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

390

30 March 1914

Samuel Kenneth Gordon
Ellen Mary Prossman

Samuel Kenneth Gordon
Eileen Marguerite Grossmann
💍 1914/8

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

29
27

Auckland
Auckland

12 years
20 years

Dwelling of Mrs. Louder, Turnbull St. Devonport

2781

30 March 1914

Rev. P. H. Brennan

No	390
Date of Notice	30 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Kenneth Gordon	Ellen Mary Prossman
BDM Match (80%)	Samuel Kenneth Gordon	Eileen Marguerite Grossmann
	💍 1914/8
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	29	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Mrs. Louder, Turnbull St. Devonport
Folio	2781
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. H. Brennan

391

30 March 1914

Thomas Leach
Maud Frances Billing

Thomas Wise Leach
Maud Frances Billing
💍 1914/6792

Widower
Spinster

Letter Carrier

30
27

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
5 years

Methodist Church

647

30 March 1914

Rev. P. H. Brennan

No	391
Date of Notice	30 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Leach	Maud Frances Billing
BDM Match (85%)	Thomas Wise Leach	Maud Frances Billing
	💍 1914/6792
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Letter Carrier
Age	30	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church
Folio	647
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. H. Brennan

392

30 March 1914

Joseph Deets
Jessie Emma Montgomery

Joseph Felts
Jessie Emily Martha Montgomery
💍 1914/8829

Bachelor
Spinster

Coal dealer

27
20

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
2 years

St. James Church

2802

Robert Montgomery, father

30 March 1914

Rev. R. L. Walker

No	392
Date of Notice	30 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Deets	Jessie Emma Montgomery
BDM Match (77%)	Joseph Felts	Jessie Emily Martha Montgomery
	💍 1914/8829
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coal dealer
Age	27	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. James Church
Folio	2802
Consent	Robert Montgomery, father
Date of Certificate	30 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker

393

30 March 1914

James Incharan
Mary Millar

James McLaren
Mary Millar Somerville
💍 1914/8828

James McLelland
Mary Muir Blair
💍 1915/8324

Bachelor
Spinster

Whip maker

29
23

Auckland
Somerville

12 years
16 years

St. James Church

2801

30 March 1914

Rev. R. L. Walker

No	393
Date of Notice	30 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Incharan	Mary Millar
BDM Match (61%)	James McLaren	Mary Millar Somerville
	💍 1914/8828
BDM Match (60%)	James McLelland	Mary Muir Blair
	💍 1915/8324
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Whip maker
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Somerville
Length of Residence	12 years	16 years
Marriage Place	St. James Church
Folio	2801
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker

394

31 March 1914

Harold Frederick Pason Harbwork
Lily Hand

Harold Frederick Saxon Charlsworth
Lily Hand
💍 1914/8886

Bachelor
Spinster

Computing Draughtsman

28
24

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
12 years

Holy Trinity Church

2811

31 March 1914

Rev. D. H. Young

No	394
Date of Notice	31 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Frederick Pason Harbwork	Lily Hand
BDM Match (88%)	Harold Frederick Saxon Charlsworth	Lily Hand
	💍 1914/8886
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Computing Draughtsman
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church
Folio	2811
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. H. Young

395

31 March 1914

Alfred Kelsall
Jane Langre

Alfred Kelsall
Eva Winnifred Zeehan Tangye
💍 1914/8870

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

25
20

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
7 years

St. Matthew's Church

2819

Jane Langre, mother

31 March 1914

Rev. W. E. Gillam

No	395
Date of Notice	31 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Kelsall	Jane Langre
BDM Match (65%)	Alfred Kelsall	Eva Winnifred Zeehan Tangye
	💍 1914/8870
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	7 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	2819
Consent	Jane Langre, mother
Date of Certificate	31 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam

396

31 March 1914

Harold William Wilkinson
Agnes Rae

Harold William Wilkinson
Agnes Rae
💍 1914/723

Divorced
Spinster

Farmer

31
31

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
4 days

Registrar's Office

2687

31 March 1914

Registrar

No	396
Date of Notice	31 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold William Wilkinson	Agnes Rae
	💍 1914/723
Condition	Divorced	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	31	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	2687
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 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).