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 091

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1914

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

569

27 April 1914

Frederick Johnston Gash
Mary Ann Waters

Frederick Johnston Gash
Mary Ann Waters
💍 1914/8843

Bachelor
Spinster

Coach Builder

39
34

Auckland
Auckland

29 years
life

Methodist Church, Grafton Road, Auckland

14/2893

27 April 1914

Rev. G. Bond

No	569
Date of Notice	27 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Johnston Gash	Mary Ann Waters
	💍 1914/8843
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coach Builder
Age	39	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	29 years	life
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Grafton Road, Auckland
Folio	14/2893
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Bond

570

27 April 1914

Frank Alexander Warren
Louisa Rose Lincoln

Frank Alexander Warren
Louisa Rose Lincoln
💍 1914/8848

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinet Maker

22
20

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
5 years

House of Sister of Bride, Mrs T J Harris, 29 Ardmore Road, Ponsonby

14/2879

Walter Augustus Lincoln, father

27 April 1914

Rev. W. A. Keay

No	570
Date of Notice	27 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Alexander Warren	Louisa Rose Lincoln
	💍 1914/8848
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinet Maker
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	5 years
Marriage Place	House of Sister of Bride, Mrs T J Harris, 29 Ardmore Road, Ponsonby
Folio	14/2879
Consent	Walter Augustus Lincoln, father
Date of Certificate	27 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. A. Keay

571

27 April 1914

Frederick Reginald Morrison
Winifred Hilna Wickstead

Frederick Reginald Morrison
Winifred Hilna Wickstead
💍 1914/694

Bachelor
Spinster

Marine Steward

34
26

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
12 years

Registrar's Office Auckland

14/2650

27 April 1914

Registrar

No	571
Date of Notice	27 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Reginald Morrison	Winifred Hilna Wickstead
	💍 1914/694
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Marine Steward
Age	34	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	14/2650
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

572

27 April 1914

Harold Maurice Curran
Margaret Mary Reilly

Harold Maurice Curran
Margaret Mary Heilly
💍 1914/7846

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

28
27

Auckland
Auckland

3 dys
2 wks

St. Benedict's Church Auckland

14/2916

27 April 1914

Rev. G. Wright

No	572
Date of Notice	27 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Maurice Curran	Margaret Mary Reilly
BDM Match (98%)	Harold Maurice Curran	Margaret Mary Heilly
	💍 1914/7846
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 dys	2 wks
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church Auckland
Folio	14/2916
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Wright

573

27 April 1914

Roy Hamilton Dellow
Rose Millicent Arthur

Roy Hamilton Dellow
Rose Millicent Arthur
💍 1914/7861

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

27
29

Auckland
Auckland

13 years
life

Methodist Church, Mount Eden

14/2930

27 April 1914

Rev. C. H. Garland

No	573
Date of Notice	27 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Roy Hamilton Dellow	Rose Millicent Arthur
	💍 1914/7861
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	27	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	13 years	life
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Mount Eden
Folio	14/2930
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. H. Garland

574

27 April 1914

Stretton Ford Newton
Marjorie Katherine Gordon

Stretton Ford Newton
Marjorie Katherine Gordon
💍 1914/5438

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheep Farmer

23
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 months

St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell

14/2768

27 April 1914

Rev. G. MacMurray

No	574
Date of Notice	27 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stretton Ford Newton	Marjorie Katherine Gordon
	💍 1914/5438
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheep Farmer
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 months
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell
Folio	14/2768
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. MacMurray

575

27 April 1914

Leonard Alfred Lamb
Frances Ellen McWhirter

Leonard Alfred Lamb
Frances Ellen McWhirter
💍 1914/9279

Bachelor
Spinster

Coppersmith

27
35

Auckland
Auckland

18 mos
12 years

St. David's Church Auckland

14/4375

27 April 1914

Rev. J. M. Saunders

No	575
Date of Notice	27 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Alfred Lamb	Frances Ellen McWhirter
	💍 1914/9279
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coppersmith
Age	27	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 mos	12 years
Marriage Place	St. David's Church Auckland
Folio	14/4375
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. M. Saunders

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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).