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 073

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

442

6 April 1914

James Russel Lithgow
Irene Ellen Martha Everson

James Russel Lithgow
Irene Ellen Martha Everson
💍 1914/8880

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

23
18

Auckland
Auckland

1 yr 9 mos.
17 yrs.

Home of Bride's Mother, 2 Regent St, Arch Hill

14/2805

Ellen Jane Everson, mother

6 April 1914

Rev. J. Olphert

No	442
Date of Notice	6 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Russel Lithgow	Irene Ellen Martha Everson
	💍 1914/8880
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 yr 9 mos.	17 yrs.
Marriage Place	Home of Bride's Mother, 2 Regent St, Arch Hill
Folio	14/2805
Consent	Ellen Jane Everson, mother
Date of Certificate	6 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Olphert

443

7 April 1914

Patrick Lynch
Mary Lodge

Patrick Lynch
Mary Lodge
💍 1914/7880

Widower
Widow

Independent means

59
57

Auckland
Auckland

6 yrs.
3 yrs.

Church of the Sacred Heart, Ponsonby

14/2829

7 April 1914

Rev. P. O'Malley

No	443
Date of Notice	7 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Patrick Lynch	Mary Lodge
	💍 1914/7880
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Independent means
Age	59	57
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 yrs.	3 yrs.
Marriage Place	Church of the Sacred Heart, Ponsonby
Folio	14/2829
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. O'Malley

444

7 April 1914

Charles Thomas Snowden
Gertrude Johnson Crombie

Charles Thomas Snowden
Gertrude Johnson Crombie
💍 1914/9094

Bachelor
Spinster

Gas Fitter

35
35

Auckland
Auckland

30 yrs.
Life

St. Stephen's Manse, Ponsonby

14/4266

7 April 1914

Rev. I. Jolly

No	444
Date of Notice	7 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Thomas Snowden	Gertrude Johnson Crombie
	💍 1914/9094
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gas Fitter
Age	35	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 yrs.	Life
Marriage Place	St. Stephen's Manse, Ponsonby
Folio	14/4266
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. I. Jolly

445

7 April 1914

John Leonard Lincoln
Florencia Thomas

John Leonard Lincoln
Florencia Thomas
💍 1914/8827

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

25
20

Auckland
Auckland

2 mos.
3 mos.

St. James' Manse Auckland

14/2800

Matilda Thomas, mother

7 April 1914

Rev. R. L. Walker

No	445
Date of Notice	7 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Leonard Lincoln	Florencia Thomas
	💍 1914/8827
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 mos.	3 mos.
Marriage Place	St. James' Manse Auckland
Folio	14/2800
Consent	Matilda Thomas, mother
Date of Certificate	7 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker

446

7 April 1914

Henry Clinton Baker
Maude Jane Lee

Henry Clinton Baker
Maude Jane Lee
💍 1914/850

Bachelor
Spinster

Waterside Worker

27
25

Auckland
Auckland

4 mos.
5 mos.

St. Paul's Church Auckland

14/4540

7 April 1914

Rev. C. A. B. Watson

No	446
Date of Notice	7 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Clinton Baker	Maude Jane Lee
	💍 1914/850
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Waterside Worker
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 mos.	5 mos.
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church Auckland
Folio	14/4540
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. A. B. Watson

447

7 April 1914

Thomas Frederick Oswald Jones
Elizabeth Lee

Thomas Frederick Oswald Jones
Elizabeth Lee
💍 1914/8841

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

26
24

Auckland
Auckland

Life
3 yrs.

Methodist Church, Grafton Rd Auckland

14/2891

7 April 1914

Rev. G. Bond

No	447
Date of Notice	7 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Frederick Oswald Jones	Elizabeth Lee
	💍 1914/8841
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	3 yrs.
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Grafton Rd Auckland
Folio	14/2891
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Bond

448

7 April 1914

Cecil Osborne Windsor
Elfreda Elizabeth Cook

Cecil Osborne Windsor
Elfreda Elizabeth Cook
💍 1914/659

Bachelor
Widow

Seaman

28
29

Auckland
Auckland

13 yrs.
3 mos.

Registrar's Office Auckland

14/2622

7 April 1914

Registrar

No	448
Date of Notice	7 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cecil Osborne Windsor	Elfreda Elizabeth Cook
	💍 1914/659
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Seaman
Age	28	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	13 yrs.	3 mos.
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	14/2622
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 April 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).

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).