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 157

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 1914 Registrar T. 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

941

23 July 1914

James Winkle
Florence Annie Walton

James Winkle
Florence Annie Walton
💍 1914/1195

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

24
22

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
7 mos.

Registrar's Office, Auckland

14/4890

23 July 1914

Registrar

No	941
Date of Notice	23 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Winkle	Florence Annie Walton
	💍 1914/1195
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	7 mos.
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	14/4890
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 July 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

942

24 July 1914

Edward Dempsey
Ethel Mary Savory

Edward Dempsey
Ethel Mary Savory
💍 1914/1572

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

25
19

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
3 years

Methodist Church, Franklin Road, Auckland

14/5192

George Savory, Legal Guardian of Bride, Edwin Williams Legal Guardian of Bride

24 July 1914

Rev. W. A. Burley, Methodist

No	942
Date of Notice	24 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Dempsey	Ethel Mary Savory
	💍 1914/1572
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	25	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Franklin Road, Auckland
Folio	14/5192
Consent	George Savory, Legal Guardian of Bride, Edwin Williams Legal Guardian of Bride
Date of Certificate	24 July 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. A. Burley, Methodist

943

24 July 1914

Richard Martin Cleave
Nellie May Mortimer

Richard Martin Cleave
Nellie May Mortimer
💍 1914/1791

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Porter

24
20

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
3 years

House of Bride's Father, Prospect Terrace, Mount Albert

14/5462

Thomas Mortimer, Father

24 July 1914

Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

No	943
Date of Notice	24 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Martin Cleave	Nellie May Mortimer
	💍 1914/1791
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Porter
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	3 years
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Father, Prospect Terrace, Mount Albert
Folio	14/5462
Consent	Thomas Mortimer, Father
Date of Certificate	24 July 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. L. Walker, Presbyterian

944

24 July 1914

James Hall
Minnie Mahon

James Hall
Minnie Mahon
💍 1914/1565

Bachelor
Widow

Gum Sorter

44
36

Auckland
Auckland

10 months
14 months

Residence of the Bride, 12 Alexander Street, Glenmore

14/5185

24 July 1914

Rev. F. A. Thompson, Presbyterian

No	944
Date of Notice	24 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Hall	Minnie Mahon
	💍 1914/1565
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Gum Sorter
Age	44	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 months	14 months
Marriage Place	Residence of the Bride, 12 Alexander Street, Glenmore
Folio	14/5185
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 July 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. A. Thompson, Presbyterian

945

24 July 1914

Alfred Ferdinand Bennett
Clarice Fallwell

Alfred Ferdinand Bennett
Clarine Fallwell
💍 1914/5160

Bachelor
Spinster

Solicitor

30
22

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
8 years

Residence of Bride's Parents, Prospect Terrace, Mount Eden

14/9060

24 July 1914

Rev. I. Jolly, Presbyterian

No	945
Date of Notice	24 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Ferdinand Bennett	Clarice Fallwell
BDM Match (97%)	Alfred Ferdinand Bennett	Clarine Fallwell
	💍 1914/5160
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Solicitor
Age	30	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Bride's Parents, Prospect Terrace, Mount Eden
Folio	14/9060
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 July 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. I. Jolly, Presbyterian

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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).