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 107

District of Pukekohe Quarter ending 31 March 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

683

26 March 1914

Egbert Young Campbell
Anne Gertrude Simpson

Egbet Young Campbell
Annie Gertrude Simpson
💍 1914/6326

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

32
30

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
3 years

St. Paul's Cathedral

14/3912

26 March 1914

Rt. Rev. J. Brodie

No	683
Date of Notice	26 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Egbert Young Campbell	Anne Gertrude Simpson
BDM Match (95%)	Egbet Young Campbell	Annie Gertrude Simpson
	💍 1914/6326
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	32	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Cathedral
Folio	14/3912
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rt. Rev. J. Brodie

684

26 March 1914

Percy John Norton
Evelyn Ellen Ward

Percy John Norton
Evelyn Ellen Ward
💍 1914/817

Bachelor
Spinster

Hotel Worker

31
27

Auckland
Remuera

6 years
4 months

St. Michael's Church

14/4433

26 March 1914

Rev. O. Doyle

No	684
Date of Notice	26 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy John Norton	Evelyn Ellen Ward
	💍 1914/817
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hotel Worker
Age	31	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Remuera
Length of Residence	6 years	4 months
Marriage Place	St. Michael's Church
Folio	14/4433
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. O. Doyle

685

26 March 1914

Sidney Jones Riles
Mary Jane Solomon

Sidney Tom Miles
Mary Jane Solomon
💍 1914/5579

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

40
45

Auckland
Newton

36 years
life

Church of the Epiphany

14/2969

26 March 1914

Rev. E. Hush

No	685
Date of Notice	26 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sidney Jones Riles	Mary Jane Solomon
BDM Match (86%)	Sidney Tom Miles	Mary Jane Solomon
	💍 1914/5579
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	40	45
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Newton
Length of Residence	36 years	life
Marriage Place	Church of the Epiphany
Folio	14/2969
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Hush

686

26 March 1914

Sidney Herbert Biddle
Ellen Frances McCammon

Sydney Herbert Biddle
Ellen Frances McCammon
💍 1914/5578

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

32
24

Auckland
Eden Terrace

4 years
life

Methodist Church

14/2968

26 March 1914

Rev. J. A. Sharp

No	686
Date of Notice	26 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sidney Herbert Biddle	Ellen Frances McCammon
BDM Match (98%)	Sydney Herbert Biddle	Ellen Frances McCammon
	💍 1914/5578
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	32	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Eden Terrace
Length of Residence	4 years	life
Marriage Place	Methodist Church
Folio	14/2968
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Sharp

687

26 March 1914

George Reno Learne
Caroline Augusta Lowe

George Leus Scansie
Caroline Augusta Lowe
💍 1914/856

Bachelor
Spinster

Newspaper Editor

37
34

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
9 months

St. Paul's Church

14/4545

26 March 1914

Rev. G. A. Watson

No	687
Date of Notice	26 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Reno Learne	Caroline Augusta Lowe
BDM Match (79%)	George Leus Scansie	Caroline Augusta Lowe
	💍 1914/856
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Newspaper Editor
Age	37	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	9 months
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church
Folio	14/4545
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. A. Watson

688

26 March 1914

Ferdinand St. John Gentil
Sarah Jane Stanley

Ferdinand St John Gentil
Sarah Jane Stanley
💍 1914/6463

Bachelor
Spinster

Fitter's Labourer

27
20

Auckland
Parnell

3 years
3 years

St. Mary's Cathedral

14/2772

26 March 1914

Rev. J. MacMurray

No	688
Date of Notice	26 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ferdinand St. John Gentil	Sarah Jane Stanley
BDM Match (98%)	Ferdinand St John Gentil	Sarah Jane Stanley
	💍 1914/6463
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fitter's Labourer
Age	27	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Parnell
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral
Folio	14/2772
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. MacMurray

689

26 March 1914

Albert Ephraim Wright
Olive Bale

Gilbert Ephraim Wright
Olive Bate
💍 1914/743

Bachelor
Spinster

Printer's Feeder

21
16

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
life

Registrar's Office, Auckland

14/2683

Ethel Brand, mother of bride

26 March 1914

Registrar

No	689
Date of Notice	26 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Ephraim Wright	Olive Bale
BDM Match (90%)	Gilbert Ephraim Wright	Olive Bate
	💍 1914/743
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Printer's Feeder
Age	21	16
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	life
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	14/2683
Consent	Ethel Brand, mother of bride
Date of Certificate	26 March 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).