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 093

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

583

28 April 1914

Andrew Thomson
Jane Stark

Andrew Thomson
Jane Sharks
💍 1914/9091

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

59
46

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
6 months

St. Stephen's Church, Parnell

4263

28 April 1914

Rev. I. Jolly

No	583
Date of Notice	28 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Thomson	Jane Stark
BDM Match (91%)	Andrew Thomson	Jane Sharks
	💍 1914/9091
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	59	46
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	6 months
Marriage Place	St. Stephen's Church, Parnell
Folio	4263
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. I. Jolly

584

28 April 1914

Edward James McAnulty
Mary Esther LeSweeney

Edward James McAnulty
Mary Esther McSweeney
💍 1914/5479

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

34
29

Auckland
Auckland

life
4 years

Roman Catholic Church, Otahuhu

2931

28 April 1914

Rev. J. McAnulty

No	584
Date of Notice	28 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward James McAnulty	Mary Esther LeSweeney
BDM Match (95%)	Edward James McAnulty	Mary Esther McSweeney
	💍 1914/5479
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	34	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	life	4 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Otahuhu
Folio	2931
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. McAnulty

585

29 April 1914

Frank Thomas Waters
Annie Eliza Otter

Frank Thomas Waters
Annie Eliza Otter
💍 1914/5436

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

29
28

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
3 years

St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell

2766

29 April 1914

Rev. P. McMurray

No	585
Date of Notice	29 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Thomas Waters	Annie Eliza Otter
	💍 1914/5436
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	29	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell
Folio	2766
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. McMurray

586

29 April 1914

Joseph Dowling
Ruby Ethel Place

Joseph Dowling
Ruby Ethel Mary Sluce
💍 1914/712

Bachelor
Spinster

Mill hand

61
28

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
15 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

2652

29 April 1914

Registrar

No	586
Date of Notice	29 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Dowling	Ruby Ethel Place
BDM Match (83%)	Joseph Dowling	Ruby Ethel Mary Sluce
	💍 1914/712
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mill hand
Age	61	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	2652
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

588

29 April 1914

Albert Ernest Shelton
Jessie Alice Gottle

Albert Ernest Skelton
Jessie Alice Cottle
💍 1914/5500

Bachelor
Spinster

Nurseryman

23
20

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
life

Home of Bride's Mother, Taupaki

2936

Sydney Herbert Gottle, father

29 April 1914

Rev. C. A. Lyon

No	588
Date of Notice	29 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Ernest Shelton	Jessie Alice Gottle
BDM Match (95%)	Albert Ernest Skelton	Jessie Alice Cottle
	💍 1914/5500
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Nurseryman
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	life
Marriage Place	Home of Bride's Mother, Taupaki
Folio	2936
Consent	Sydney Herbert Gottle, father
Date of Certificate	29 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. A. Lyon

589

29 April 1914

Edward Boisen
Violet Mary Crichton

Edward Boisen
Violet May Crichton
💍 1914/713

Widower
Spinster

Driver

27
21

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
4 months

Registrar's Office, Auckland

2653

29 April 1914

Registrar

No	589
Date of Notice	29 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Boisen	Violet Mary Crichton
BDM Match (98%)	Edward Boisen	Violet May Crichton
	💍 1914/713
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	4 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	2653
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

589

1 May 1914

Robert Douglas Domock
Gladys Newton Gordon

Robert Douglas Dymock
Gladys Newton Gordon
💍 1914/5437

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheep Farmer

27
26

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
1 month

St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell

2767

1 May 1914

Rev. P. McMurray

No	589
Date of Notice	1 May 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Douglas Domock	Gladys Newton Gordon
BDM Match (98%)	Robert Douglas Dymock	Gladys Newton Gordon
	💍 1914/5437
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheep Farmer
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	1 month
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell
Folio	2767
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 May 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. McMurray

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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).