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 101

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

660

14 May 1914

Thomas John Jordan
Esther Mary Wilson

Thomas John Jordan
Esther Mary Wilson
💍 1914/5592

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

26
21

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
15 years

St. Peter's Church, Onehunga

14/2958

14 May 1914

Rev. J. Haselden

No	660
Date of Notice	14 May 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas John Jordan	Esther Mary Wilson
	💍 1914/5592
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	15 years
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Onehunga
Folio	14/2958
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 May 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Haselden

661

15 May 1914

Charles Powell Cooke
Hilda MacVicar

Charles Powell Cooke
Hilda MacVicar
💍 1914/5585

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

22
20

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
Life

St. Peter's Church, Onehunga

14/2957

Archibald MacVicar, father

15 May 1914

Rev. J. Haselden

No	661
Date of Notice	15 May 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Powell Cooke	Hilda MacVicar
	💍 1914/5585
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Onehunga
Folio	14/2957
Consent	Archibald MacVicar, father
Date of Certificate	15 May 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Haselden

662

15 May 1914

Percival Major Jeromson
Mary Ann McHugh

Percival Major
Mary Ann McHugh
💍 1914/5574

Bachelor
Spinster

Foreman

28
20

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
19 years

Roman Catholic Church, Onehunga

14/2956

Jeremiah McHugh, father

15 May 1914

Rev. D. Mahoney

No	662
Date of Notice	15 May 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percival Major Jeromson	Mary Ann McHugh
BDM Match (80%)	Percival Major	Mary Ann McHugh
	💍 1914/5574
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Foreman
Age	28	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Onehunga
Folio	14/2956
Consent	Jeremiah McHugh, father
Date of Certificate	15 May 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. Mahoney

663

15 May 1914

Robert Albert McGregor
Gracie Emily Monaghan

Robert Albert McGregor
Gracie Emily Morgan
💍 1914/5482

Bachelor
Spinster

Mill Hand

27
22

Auckland
Auckland

8 years
8 years

St. James Church

14/2942

15 May 1914

Rev. R. L. Walker

No	663
Date of Notice	15 May 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Albert McGregor	Gracie Emily Monaghan
BDM Match (93%)	Robert Albert McGregor	Gracie Emily Morgan
	💍 1914/5482
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mill Hand
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 years	8 years
Marriage Place	St. James Church
Folio	14/2942
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 May 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker

664

15 May 1914

Rolfe Bertram Waterloo
Mary Honor Rippen

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

29
23

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
9 years

St. David's Church

14/4377

15 May 1914

Rev. M. Saunders

No	664
Date of Notice	15 May 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Rolfe Bertram Waterloo	Mary Honor Rippen
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	9 years
Marriage Place	St. David's Church
Folio	14/4377
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 May 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Saunders

665

16 May 1914

Henry Nathaniel Pointon
Annabelle Christian

Henry Nathaniel Pointon
Amibelle Christian
💍 1914/709

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman

26
23

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
9 months

Registrar's Office

14/2672

16 May 1914

Registrar

No	665
Date of Notice	16 May 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Nathaniel Pointon	Annabelle Christian
BDM Match (92%)	Henry Nathaniel Pointon	Amibelle Christian
	💍 1914/709
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	9 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	14/2672
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 May 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

666

16 May 1914

Robert Lancelot Renwick
Alice May McBarron

Robert Lancelot Renwick
Alice May McCarron
💍 1914/5580

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

32
19

Auckland
Auckland

11 years
9 years

St. Luke's Church, Parnell

14/2970

30 May 1914

Rev. R. Inglis

No	666
Date of Notice	16 May 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Lancelot Renwick	Alice May McBarron
BDM Match (97%)	Robert Lancelot Renwick	Alice May McCarron
	💍 1914/5580
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	32	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 years	9 years
Marriage Place	St. Luke's Church, Parnell
Folio	14/2970
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 May 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Inglis

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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).