herbert John Brewer
Gertrude Isabella Tylden

Herbert John Brewer
Gertrude Isabella Tylden
💍 1914/6665

Bachelor
Spinster

Solicitor

36
36

Auckland
Auckland

about 28 years
about 23 years

House of Bride's mother, "the Oaks", Remuera

14/467

13 March 1914

Rev. W. McLean

No	321
Date of Notice	13 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert John Brewer	Gertrude Isabella Tylden
	💍 1914/6665
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Solicitor
Age	36	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	about 28 years	about 23 years
Marriage Place	House of Bride's mother, "the Oaks", Remuera
Folio	14/467
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. McLean

322

13 March 1914

Walter McKie
Margaret Doyle

Walter Mackie
Margaret Doyle
💍 1914/502

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman

23
23

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
20 years

Registrar's Office

193

13 March 1914

Registrar

No	322
Date of Notice	13 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter McKie	Margaret Doyle
BDM Match (92%)	Walter Mackie	Margaret Doyle
	💍 1914/502
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	193
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

323

13 March 1914

Edmund Dufaur
Anne Isabel Mabel Hogwood

Edmund Dufaur
Annie Isabel Maud Hogwood
💍 1914/6668

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

24
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

St. Peter's Church, Onehunga

14/469

13 March 1914

Rev. J. Haselden

No	323
Date of Notice	13 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edmund Dufaur	Anne Isabel Mabel Hogwood
BDM Match (92%)	Edmund Dufaur	Annie Isabel Maud Hogwood
	💍 1914/6668
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Onehunga
Folio	14/469
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Haselden

324

13 March 1914

Fred Home
Amelia Josephine Melgren

Fred Howe
Amelia Josephine Melgren
💍 1914/6676

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

23
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
1 year

All Saints Church, Ponsonby

453

13 March 1914

Rev. Arch. W. Calder

No	324
Date of Notice	13 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Fred Home	Amelia Josephine Melgren
BDM Match (94%)	Fred Howe	Amelia Josephine Melgren
	💍 1914/6676
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	1 year
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Ponsonby
Folio	453
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Arch. W. Calder

325

14 March 1914

Henry Sinclair
Florence Eva Suckling

Henry Sinclair
Florence Ivy Buckler
💍 1914/8281

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

32
26

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
1 year

St. Benedict's Church

1896

14 March 1914

Rev. P. F. Filleul

No	325
Date of Notice	14 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Sinclair	Florence Eva Suckling
BDM Match (86%)	Henry Sinclair	Florence Ivy Buckler
	💍 1914/8281
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	32	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	1 year
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church
Folio	1896
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. F. Filleul

326

14 March 1914

Alexander Staffan
Margaret Matilda Rea

Alexander Stanaway
Margaret Matilda Rea
💍 1914/503

Bachelor
Divorced

Labourer

27
30

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
4 years

Registrar's Office

194

14 March 1914

Registrar

No	326
Date of Notice	14 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Staffan	Margaret Matilda Rea
BDM Match (89%)	Alexander Stanaway	Margaret Matilda Rea
	💍 1914/503
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced
Profession	Labourer
Age	27	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	194
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 March 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).