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

555

22 April 1914

Arthur Dagley McDowell
Annie Lydia Eldowney

Arthur Dagley
Annie Lydia McEldowney
💍 1914/5462

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

36
28

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
1 year

St. Peter's Church

14/2869

22 April 1914

Rev. G. A. Thompson

No	555
Date of Notice	22 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Dagley McDowell	Annie Lydia Eldowney
BDM Match (75%)	Arthur Dagley	Annie Lydia McEldowney
	💍 1914/5462
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	36	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	1 year
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church
Folio	14/2869
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. A. Thompson

556

24 April 1914

David Joseph Homsen
Margaret Beatrice McNeill

David Joseph Thomsey Creech
Margaret Beatrice McNeill
💍 1914/684

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

62
26

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
2 years

Registrar's Office

14/2647

24 April 1914

Registrar

No	556
Date of Notice	24 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Joseph Homsen	Margaret Beatrice McNeill
BDM Match (82%)	David Joseph Thomsey Creech	Margaret Beatrice McNeill
	💍 1914/684
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	62	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	14/2647
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

557

24 April 1914

David Sutton
Emily Isabella Reid

David Sutton
Emily Isabella Reid
💍 1914/5466

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

26
32

Auckland
Otahuhu

2 years
2 years

Home of Nurse Freeman, High St.

14/2872

24 April 1914

Rev. C. E. Parker

No	557
Date of Notice	24 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Sutton	Emily Isabella Reid
	💍 1914/5466
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	26	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Otahuhu
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Home of Nurse Freeman, High St.
Folio	14/2872
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. E. Parker

558

24 April 1914

Harold Cyril Howe
Frances Nellie Harriet Robertson

Harold Cyril Howe Francis
Nellie Harriet Robertson
💍 1914/7811

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

25
20

Auckland
Auckland

Life
1 year

Registrar's Office (Sec 29)

14/2725

Hope Hall, mother

8 May 1914

Registrar

No	558
Date of Notice	24 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Cyril Howe	Frances Nellie Harriet Robertson
BDM Match (72%)	Harold Cyril Howe Francis	Nellie Harriet Robertson
	💍 1914/7811
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	1 year
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office (Sec 29)
Folio	14/2725
Consent	Hope Hall, mother
Date of Certificate	8 May 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

559

24 April 1914

Paul Percival Hanson
Mary Price

George Percival Hanson
Mary Grice
💍 1914/5475

Widower
Widow

Driver

39
43

Auckland
Auckland

9 months
4 years

Rendey Church, Eden Terrace

14/2858

24 April 1914

Rev. J. B. Suckling

No	559
Date of Notice	24 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Paul Percival Hanson	Mary Price
BDM Match (81%)	George Percival Hanson	Mary Grice
	💍 1914/5475
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Driver
Age	39	43
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 months	4 years
Marriage Place	Rendey Church, Eden Terrace
Folio	14/2858
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Suckling

560

24 April 1914

Oscar French
Sophia Gertrude Levi

Oscar George French
Sophia Gertrude Levi
💍 1914/5467

Widower
Spinster

Decorator

47
38

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
11 years

Home of Bride's Mother, 95 Ponsonby Rd

14/2873

24 April 1914

Rev. O'Malley

No	560
Date of Notice	24 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Oscar French	Sophia Gertrude Levi
BDM Match (82%)	Oscar George French	Sophia Gertrude Levi
	💍 1914/5467
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Decorator
Age	47	38
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	11 years
Marriage Place	Home of Bride's Mother, 95 Ponsonby Rd
Folio	14/2873
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. O'Malley

561

24 April 1914

Daniel Rustmas Evans
Eleanor Margaret Hill

Daniel Christmas Evans
Eleanor Margareta Hill
💍 1914/685

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

29
23

Auckland
Auckland

12 months
10 months

Registrar's Office

14/2648

24 April 1914

Registrar

No	561
Date of Notice	24 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel Rustmas Evans	Eleanor Margaret Hill
BDM Match (89%)	Daniel Christmas Evans	Eleanor Margareta Hill
	💍 1914/685
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 months	10 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	14/2648
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 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).

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).