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 069

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 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

414

3 April 1914

Neil John Sutherland
Jessie Elizabeth Phone

Neil John Sutherland
Jessie Elizabeth Shove
💍 1914/8822

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

27
23

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
life

House of Mrs. Father, Arnold St, Rocky Nook

2796

3 April 1914

Rev. D. Marshall

No	414
Date of Notice	3 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Neil John Sutherland	Jessie Elizabeth Phone
BDM Match (95%)	Neil John Sutherland	Jessie Elizabeth Shove
	💍 1914/8822
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	life
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. Father, Arnold St, Rocky Nook
Folio	2796
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. Marshall

415

3 April 1914

Thomas Robinson Hiscox
Ruby Katherine Pearl Postlewaight

Thomas Robinson Nixon
Ruby Katherine Pearl Postleweight
💍 1914/8838

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

26
18

Auckland
Auckland

1 month
5 months

House of John Thomas, Station Rd, Postlewaight, Avondale

2888

John Thomas, father

3 April 1914

Rev. D. Marshall

No	415
Date of Notice	3 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Robinson Hiscox	Ruby Katherine Pearl Postlewaight
BDM Match (89%)	Thomas Robinson Nixon	Ruby Katherine Pearl Postleweight
	💍 1914/8838
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	26	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 month	5 months
Marriage Place	House of John Thomas, Station Rd, Postlewaight, Avondale
Folio	2888
Consent	John Thomas, father
Date of Certificate	3 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. Marshall

416

3 April 1914

Henry James Scelly
Laura Eliza Speer

Henry James Scelly
Laura Eliza Speer
💍 1914/8823

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Foreman

39
33

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
10 years

St. Paul's Church, Kingsland

2778

3 April 1914

Rev. P. H. Havis

No	416
Date of Notice	3 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry James Scelly	Laura Eliza Speer
	💍 1914/8823
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Foreman
Age	39	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church, Kingsland
Folio	2778
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. H. Havis

417

3 April 1914

Ernest Edward Halderson
Mary Annie York

Ernest Edward Balderson
Mary Annie York
💍 1914/911

Widower
Widow

Outfitter

45
38

Auckland
Auckland

13 months
2 years

St. Alban's Church, Dominion Rd

4652

3 April 1914

Rev. H. B. Wingfield

No	417
Date of Notice	3 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Edward Halderson	Mary Annie York
BDM Match (98%)	Ernest Edward Balderson	Mary Annie York
	💍 1914/911
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Outfitter
Age	45	38
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	13 months	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Alban's Church, Dominion Rd
Folio	4652
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. B. Wingfield

418

3 April 1914

George William Hannam
Ellen Louisa Purvis

George William Hannam
Ellen Louisa Currin
💍 1914/8882

Bachelor
Spinster

Dairyman

22
24

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
18 months

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

2807

3 April 1914

Rev. W. E. Gillam

No	418
Date of Notice	3 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George William Hannam	Ellen Louisa Purvis
BDM Match (92%)	George William Hannam	Ellen Louisa Currin
	💍 1914/8882
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dairyman
Age	22	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	18 months
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	2807
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam

419

3 April 1914

Bertie William Seammont
Dora Muriel Wilson

Bertie William Beaumont
Dora Muriel Wilson
💍 1914/8826

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

23
22

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
13 months

St. Mark's Church, Remuera

2799

3 April 1914

Rev. R. W. Scott

No	419
Date of Notice	3 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bertie William Seammont	Dora Muriel Wilson
BDM Match (96%)	Bertie William Beaumont	Dora Muriel Wilson
	💍 1914/8826
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	13 months
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church, Remuera
Folio	2799
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. W. Scott

420

3 April 1914

David Hess
Ivy Alp

David Ness
Ivy Alp
💍 1914/8821

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

22
21

Auckland
Auckland

11 years
3 months

Methodist Church, Mt. Roskill

2795

3 April 1914

Rev. F. T. Purman

No	420
Date of Notice	3 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Hess	Ivy Alp
BDM Match (95%)	David Ness	Ivy Alp
	💍 1914/8821
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 years	3 months
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Mt. Roskill
Folio	2795
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. T. Purman

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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).