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 079

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

484

14 April 1914

Eric Jackson Smallfield
Norma Gladys Cecilia Evans

Eric Jackson Smallfield
Norma Gladys Cecelia Evans
💍 1914/8877

Bachelor
Spinster

Surveyor's Assistant

22
20

Auckland
Auckland

9 days
18 months

St. Andrew's Church, Epsom

14/2825

William Evans, father

14 April 1914

Rev. F. Wilkinson

No	484
Date of Notice	14 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Eric Jackson Smallfield	Norma Gladys Cecilia Evans
BDM Match (98%)	Eric Jackson Smallfield	Norma Gladys Cecelia Evans
	💍 1914/8877
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Surveyor's Assistant
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 days	18 months
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church, Epsom
Folio	14/2825
Consent	William Evans, father
Date of Certificate	14 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. Wilkinson

485

14 April 1914

Frederick Graham Jamison
Jane Packham

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

45
42

Auckland
Auckland

6 days
15 days

St. James' Church

14/2843

14 April 1914

Rev. R. L. Walker

No	485
Date of Notice	14 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Graham Jamison	Jane Packham
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	45	42
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 days	15 days
Marriage Place	St. James' Church
Folio	14/2843
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker

486

14 April 1914

George Edward Longmire Murray
Ruby Alexandra Blossom Ratcliffe

George Edward Longmire Whinray
Ruby Alexandra May Blossom Ratcliffe
💍 1914/7891

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinet Maker

26
28

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
2 months

Baptist Tabernacle, Queen Street

14/2834

14 April 1914

Rev. H. L. Kempton

No	486
Date of Notice	14 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Edward Longmire Murray	Ruby Alexandra Blossom Ratcliffe
BDM Match (88%)	George Edward Longmire Whinray	Ruby Alexandra May Blossom Ratcliffe
	💍 1914/7891
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinet Maker
Age	26	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	2 months
Marriage Place	Baptist Tabernacle, Queen Street
Folio	14/2834
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. L. Kempton

487

14 April 1914

Valentine Roland Chipman Miller
Philomena Margaret Reardon

Valentine Roland Chipman Miller
Philomena Margaret Reardon
💍 1914/8872

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrical Engineer

23
21

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
3 years

St. Matthew's Church

14/2821

14 April 1914

Rev. G. R. Pillans

No	487
Date of Notice	14 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Valentine Roland Chipman Miller	Philomena Margaret Reardon
	💍 1914/8872
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrical Engineer
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	14/2821
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. R. Pillans

488

14 April 1914

George Herbert Eastman
Winifred Hilda Pinnwade

George Herbert Eastman
Winifred Hilda Grimwade
💍 1914/7878

Bachelor
Spinster

Missionary

33
20

Auckland
Auckland

12 days
5 days

Congregational Church

14/2845

14 April 1914

Rev. R. M. Forbes-Ewan

No	488
Date of Notice	14 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Herbert Eastman	Winifred Hilda Pinnwade
BDM Match (91%)	George Herbert Eastman	Winifred Hilda Grimwade
	💍 1914/7878
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Missionary
Age	33	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 days	5 days
Marriage Place	Congregational Church
Folio	14/2845
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. M. Forbes-Ewan

489

14 April 1914

John Henry Woolley
Edith Millicent Harley

John Henry Woolley
Edith Millicent Harley
💍 1914/7874

Bachelor
Spinster

Stationer

26
34

Auckland
Auckland

2 1/2 years
40 years

St. Thomas' Church

14/2841

14 April 1914

Rev. H. H. Bedford

No	489
Date of Notice	14 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Henry Woolley	Edith Millicent Harley
	💍 1914/7874
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stationer
Age	26	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	40 years
Marriage Place	St. Thomas' Church
Folio	14/2841
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. H. Bedford

490

14 April 1914

William Herman Cliffe
Ethel Grace Andrews

William Herman Cliffe
Ethel Grace Andrews
💍 1914/7881

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

27
29

Auckland
Auckland

12 years
Life

Church of the Holy Sepulchre

14/2847

14 April 1914

Rev. A. Richards

No	490
Date of Notice	14 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Herman Cliffe	Ethel Grace Andrews
	💍 1914/7881
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	27	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 years	Life
Marriage Place	Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Folio	14/2847
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Richards

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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).