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 061

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

362

23 March 1914

Walter Frederick Branch
Florence Dowding

Walter Fredrick Gallagher
Florence May Dowding
💍 1914/529

Bachelor
Spinster

Wheelwright

24
26

Auckland
Auckland

Life
Life

Registrar's Office, Auckland

14/202

23 March 1914

Registrar

No	362
Date of Notice	23 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Frederick Branch	Florence Dowding
BDM Match (72%)	Walter Fredrick Gallagher	Florence May Dowding
	💍 1914/529
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Wheelwright
Age	24	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	14/202
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

363

23 March 1914

Alfred Ernest Waller
Kathleen Annie Blanche Nicholls

Alfred Ernest Waller
Kathleen Annie Blanche Nicholls
💍 1914/6660

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor

25
21

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
20 years

St. Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden

14/462

23 March 1914

Rev. P. Cruickshank

No	363
Date of Notice	23 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Ernest Waller	Kathleen Annie Blanche Nicholls
	💍 1914/6660
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden
Folio	14/462
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Cruickshank

364

23 March 1914

Edward Arthur Williams
Constance Bannister

Edward Arthur Williams
Constance Cannon
💍 1914/536

Bachelor
Spinster

Wool Classer

50
33

Auckland
Auckland

9 days
3 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

14/203

23 March 1914

Registrar

No	364
Date of Notice	23 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Arthur Williams	Constance Bannister
BDM Match (84%)	Edward Arthur Williams	Constance Cannon
	💍 1914/536
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Wool Classer
Age	50	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 days	3 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	14/203
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

365

23 March 1914

Frank Heywood
Ida Deery

Frank Heyworth
Ida Deery
💍 1914/6788

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

29
28

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
6 years

Epiphany Church, Newton

14/644

23 March 1914

Rev. P. Cruickshank

No	365
Date of Notice	23 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Heywood	Ida Deery
BDM Match (89%)	Frank Heyworth	Ida Deery
	💍 1914/6788
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	29	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Epiphany Church, Newton
Folio	14/644
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Cruickshank

366

23 March 1914

Walter Henry Martin
Mildred Graham Wood

Walter Henry Martin
Mildred Graham Wood
💍 1914/6606

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser

28
23

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
21 years

Methodist Church, Parnell

14/475

23 March 1914

Rev. P. Bond

No	366
Date of Notice	23 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Henry Martin	Mildred Graham Wood
	💍 1914/6606
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Parnell
Folio	14/475
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Bond

367

24 March 1914

Alexander Bullar
Edith Lowell

Alexander Millar
Edith Lowell
💍 1914/537

Divorced (Decree absolute 5 April 1907)
Spinster

Bootmaker

35
28

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
Life

Registrar's Office, Auckland

14/204

24 March 1914

Registrar

No	367
Date of Notice	24 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Bullar	Edith Lowell
BDM Match (94%)	Alexander Millar	Edith Lowell
	💍 1914/537
Condition	Divorced (Decree absolute 5 April 1907)	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	35	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	Life
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	14/204
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

368

24 March 1914

Burton Wells
Louisa Morey

Burton Wells
Louisa Morey
💍 1914/6816

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

29
23

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
Life

St. Andrew's Church, Auckland

14/520

24 March 1914

Rev. A. A. Murray

No	368
Date of Notice	24 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Burton Wells	Louisa Morey
	💍 1914/6816
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church, Auckland
Folio	14/520
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. A. Murray

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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).