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 081

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

498

15 April 1914

Arthur Te Wawata Gannon
Edna Hiria Kelly

Arthur Te Wawata Kelly
Edna Hiria Kelly
💍 1914/1525

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

35
21

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
4 years

St. Barnabas Church, Mt Eden

14/5202

15 April 1914

Rev. E. J. McFarland

No	498
Date of Notice	15 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Te Wawata Gannon	Edna Hiria Kelly
BDM Match (87%)	Arthur Te Wawata Kelly	Edna Hiria Kelly
	💍 1914/1525
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	35	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church, Mt Eden
Folio	14/5202
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. McFarland

499

15 April 1914

Fred Johnson Brace
Hodgson

Fred Johnson
Grace Hodgson
💍 1914/859

Bachelor
Spinster

Milk Vendor

23
19

Auckland
Auckland

13 years
14 years

St. Paul's Church

4548

Hodgson, father

15 April 1914

Rev. C. A. B. Watson

No	499
Date of Notice	15 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Fred Johnson Brace	Hodgson
BDM Match (60%)	Fred Johnson	Grace Hodgson
	💍 1914/859
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Milk Vendor
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	13 years	14 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church
Folio	4548
Consent	Hodgson, father
Date of Certificate	15 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. A. B. Watson

500

15 April 1914

Ernest Muncaster
Delia Proform

Ernest Muncaster
Delia Grogan
💍 1914/7892

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

26
25

Auckland
Remuera

10 years
Life

St. Aidan's Church

2835

15 April 1914

Rev. A. Fowler

No	500
Date of Notice	15 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Muncaster	Delia Proform
BDM Match (81%)	Ernest Muncaster	Delia Grogan
	💍 1914/7892
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Remuera
Length of Residence	10 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. Aidan's Church
Folio	2835
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Fowler

501

15 April 1914

Robert Alma Moore
Emily Maud Dall

Robert Alina Moore
Emily Maud Tall
💍 1914/5465

Bachelor
Spinster

Paperhanger

33
30

Auckland
Ponsonby

15 years
6 years

House of St. Jude's Father, 7 Prospect Terrace

2854

15 April 1914

Rev. A. P. Lawry

No	501
Date of Notice	15 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Alma Moore	Emily Maud Dall
BDM Match (91%)	Robert Alina Moore	Emily Maud Tall
	💍 1914/5465
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Paperhanger
Age	33	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	15 years	6 years
Marriage Place	House of St. Jude's Father, 7 Prospect Terrace
Folio	2854
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. P. Lawry

502

15 April 1914

Harry Paddock
Violet Winifred Meech

Harry Goddard
Violet Winifred Meech
💍 1914/9266

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

28
27

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
13 months

St. Andrew's Church

4363

15 April 1914

Rev. A. Murray

No	502
Date of Notice	15 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Paddock	Violet Winifred Meech
BDM Match (81%)	Harry Goddard	Violet Winifred Meech
	💍 1914/9266
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	13 months
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church
Folio	4363
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Murray

503

15 April 1914

James Bain Orbell
Elsie Rock

James Bain Pye Torbet
Elsie Lock
💍 1914/1034

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

29
21

Auckland
Auckland

8 years
12 years

Methodist Mission Hall, East St.

4725

15 April 1914

Rev. B. B. Pomell

No	503
Date of Notice	15 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Bain Orbell	Elsie Rock
BDM Match (76%)	James Bain Pye Torbet	Elsie Lock
	💍 1914/1034
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	29	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Mission Hall, East St.
Folio	4725
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. B. Pomell

504

15 April 1914

Charles Albert Victor Niall
Margaret Ellen Burgess

Charles Albert Victor Viall
Margaret Ellen Burgess
💍 1914/7877

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

26
23

Auckland
Ponsonby

5 years
13 months

St. John's Church

2844

15 April 1914

Rev. A. P. Lawry

No	504
Date of Notice	15 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Albert Victor Niall	Margaret Ellen Burgess
BDM Match (98%)	Charles Albert Victor Viall	Margaret Ellen Burgess
	💍 1914/7877
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	5 years	13 months
Marriage Place	St. John's Church
Folio	2844
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. P. Lawry

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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).