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 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

541

20 April 1914

Frederick Alban Johnson
Violet Avery

Frederick Alban Johnson
Violet Avery
💍 1914/679

Divorced
Spinster

Plumber

36
21

Auckland
Auckland

6 wks
6 wks

Registrar's Office Auckland

14/2643

20 April 1914

Registrar

No	541
Date of Notice	20 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Alban Johnson	Violet Avery
	💍 1914/679
Condition	Divorced	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	36	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 wks	6 wks
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	14/2643
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

542

20 April 1914

James John Milligan
Ruby Houston Mundy

James John Milligan
Ruby Houston Mundy
💍 1914/681

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

21
18

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
2 years

Registrar's Office Auckland

14/2644

Constance Houston Mundy, mother

20 April 1914

Registrar

No	542
Date of Notice	20 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James John Milligan	Ruby Houston Mundy
	💍 1914/681
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	14/2644
Consent	Constance Houston Mundy, mother
Date of Certificate	20 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

543

20 April 1914

John Clarence Strong
Hilda Florence Martinson

John Clarence Strong
Hilda Florence Marton
💍 1914/7885

Bachelor
Spinster

Carriage Trimmer

31
23

Auckland
Auckland

Life
Life

Holy Trinity Church, Devonport

14/2851

20 April 1914

Rev. F. W. Young

No	543
Date of Notice	20 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Clarence Strong	Hilda Florence Martinson
BDM Match (94%)	John Clarence Strong	Hilda Florence Marton
	💍 1914/7885
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carriage Trimmer
Age	31	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Devonport
Folio	14/2851
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. W. Young

544

21 April 1914

Charles William Sutcliffe
Mercy Cowley

Charles William Sutcliffe
Mercy Cowley
💍 1914/6466

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

32
26

Auckland
Auckland

Life
10 years

Methodist Church, Grafton Rd. Auckland

14/2894

21 April 1914

Rev. G. Bond

No	544
Date of Notice	21 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles William Sutcliffe	Mercy Cowley
	💍 1914/6466
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	32	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	10 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Grafton Rd. Auckland
Folio	14/2894
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Bond

545

21 April 1914

Henry Barnes
Ada Dickerson

Henry Barnes
Ada Dickerson
💍 1914/5474

Bachelor
Spinster

Surface Man

34
37

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
4 years

St. Matthew's Church Auckland

14/2857

21 April 1914

Rev. W. E. Gillam

No	545
Date of Notice	21 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Barnes	Ada Dickerson
	💍 1914/5474
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Surface Man
Age	34	37
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church Auckland
Folio	14/2857
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam

546

21 April 1914

Edward Oliver Pople
Dora Lillias Cross

Edward Oliver Pople
Dora Lillias Cross
💍 1914/5457

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

25
28

Auckland
Auckland

Life
15 years

Methodist Church Onehunga

14/2864

21 April 1914

Rev. J. Dukes

No	546
Date of Notice	21 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Oliver Pople	Dora Lillias Cross
	💍 1914/5457
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	25	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	15 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church Onehunga
Folio	14/2864
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Dukes

547

21 April 1914

Richard Edward Finlay
Ellen Oliver

Richard Edward Finlay
Ellen Oliver
💍 1914/5476

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman N.Z.R.

25
23

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
4 days

Methodist Church, Pitt Street Auckland

14/2859

21 April 1914

Rev. J. B. Suckling

No	547
Date of Notice	21 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Edward Finlay	Ellen Oliver
	💍 1914/5476
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman N.Z.R.
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pitt Street Auckland
Folio	14/2859
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Suckling

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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).